Virginia Norden

Virginia Norden (May 4, 1879 – January 17, 1948), born Violet Alice Dalton, was an American actress on stage and in silent films.

Virginia Norden
A smiling white woman wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat, and a scarf wrapped around her jawline, obscuring her chin and nape
Virginia Norden, from a 1916 publication
Born
Violet Alice Dalton

May 4, 1879
Washington, D.C., US
DiedJanuary 17, 1948
Los Angeles, California, US
Other namesViolet A. Potts, Violet A. Nickel, Violet A. Bubeck (married names)
Occupation(s)Actress, costume designer, modiste

Early life

Violet Dalton was from Washington, D.C.,[1] the daughter of William Newton Dalton and Olivia Alice Williams Dalton.[2] Her father was a major in the United States Army.[3][4] She studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.[5][6]

Career

Acting

Norden acted on the stage, making her Broadway debut in 1913, in Poor Little Rich Girl by Eleanor Gates.[7][8] She also wrote a play, Making the Movies (1916).[9] In 1916, she contributed a recipe for "Virginia Chow Chow" to a charity cookbook, assembled by Mabel Rowland.[10]

Norden's silent film credits included roles in Baby Hands (1912), For the Mikado (1912),[5] Freddy the Fixer (1916),[11] The Destroyers (1916, also known as Peter God),[12] The Ancient Blood (1916),[13] The Dupe (1916),[14] The Deluded Wife (1916), The Combat (1916), The Dawn of a New Day (1916), Virtuous Wives (1918), and The Mind the Paint Girl (1919).[15]

Clubwork during World War I

Norden formed and led a garden club in Brightwaters, Long Island in 1917, to encourage women to grow vegetables and market their produce locally.[16] The "Patriotic Gardeners", as they were known, also gave benefit shows[17] and raised funds for sending comfort kits, candy, cigarettes, and other supplies to Long Island men serving in World War I.[18][19]

Fashion design

In 1913, Norden gave an interview on the subject of beauty, predicting that "Soon a rational era will come," when women "will revert to simple clothes, stop daubing their faces with cosmetics ... and use the time thus saved to cultivate heart and mind qualities."[3] While working with director Ralph Ince in 1916, she also designed costumes and headed the wardrobe department at Ince Productions.[20] After she left acting, she began a dress and millinery business with her cousin Martha Schorbach and her sister Olivia Dalton[21] in New York,[22][23][24] and was described as a "modiste" in 1928.[25]

Personal life

Violet Dalton married three times. Her first husband was Howard A. Potts; they married in 1898. She married Henry Nickel, in 1906; they divorced in 1928. She married a businessman, Otto Christopher Bubeck, in 1928.[26] She was widowed by 1940, and she died in Los Angeles, California, in 1948, aged 68 years.[27]

References
  1. "Washington Actress Among Prize Winners". The Washington Times. 1916-02-26. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Murdock, Julia (1913-06-07). "Julia Murdock Tells of Washington Girl Who is Success Upon the Stage". The Washington Times. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-05-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Murdock, Julia (1913-10-24). "Julia Murdock Finds an Actress who Believes Beauty is No Asset". The Washington Times. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-05-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Washington Girl at New National". The Washington Herald. 1913-10-26. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bowers, Q. David (1995). "NORDEN, Virginia". Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  6. "Students in Interesting Plays". Theatre Magazine. 17: xx. May 1913.
  7. "A Tea Gown and Moleskin Suit Worn by Virginia Norden". The Green Book Magazine. 11: 91. January 1914.
  8. "Tango Toe? Disease All Bunk, Asserts This Charming Tangoist". The Seattle Star. 1913-08-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1916). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1231.
  10. Celebrated Actor Folks' Cookeries: A Collection of the Favorite Foods of Famous Players. Mabel Rowland, Incorporated. 1916. p. 240.
  11. "Freddy the Fixer". The Moving Picture World. 28: 497. April 15, 1916.
  12. "'The Destroyers'". The Moving Picture World. 28: 2054. June 17, 1916.
  13. "Five Strong Knickerbockers". The Moving Picture World. 28: 1906. June 10, 1916.
  14. "'The Dupe' Next Friday". The Chico Enterprise. 1916-10-11. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Virginia Norden Joins Balboa". The Moving Picture World. 28: 420. April 15, 1916.
  16. "Women Form Garden Club Down at Brightwaters". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1917-05-16. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Gardeners to Gambol". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1918-07-01. p. 17. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Patriotic Gardeners Busy". Times Union. 1917-10-22. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "Rousing Rookie Sendoff". The Brooklyn Citizen. 1917-10-15. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. Finamore, M. Tolini (2013-01-28). Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. Springer. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-230-38949-6.
  21. "New Millinery Corporations New York". The Illustrated Milliner. 23: 27. March 1922.
  22. "Martah Norden Shows Extreme Fabric Types at Formal Fall Opening". Women's Wear Daily. June 14, 1926. p. 36 – via ProQuest.
  23. "Retail Specialty Shop Makes Models at Popular Prices for Wholesale Trade". Women's Wear Daily. July 7, 1925. p. 53 – via ProQuest.
  24. "Virginia Norden Takes Over All of Martha Norden, Inc". Women's Wear Daily. November 27, 1928. p. 9 – via ProQuest.
  25. "Former La Salle Man Claims New York Divorcee". The Times. 1928-06-29. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. "Former La Salle Man Claims New York Divorcee". The Times. 1928-06-29. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-05-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. via Ancestry
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