Cleo Madison is a Actor, Director and Story American born on 25 march 1883 at Bloomington (USA)
Cleo Madison
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Nationality USABirth 25 march 1883 at Bloomington (
USA)
Death 11 march 1964 (at 80 years) at Burbank (
USA)
Cleo Madison (March 26, 1883 – March 11, 1964) was a theatrical and silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director who worked heavily in early Hollywood in a career spanning from the late 1910s to the mid-1920s.
Madison began her career on the stage. By 1910, she had begun performing as part of a theatre troupe known as the Santa Barbara Stock Company in California. In 1913, she was contracted by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company to begin appearing in feature films. Madison established a name for herself as an actress with performances in films such as The Trey o' Hearts (1914). She is also considered a pioneering female director with a number of shorts and two feature films, A Soul Enslaved (1916) and Her Bitter Cup (1916), to her credit.
She made several efforts to set up a production company before leaving show business in 1924. She died from a heart-attack in 1964 at the age of 80. Biography
She was enthusiastic about cars and driving. Madison purchased a 1915 auto manufactured by the Haynes Automobile Company in December 1914. In her work for the Universal Gold Seal Company she occasionally drove a car.
In November 1916 Madison married Don Peake of San Francisco, California. He was western sales manager of the Briscoe Motor Corporation. Before her marriage she resided with her sister, Helen, in a bungalow in Hollywood. Helen, nicknamed "Sunshine" for her bright disposition, was disabled and used a wheelchair. By 1916 she had been an invalid for eight years. Madison was especially devoted to her care.
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