Octavia Handworth (1887–1978) was an American actress of Danish heritage during the silent film era. She was born Octavia Boas and was married to Harry Handworth (1878–1916), an actor, producer and film director who headed Excelsior Feature Film Co., and Gordon De Main (1886–1954), an actor. Most of her career was appearing in short films, i.e., for Pathe, then Lubin; however, she made half a dozen feature films.Octavia Handworth allmovie biography, by Hans J. Wollstein...retrieved November 6, 2017
Selected filmography How Rastus Gets His Turkey (1910) The Girl from Arizona (1910) *short The Cowboy's Sweetheart and the Bandit (1910) *short; unconfirmed The Motor Fiend (1910) *short The Gambler's End (1910) *short The Path Forbidden (1914) When Fate Leads Trump (1914) In the Shadow (1915) Too Much Bull (1915) *short The Darkness Before Dawn (1915) *short The Beast (1915) *short The Great Ruby (1915) The Son (1915) *short The Inevitable Penalty (1915) *short Sweeter Than Revenge (1915) *short The City of Failing Light (1916) The Greater Wrong (1916) *short Puppets of Fate (1916) *short Sowing the Wind (1916) *short Persistency (1916) *short The Weaker Strain (1916) *short Trials of Souls (1916) *short Expiation (1916) *short The Lost Paradise (1916) *short Race Suicide (1916) Footlights (1921) Love's Redemption (1921) – final film; not the Norma Talmadge film of like name
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