# Beatrice Van > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beatrice_Van > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beatrice_Van.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Van > Source revision: 1336858676 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American actress Beatrice Van Born Beatrice Abbott (1890-08-08)August 8, 1890 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. Died July 4, 1983(1983-07-04) (aged 92) Long Beach, California, U.S. Occupations Actor, screenwriter Spouse(s) Cornelius Vander-Pluym (divorced 1915) James Gruen (m.1927, divorced) Charles Collman Children 1 **Beatrice Van** (born **Beatrice Abbott**; August 8, 1890 – July 4, 1983) was an American [silent film](/source/Silent_film) [actress](/source/Actress). She was also a [screenwriter](/source/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.[1] 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.[2] She was a leading woman at Universal for a time in the 1910s, and later worked as a scenarist for FBO.[3] Beatrice married writer-actor [James Gruen](/source/James_Gruen) in 1927,[4] and later, an Australian national, Charles Collman. ## Filmography ### Actress - *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](/source/Her_Bounty)* (1914) as Bessie Clay - *[Her Life's Story](/source/Her_Life's_Story)* (1914) as The Wife - *The Senator's Lady* (1914) - *The Vagabond* (1914) - *Traffic in Babies* (1914) - *[Lights and Shadows](/source/Lights_and_Shadows_(1914_film))* (1914) - *The Heart of a Magdalene* (1914) - *The Magic Mirror* (1915) - *Changed Lives* (1915) - *[The Black Box](/source/The_Black_Box_(serial))* (1915) as Ashleigh's daughter - *The Nightmare of a Movie Fan* (1915) - *The Soul of the Vase* (1915) as Wife - *[A Woman Scorned](/source/A_Woman_Scorned_(1915_film))* (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](/source/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](/source/Told_at_Twilight)* (1917) as The Mother - *[Hands Up!](/source/Hands_Up!_(1917_film))* (1917) as Elinor Craig - *[Who Was the Other Man?](/source/Who_Was_the_Other_Man%3F)* (1917) as Wanda Bartell - *Flirting with Death* (1917) - *A Devil with the Wimmin* (1917) - *[My Unmarried Wife](/source/My_Unmarried_Wife)* (1918) - *[Painted Lips](/source/Painted_Lips)* (1918) as Mrs. Silver - *There Goes the Bride* (1918) - *[Good Night, Paul](/source/Good_Night%2C_Paul)* (1918) as Rose Hartley - *[The Tiger Lily](/source/The_Tiger_Lily)* (1919) as Dorothy Van Rensselaer - *[The Dangerous Talent](/source/The_Dangerous_Talent)* (1920) as Mildred Shedd ### Writer - *[A Small Town Girl](/source/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](/source/Penny_of_Top_Hill_Trail)* (1921) - *[Eden and Return](/source/Eden_and_Return)* (1921) - *Boy Crazy* (1922) (story) - *[The Understudy](/source/The_Understudy_(1922_film))* (1922) - *Their First Vacation* (1922) (scenario) - *[Crashin' Thru](/source/Crashin'_Thru)* (1923) (adaptation) - *The Fast Worker* (1924) - *Any Woman* (1925) - *[California Straight Ahead](/source/California_Straight_Ahead_(1925_film))* (1925) - *A Knight Before Christmas* (1926) (scenario) - *[A Trip to Chinatown](/source/A_Trip_to_Chinatown_(film))* (1926) - *[Along Came Auntie](/source/Along_Came_Auntie)* (1926) - *[Raggedy Rose](/source/Raggedy_Rose)* (1926) - *[Blisters Under the Skin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blisters_Under_the_Skin&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1927) (scenario) - *[Beware of Widows](/source/Beware_of_Widows)* (1927) - *[Silk Stockings](/source/Silk_Stockings_(1927_film))* (1927) - *The Irresistible Lover* (1927) - *Companionate Marriage* (1928) - *Thanks for the Buggy Ride* (1928) - *Finders Keepers* (1928) - *Good Morning, Judge* (1928) - *[Sinner's Parade](/source/Sinner's_Parade)* (1928) (also adaptation) - *Modern Love* (1929) (also story) - *[No, No, Nanette](/source/No%2C_No%2C_Nanette_(1930_film))* (1930) (dialogue) - *[Take the Heir](/source/Take_the_Heir)* (1930) - *He Loved Her Not* (1931) - *[Take 'em and Shake 'em](/source/Take_'em_and_Shake_'em)* (1931) - *Easy to Get* (1931) - *[Only Men Wanted](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Only_Men_Wanted&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1932) - *[Gigolettes](/source/Gigolettes)* (1932) - *[Night of Terror](/source/Night_of_Terror)* (1933) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hoffman, Esther (10 Oct 1914). ["A Cold Plunge Put Beatrice Into the Light of Filmdom"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/246726419/?terms=%22beatrice+van%22+actress). *The Richmond Item*. Retrieved 2019-09-18. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Better Bread-Winner"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/380512239/?terms=%22beatrice+vander-pluym%22). *The Los Angeles Times*. 13 May 1915. Retrieved 2019-09-18. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Jungmeyer, Jack (6 Dec 1923). ["Beatrice Writes About Fights, But Has Never Witnessed a Knockout"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/154121980/?terms=%22beatrice+van%22+actress). *The Evening Journal*. Retrieved 2019-09-18. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Couple Depart on Belated Honeymoon"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/380660139/?terms=%22beatrice+van%22+actress). *The Los Angeles Times*. 26 Sep 1927. 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