Emily Gerdes

{{Infobox person | name = Emily Gerdes | birth_name = | birth_date = December 29, 1890 | birth_place = Montgomery County, Kansas, U.S. | death_date = September 17, 1974 (aged 83) | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1917–1940 | spouse = | relatives = }}

'''Emily Gerdes''' (sometimes credited as '''Emma Gerdes''') was an American character actress active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSP4lHULPwsC&q=%22emma+gerdes%22+actress&pg=PA115|title=ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career|last=Stumpf|first=Charles|date=2010-04-13|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786460236|language=en}}</ref>

== Biography == Gerdes was born near Independence, Kansas,<ref name="tsn re lob">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/1012928392/?clipping_id=157791967 "Lack of Beauty Did Not Stop Her From Film Career"]. ''The Sheridan News''. June 18, 1926. p. 9. Retrieved October 25, 2024.</ref> to Herman Eden Gerdes (a veterinarian{{Citation needed |date=October 2024}}) and Mary Ellen Glaze.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/96960205/?terms=%22emily+gerdes%22|title=Mrs. Beaver Home|last=|first=|date=1 Nov 1947|website=The News-Review|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref><ref>"Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z7FR-822M : Fri Jul 12 08:23:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Lester Eden Gerdes and Herman Eden Gerdes, 15 Jan 1895.</ref> The family soon moved to Missouri and then Arizona before later settling in Glendale, California.<ref name="tsn re lob"/> Her parents later divorced.{{Citation needed |date=October 2024}} In Los Angeles, Gerdes began appearing in films; her first known credit was in 1917's ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm''.<ref name="tsn re lob"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVpJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22emma+gerdes%22+actress&pg=PA31|title=Artcraft Advance|date=1917|publisher=Artcraft Pictures Corporation|language=en}}</ref>

== Selected filmography == * ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' (1917) * ''A Lady's Name'' (1918) * ''How Could You, Jean?'' (1918) * ''Puppy Love'' (1919) * ''Once to Every Woman'' (1920)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lake-geneva-regional-news/157844919/ "'Once to Every Woman' Will Be Shown Here"]. ''The Lake Geneva Regional News''. February 9, 1922. p. 4. Retrieved October 25, 2024. "Prominent in the star's support are Robert Anderson, William Ellingford, Rudolph Valentino, Emily Chichester, Elinor Field, Mrs. Margaret Mann, Mary Wise, Dan Crimmins, Rosa Gore, Frank Elliott, Katherine Griffith, Emma Gerdes and many others."</ref> * ''Bell Boy 13'' (1923) * ''Dynamite Dan'' (1924) * ''Behind Two Guns'' (1924) * ''Heir-Loons'' (1925) * ''Ella Cinders'' (1926) * ''Unknown Dangers'' (1926) * ''Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness'' (1926) * ''Heroes of the Wild'' (1927) * ''Never the Twins Shall Meet'' (1932)<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9o9RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iGkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2697%2C564383 "Twins Don't Know It, But They Have Job"]. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. October 17, 1931. p. 18. Retrieved October 25, 2024.</ref> * ''Banjo on My Knee'' (1936) * ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940)

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0314193}} *[https://catalog.afi.com/Person/47629-Emily-Gerdes Emily Gerdes] at AFI *[https://catalog.afi.com/Person/47675-Emma-Gerdes Emma Gerdes] at AFI

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerdes, Emily}} Category:American film actresses Category:1890 births Category:1974 deaths Category:Actresses from Kansas Category:People from Montgomery County, Kansas Category:20th-century American actresses