Lucy Cotton
Lucy Cotton was an American actress who appeared in 12 films from 1910 to 1921.
Biography
Cotton was born in Houston, Texas and died in Miami Beach, Florida. She went to New York City in her teens and found her first role on Broadway in the chorus of The Quaker Girl. In 1915, Cotton appeared on stage in Polygamy at the Park Theatre in New York City. She then starred in the 1919 production of Up in Mabel's Room.As a popular actress, her personal life was closely followed by the press. In 1924, she married Edward Russell Thomas, publisher of the New York Morning Telegraph. He died two years afterward in July 1926, leaving a sizeable fortune of $27 million and a young daughter, Lucetta, behind. After that she had a series of marriages that did not last; Lytton Grey Ament, lawyer Charles Hann Jr., William M. Magraw, president of Manhattan's Underground Installations Company, and a Georgian-Russian Prince Vladimir Eristavi-Tchitcherine.
After Cotton's death, her daughter Lucetta Cotton Thomas decided to have her cremated in Miami, and her ashes were sent to New York City, where her funeral was held.