Clara Marie Horton (July 29, 1904 – December 4, 1976) was an American actress of the silent film era.
Horton was born in Brooklyn. Her mother gave up a career as a piano soloist and instructor to raise her baby. She planned for Clara to have a career as a pianist and began teaching her when she had to lift the girl to the piano bench. When Clara was five years old, however, a director employed by the Eclair Company saw the girl and asked her mother to let her appear in a film. Her mother signed a contract, and the Hortons moved to Tucson, Arizona. When Eclair went out of business, they moved to Los Angeles, where work with other studios was available. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1942.
When Horton was 17, she got married and left the film business. The marriage did not last, and she returned to working in films. She joined the Warner stock company and as of 1934 she was playing bit parts and was a stand-in for stars.
After her work in films ended, Horton was a saleslady in Whittier, California. She is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park.Silent Film Necrology, p.251 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana ...
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes1912The HomecomingLittle Miss Langdon Darling of the MountedThe Darling1913The Spectre BridegroomMaster Van Altenberg The Little Mother of Black Pine TrailMarie1914The Greatest of ThesePeter's Little Friend The ViolinistEthel, age 71915The Little Band of GoldThe Vengeance of Guido1916Under the Lion's PawUs Kids1917The Plow WomanMary, as a child Tom SawyerBecky Thatcher1918Huck and TomBecky ThatcherThe Yellow DogKate Cummings1919The Winning GirlVivian Milligan Lost filmThe Girl from OutsideJune CampbellEverywoman YouthLost filmAlmost a Husband Jane SheldonLost film1920The Little Shepherd of Kingdom ComeMargaret Lost filmBlind YouthBobo1921The Servant in the HouseMary, The Drain Man's Daughter Lost filmActionMolly CaseyAlternative title: Let's Go, Lost film1922PenrodMarjorie JonesLost film1923Mind Over MotorBettina Bailey Judy PunchJudy Wilcox1924Wrongs Righted1925 Speed MadnessAlice CareyThe WheelNora Malone Lost film All Around Frying Pan Jean DawsonMakers of Men Lillian Gilman1926The Broadway GallantHelen Stuart Beyond the TrailClarabell Simpkins 1927The Fortune HunterBetty Graham Lost filmSailor Izzy MurphyCecile Lost film1936Bengal TigerHospital Secretary Uncredited1938Girls on ProbationPrisonerUncredited1942Who Is Hope Schuyler?Secretary UncreditedTime to KillMaidUncredited
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