Louise Owen
Louise Alva Owen McConville was an American actress on Broadway and in silent films in the 1910s.
Early life and education
Owen was born in New York City, the daughter of Alva Owen and Dorothy Bessenger Owen. Her mother was born in Canada, and her father was a physician who died in 1897, when he was kicked by a horse. Owen was an actress by age 15, when she and her widowed mother were living with her German-born maternal grandparents in 1910.Career
Owen's Broadway credits included roles in The Wife Hunters, Hokey-Pokey/Bunty, Bulls, and Strings, The Honeymoon Express and Cheer Up. She appeared in dozens of silent short films between 1914 and 1916, mostly comedies for Vogue Films. "Miss Owen is the athletic type who would much rather take long walks in the foothills than sit at home doing embroidery or playing with the cat" reported Motography in 1916.Owen was also known as a visual artist. In the 1930s she wrote the lyrics for songs in a radio musical drama, The Song of Araby. During World War II, she served on the Eagle Rock gasoline rationing board.
Selected filmography
The Boob and the Baker The Skating Rink She Wasn't That Kind of a Girl Igorrotes, Crocodiles and a Hat Box Heaven Will Protect a Woiking Goil The Lion Hearted Chief Bungling Bill, Detective Bungling Bill's Dream- ''A Fool and His Dream''