Winifred Kingston

Winifred Kingston (11 November 1894 โ€“ 3 February 1967)[1] was a British-born American silent film actress.

Winifred Kingston
Kingston featured in Motion Picture Magazine, 1920
Born11 November 1894
Died3 February 1967(1967-02-03) (aged 72)
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Dustin Farnum (1924-1929, his death)
Carman R. Runyon
Children1

Kingston was educated in Scotland and Belgium. She acted on stage in England before she began acting in the United States.[2]

On Broadway, Kingston portrayed Crobyle in Thais (1911), Juliette Corton in The Matrimonial Bed (1927), and Helen Farquhar in Caste (1927).[3]

She married actor Dustin Farnum on August 24, 1924, in Los Angeles,[4] and they had a daughter, Estelle.[5] Kingston appeared with her husband often onscreen most notably in The Squaw Man and The Virginian.[6] After Farnum's death in 1929, she was married to oil executive Carman R. Runyon.[7]

Kingston with husband Dustin in Davy Crockett, 1916.

On February 3, 1967, Kingston died at her home in La Jolla.[7]

Filmography

References

  1. Silent Film Necrology p.287 2nd edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
  2. "Winifred Kingston". The Atlanta Constitution. 7 May 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 16 May 2021 โ€“ via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Helen Kingston". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. "Dustin Farnum weds again". The New York Times. 25 August 1924. p. 13. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  5. Katchmer, George A. (20 May 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. pp. 111โ€“112. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. Winifred Kingston; AllMovie.com; bio by Hans J. Wollstein
  7. "Winifred Kingston, Actress, Was Wife of Dustin Farnum". The New York Times. United Press International. 5 February 1967. p. 88. Retrieved 16 May 2021.


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