Lawrence Marston

Lawrence Marston was an American actor, playwright, producer, stage director and film director.

Biography

Marston was born to a Jewish family in Hammerstadt, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. Naturalized in Chicago, he lived mainly in New York City. After working as an actor, producer and director for the stage, he became a film director with the Biograph Studios.
His first wife was actress Lillian Lewis, who he married in 1888.
Marston's second wife Anna Cornelia Delves was billed as Mrs. Lawrence Marston. With her, he had his only daughter, Anna Lawrence Marston, who was baptized Catholic at age 12.
Lawrence Marston died February 1, 1939, in Manhattan. His ashes were interred into the mausoleum of Ferncliff Cemetery.

Works

;Playwright

An Innocent Sinner
The Widow Goldstein
For Liberty and Love
The Helmet of Navarre
The Penitent from Hall Caine's novel A Son of Hagar
The Little Mother
A Remarkable Case
After Midnight
When the World Sleeps
Jeanne D'arc

;Screenwriter

The Warfare of the Flesh scenario
The Border Legion
A Man of Iron adaptation

;Stage director

The Monster play by Crane Wilbur
Death Takes a Holiday with Katharine Hepburn

;Film director

The [Star of Bethlehem (1912 film)|The Star of Bethlehem]
The Evidence of the Film short
The [Woman in Black (1914 film)|The Woman in Black]
Under the Gaslight with Lionel Barrymore and Mrs. Lawrence Marston
The [Marriage Bond (1916 film)|The Marriage Bond]
''A [Wall Street Tragedy]''