Adele Farrington


Adele Farrington was an American actress of the stage and the silent film era.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Farrington had the lead in This Is the Life for the American Film Company. She also did her own stunts for the film.

Personal life and death

Farrington was married to, and divorced from, actor Hobart Bosworth. Her relationship with Bosworth led to his divorce from a previous wife in 1903. In the divorce suit, the keeper of a boardinghouse testified that Bosworth and Farrington had represented themselves to her as husband and wife when they lodged there. Bosworth offered no defense in that suit.
On December 19, 1936, Farrington died in Los Angeles at age 69. Her body was cremated following the funeral two days later.

Selected filmography