Lillian Worth
Lillian Worth
Born 24/06/1884 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Lillian Worth (stage name), born Lillian Burgher Murphy, (June 24, 1884 – February 23, 1952) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1913 and 1937.

Lillian Worth (stage name), born Lillian Burgher Murphy, (June 24, 1884 – February 23, 1952) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1913 and 1937.

Lillian Murphy was born on June 24, 1884, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Katherine Stahler and John B. Murphy. After she married in 1905, she began using her husband's surname as her stage name; and by 1909 she, as Lillian Wiggins, had gained public attention and favorable reviews for her performance in the theatrical production Beauty Spot By early 1913, she was a leading actress at Pathé's West Coast studio in Edendale, Los Angeles, where she starred in Western films. Pathé transferred Wiggins a few months later to its East Coast studio in Jersey City, New Jersey, and then in October 1913 to its new Southern studio in St. Augustine, Florida. In March 1914, Pathé once again relocated her, dispatching her to Europe, where she worked at the company's Paris studio before moving to London. There she made films first for British and Colonial Kinematography Company and then for Motograph Film Company.

Wiggins returned to the United States in September 1914 and the next year started performing in films for Deer Film Company. Following the dissolution of her first marriage, she married again in 1918. She, however, elected not to use her second husband's surname professionally; instead, she adopted the new stage name Lillian Worth, which is how she continued to be credited until 1937.

Lillian Worth was married twice. On May 3, 1905, she married Benjamin Platt Wiggins in Brooklyn, New York. The couple separated after a couple of years, and she filed for divorce in Reno, Nevada in 1911, although on that occasion she did not obtain the divorce. She filed again in Los Angeles, California, and was finally granted a divorce in 1914. She then married Erville Alderson, an American actor, on January 14, 1918, in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. That marriage too ended in divorce in 1925.

Worth died at age 67 in Los Angeles, California, on February 23, 1952. In death records from that time, she is identified as Lillian Alderson despite the fact that she had divorced Erville Alderson 27 years earlier. Her gravesite is located at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Filmography (Movies)

The White Angel

The White Angel

Character:Woman Donating Bandages (uncredited)

Release Date:25/06/1936

Private Number

Private Number

Character:Maud

Release Date:05/06/1936

Stars Over Broadway

Stars Over Broadway

Character:Buxom Singer

Release Date:23/11/1935

Stranded

Stranded

Character:Blonde (uncredited)

Release Date:29/06/1935

Carnival

Carnival

Character:Half Man-Half Woman

Release Date:15/02/1935

Maybe It's Love

Maybe It's Love

Character:First Complaining Wife (uncredited)

Release Date:12/01/1935

The Fighting Sheriff

The Fighting Sheriff

Character:Florabell

Release Date:15/05/1931

Other Men's Women

Other Men's Women

Character:Waitress

Release Date:17/01/1931

Dangerous Paradise

Dangerous Paradise

Character:Myrtle

Release Date:13/02/1930

Tarzan the Tiger

Tarzan the Tiger

Character:Queen La of Opar

Release Date:08/12/1929

Stairs of Sand

Stairs of Sand

Character:Babe

Release Date:08/06/1929

The Docks of New York

The Docks of New York

Character:Steve's Girl

Release Date:16/09/1928

Upstream

Upstream

Character:Sister Team

Release Date:30/01/1927

Rustlers' Ranch

Rustlers' Ranch

Character:Tessie

Release Date:11/04/1926

Won by Law

Won by Law

Character:Mother Franklin

Release Date:19/08/1925

The Adventures of Tarzan

The Adventures of Tarzan

Character:Queen La of Opar

Release Date:01/12/1921

The Foolish Age

The Foolish Age

Character:Flossy

Release Date:16/10/1921

The Lady from Longacre

The Lady from Longacre

Character:Lady Laura

Release Date:02/10/1921

The Girl with the Jazz Heart

The Girl with the Jazz Heart

Character:Camille

Release Date:07/01/1921

The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes

The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes

Character:Mrs. Cromwell

Release Date:12/04/1920

In Search of a Sinner

In Search of a Sinner

Character:Valeska

Release Date:07/03/1920

The Fatal Fortune

The Fatal Fortune

Character:

Release Date:15/12/1919

Her Atonement

Her Atonement

Character:

Release Date:20/09/1915

Bungling Bunk's Bunco

Bungling Bunk's Bunco

Character:Lillian Marston

Release Date:17/08/1914

Race Memories

Race Memories

Character:Denton's Sweetheart

Release Date:06/11/1913

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