Beatrice Van

{{short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Beatrice Van | image = When His Dough Was Cake (1915) - Ad.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Beatrice Abbott | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|8|8}} | birth_place = [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|7|4|1890|8|8}} | death_place = [[Long Beach, California]], U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Actor, screenwriter | spouse = Cornelius Vander-Pluym (divorced 1915)<br>[[James Gruen]] (m.1927, divorced)<br>Charles Collman | children = 1 }}

'''Beatrice Van''' (born '''Beatrice Abbott'''; August 8, 1890 – July 4, 1983) was an American [[silent film]] [[actress]]. She was also a [[screenwriter]] for both silent and sound films.

== Biography == Beatrice was born to Joseph and Beatrice Abbott in Omaha, Nebraska; she had an older sister, Genevieve. She grew up in Nebraska and Oklahoma, where she was educated in a convent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/246726419/?terms=%22beatrice+van%22+actress|title=A Cold Plunge Put Beatrice Into the Light of Filmdom|last=Hoffman|first=Esther|date=10 Oct 1914|website=The Richmond Item|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> Beatrice's first marriage was to Cornelius Vander-Pluym; they had one child together, Kreigh Vander-Pluym, in 1912. The pair eventually divorced in 1915.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380512239/?terms=%22beatrice+vander-pluym%22|title=Better Bread-Winner|last=|first=|date=13 May 1915|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref>

She was a leading woman at Universal for a time in the 1910s, and later worked as a scenarist for FBO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/154121980/?terms=%22beatrice+van%22+actress|title=Beatrice Writes About Fights, But Has Never Witnessed a Knockout|last=Jungmeyer|first=Jack|date=6 Dec 1923|website=The Evening Journal|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> Beatrice married writer-actor [[James Gruen]] in 1927,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380660139/?terms=%22beatrice+van%22+actress|title=Couple Depart on Belated Honeymoon|last=|first=|date=26 Sep 1927|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> and later, an Australian national, Charles Collman.

==Filmography==

===Actress=== {{div col}} * ''The Saint and the Singer'' (1914) * ''One of the Finest'' (1914) * ''Such a Villain'' (1914) * ''The Hills of Silence'' (1914) * ''The Awakening'' (1914/I) * ''Lost by a Hair'' (1914) * ''The Barnstormers'' (1914) * ''This Is the Life'' (1914/III) * ''Helping Mother'' (1914) * ''[[Her Bounty]]'' (1914) as Bessie Clay * ''[[Her Life's Story]]'' (1914) as The Wife * ''The Senator's Lady'' (1914) * ''The Vagabond'' (1914) * ''Traffic in Babies'' (1914) * ''[[Lights and Shadows (1914 film)|Lights and Shadows]]'' (1914) * ''The Heart of a Magdalene'' (1914) * ''The Magic Mirror'' (1915) * ''Changed Lives'' (1915) * ''[[The Black Box (serial)|The Black Box]]'' (1915) as Ashleigh's daughter * ''The Nightmare of a Movie Fan'' (1915) * ''The Soul of the Vase'' (1915) as Wife * ''[[A Woman Scorned (1915 film)|A Woman Scorned]]'' (1915) * ''Detective Blinn'' (1915) * ''The Great Ruby Mystery'' (1915) * ''The Mighty Hold'' (1915) * ''The Girl from His Town'' (1915) as Duchess of Breakwater * ''Love and Labor'' (1915) * ''What's in a Name?'' (1915) * ''Uncle Heck, by Heck!'' (1915) * ''A Bully Affair'' (1915/I) * ''When His Dough Was Cake'' (1915) * ''A Friend in Need'' (1915) * ''Mixed Males'' (1915) * ''The End of the Road'' (1915) * ''Almost a Widow'' (1915) * ''[[The Wraith of Haddon Towers]]'' (1916) * ''The Hills of Glory'' (1916) * ''The First Quarrel'' (1916) * ''Inherited Passions'' (1916) * ''The Pearl of Paradise'' (1916) as Denise, his fiancée * ''[[Told at Twilight]]'' (1917) as The Mother * ''[[Hands Up! (1917 film)|Hands Up!]]'' (1917) as Elinor Craig * ''[[Who Was the Other Man?]]'' (1917) as Wanda Bartell * ''Flirting with Death'' (1917) * ''A Devil with the Wimmin'' (1917) * ''[[My Unmarried Wife]]'' (1918) * ''[[Painted Lips]]'' (1918) as Mrs. Silver * ''There Goes the Bride'' (1918) * ''[[Good Night, Paul]]'' (1918) as Rose Hartley * ''[[The Tiger Lily]]'' (1919) as Dorothy Van Rensselaer * ''[[The Dangerous Talent]]'' (1920) as Mildred Shedd {{div col end}}

===Writer=== {{div col}} * ''[[A Small Town Girl]]'' (1915) (scenario) * ''Miss Jackie of the Army'' (1917) (story) * ''Molly Go Get 'Em'' (1918) (scenario) * ''Jilted Janet'' (1918) (story) * ''Ann's Finish'' (1918) (story) * ''[[Penny of Top Hill Trail]]'' (1921) * ''[[Eden and Return]]'' (1921) * ''Boy Crazy'' (1922) (story) * ''[[The Understudy (1922 film)|The Understudy]]'' (1922) * ''Their First Vacation'' (1922) (scenario) * ''[[Crashin' Thru]]'' (1923) (adaptation) * ''The Fast Worker'' (1924) * ''Any Woman'' (1925) * ''[[California Straight Ahead (1925 film)|California Straight Ahead]]'' (1925) * ''A Knight Before Christmas'' (1926) (scenario) * ''[[A Trip to Chinatown (film)|A Trip to Chinatown]]'' (1926) * ''[[Along Came Auntie]]'' (1926) * ''[[Raggedy Rose]]'' (1926) * ''[[Blisters Under the Skin]]'' (1927) (scenario) * ''[[Beware of Widows]]'' (1927) * ''[[Silk Stockings (1927 film)|Silk Stockings]]'' (1927) * ''The Irresistible Lover'' (1927) * ''Companionate Marriage'' (1928) * ''Thanks for the Buggy Ride'' (1928) * ''Finders Keepers'' (1928) * ''Good Morning, Judge'' (1928) * ''[[Sinner's Parade]]'' (1928) (also adaptation) * ''Modern Love'' (1929) (also story) * ''[[No, No, Nanette (1930 film)|No, No, Nanette]]'' (1930) (dialogue) * ''[[Take the Heir]]'' (1930) * ''He Loved Her Not'' (1931) * ''[[Take 'em and Shake 'em]]'' (1931) * ''Easy to Get'' (1931) * ''[[Only Men Wanted]]'' (1932) * ''[[Gigolettes]]'' (1932) * ''[[Night of Terror]]'' (1933) {{div col end}}

== References == <references />

==External links== {{Commons category|Beatrice Van}} *{{IMDb name|0888396}}

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