Mabel Van Buren
Mabel Van Buren was an American stage and screen actress.
Biography
As a theatrical performer she played the leading lady in both The Virginian and The Squaw Man. She was an actress for the Kinemacolor Company of America. Van Buren became prominent in motion pictures at the time of the development of feature-length movies in 1914. She starred in The Girl of the Golden West under the direction of Cecil B. Demille. It was Demille who brought Mabel west to Hollywood. Mabel was the first leading lady of the Famous Players–Lasky studio on Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
Her final role of note was in Neighbor's Wives in which she played Mrs. Lee. She continued acting in movies until the death of her husband, James Gordon. He was a Shakesperian actor who died in 1941. Other films in which she plays a prominent part are The Warrens of Virginia, The Man From Home, and Craig's Wife.
Van Buren's residence was 4351 Kingswell Avenue, Los Angeles, California. She died of pneumonia in 1947, age 69, at St. Vincent's Hospital. Her daughter, Katherine Charlton, was also an actress.
Partial filmography
The House with Closed Shutters - On Porch / At FarewellBrewster's Millions - Mrs. GrayThe Dishonored Medal - AnitraThe Master Mind - Lucine, Three-Arm FannyThe Man on the Box - Kit WarburtonThe Man from Home - Ethel Granger SimpsonThe Circus Man - Mary BraddockThe Ghost Breaker - DeloresThe Girl of the Golden West - The GirlThe Warrens of Virginia - Mrs. WarrenThe Woman - Grace RobertsonShould a Wife Forgive? - Mary HolmesThe Sowers - Princess TanyaRamona - Ramona The House with the Golden Windows - Mrs. PeabodyThe Victoria Cross - Princess AdalaLost and Won - Minor RoleThose Without Sin - Estelle WallaceA School for Husbands - Mrs. AirlieThe Silent Partner - Edith PrestonUnconquered - Mrs. LenningThe Jaguar's Claws - MarieThe Squaw Man's Son - Lady StuckleyHashimura Togo - Mrs. ReynoldsThe Countess Charming - Mrs. VandergraftThe Devil-Stone - Mrs. RogersThe Winding Trail - LouBreakers Ahead - Aunt Agatha PixleyRiders of the Night - Sally's AuntHearts of Men - Tina FerronniYoung Mrs. Winthrop - Mrs. DunbarThe Sins of Rosanne - Mrs. OzanneConrad in Quest of His Youth - NinaThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - ElenaA Wise Fool - Madame LangloisMoonlight and Honeysuckle - Mrs. LangleyMiss Lulu Bett - Ina DeaconBeyond the Rocks - Jane McBrideFor the Defense - Cousin SelmaThe Woman Who Walked Alone - Hannah SchriemannWhile Satan Sleeps - Sunflower SadieManslaughter - PrisonerYouth to Youth - Mrs. BrookinsPawned - Mrs. VenizaFighting Blood - Mrs. Wilcox - Judy's MotherWandering Daughters - Annie BowdenThe Light That Failed - Madame BinatLights Out - Mrs. GallantIn Search of a Thrill - Lila LavenderThe Dawn of a Tomorrow - BetThe Top of the World - Mary AnnSmooth as Satin - Mrs. MunsonHis Secretary - Mrs. SlodenThe King of Kings - The Meddlin' Stranger - Mrs. CrawfordCraig's Wife - Mrs. FrazerThe Flyin' Buckaroo - Mrs. BrownHis First Command - Mrs. SargentNeighbors' Wives - Mrs. LeeMississippi - Party Guest