{{Short description|American silent film actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Jennie Ahlstrom | birth_name = Jennie Cecilia Ahlstrom | birth_date = June 12, 1861 | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = October 21, 1938 (aged 77) | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | years_active = 1911–1916 | spouse = William Bechtel }}
'''Jennie Cecilia Ahlstrom''' (June 12, 1861 – October 21, 1938), professionally known as '''Mrs. William Bechtel''', was an American actress active during the silent film era.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k64KqzJwJvAC&q=%22mrs.+william+bechtel%22&pg=RA22-PA20|title=The Edison Kinetogram|date=1913|publisher=Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380604780/?terms=%22jenny+bechtel%22|title=15 Aug 1931, 5 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> She was married to German-American actor William Bechtel. From 1911 to 1916, she appeared in nearly 100 short films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/379971860/?terms=%22jenny+bechtel%22|title=28 Oct 1930, 40 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/299239578/?terms=%22mrs.+william+bechtel%22+motion+picture|title=27 Sep 1913, 7 - The News-Herald at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> The couple had no children.
== Selected filmography == * ''The Quest of Life'' (1916) * ''The Purple Lady'' (1916) * ''The Diamond Crown'' (1913) * ''The Evil Thereof'' (1913) * ''A Christmas Accident'' (1912) * ''The Librarian'' (1912, Short) as Miss Curtis <!-- 9 august 1912 --> * ''The Land Beyond the Sunset'' (1912) * ''Kitty at Boarding School'' (1912) * ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912) * ''Hearts and Diamonds'' (1912)
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