Lorraine Frost

{{Infobox person | name = Lorraine Frost | image = Lorraine Frost.webp | alt = refer to caption | caption = Photograph of Lorraine Frost sitting in a chair (circa 1919) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|09|13}} | birth_place = New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|02|10|1892|09|13}} | death_place = Los Angeles County, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | spouse = Kenneth Webb }}

'''Lorraine Frost''' (13 September 1892 – 10 February 1983) was an American silent film and theater actress. She was best known for her roles in ''The Light of Happiness'' (1916)'', Sinners'' (1920) and ''The Truth About Husbands'' (1920).

== Career ==

=== Theatre === Frost started her career in theater around 1903 (aged 10), and was considered a child prodigy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |date=July 1909 |title=Stars of To-Morrow |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iv1KAQAAMAAJ&dq=Lorraine+Frost+(actress)+-wikipedia&pg=PA12 |access-date=2024-01-22 |magazine=The Theatre |page=11 |language=en}}</ref> She made her debut playing Nora in a theatrical adaption of ''A Little Princess''.<ref name=":0" />

She began working with Robert Mantell around 1905, and performed in a number of Shakespeare productions.<ref name=":0" /> Her most notable role in theater was Ophelia in ''Hamlet'' at age 16, which she was an understudy to Marie Booth Russel.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Gilbert |first=E. T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9k6AQAAMAAJ&dq=Lorraine+Frost+(actress)+-wikipedia&pg=PA600-IA60 |title=Actors and Actresses by Different Writers, Compiled from Various Magazines |date=1905 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Film === Her first role in film was ''in The Rivals'', a short silent film in 1913, as Lydia Languish. After her marriage to Kenneth Webb she starred in multiple of his movies.

== Personal life == Frost had a sister, Leila Frost, who was also a child actress. Their mother traveled with the girls when they went on tour, acting as their governess.<ref name=":0" /> Frost took a brief break from theatre at age 15 to study in New York.<ref name=":0" />

Frost married director Kenneth Webb. She continued to live in Manhattan, where she had a terrier named Lady.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gaines |first=William |date=1932-08-19 |title=Marvelous Manhattan |url=http://www.manchesterhistory.org/News/Manchester%20Evening%20Hearld_1932-08-19.pdf |access-date=2024-01-22 |work=Manchester Evening Herald |pages=6}}</ref>

== Theatre roles == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Show !Role !Notes !Ref |- |1903 |''A Little Princess'' |Nora | |<ref name=":0" /> |- |1904 |''The Bold Soldier Boy'' |Millicent Bassett | |<ref name=":0" /> |- |1905 |''A Message From Mars'' |Minnie | |<ref name=":0" /> |- |1907 |''Richard III'' |Prince of Wales | |<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Thorold |first1=W. J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAchYuUrb3oC&dq=%22lorraine+frost%22+actress&pg=RA3-PR11 |title=Our Players' Gallery |last2=Hornblow |first2=Arthur |last3=Hornblow (Jr.) |first3=Arthur |last4=Maxwell |first4=Perriton |last5=Beach |first5=Stewart |date=January 1908 |publisher=Theatre Magazine Company |pages=xi |language=en}}</ref> |- | |''Macbeth'' |Fleance | |<ref name=":0" /> |- | |''The Merchant of Venice'' |Jessica | |<ref name=":0" /> |- | |''Julius Caesar'' |Lucius | |<ref name=":0" /> |- | |''The Marble Heart'' |Marie, Thea | |<ref name=":0" /> |- | |''King Lear'' |Cordelia | |<ref name=":0" /> |- | rowspan="2" |1909 |''King John'' |Prince Henry | |<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pctKAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22lorraine+frost%22+actress&pg=RA3-PP4 |title=Theatre Magazine |date=April 1909 |publisher=Theatre Magazine Company |language=en}}</ref> |- |''Hamlet'' |Ophelia | |<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> |- |1910 |''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' |Emma Jane Perkins |Broadway |<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hines |first1=Dixie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qts9AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22lorraine+frost%22+actress&pg=PA380 |title=Who's who in Music and Drama |last2=hanaford |first2=Harry Prescott |date=1914 |publisher=H.P. Hanaford |pages=380 |language=en}}</ref> |- |1911 |''The Senator Keeps House'' | |Broadway |<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Lorraine Frost (Performer) |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/lorraine-frost-vault-0000091312 |website=Playbill}}</ref> |- |1912 |''A Fool of Fortune'' | |Broadway |<ref name=":2" /> |- |1915 |''The Angel in the House'' | |Broadway |<ref name=":2" /> |- |1917 | rowspan="2" |''Johnny, Get Your Gun'' | |Broadway |<ref name=":2" /> |- | rowspan="2" |1918 | |Tour |<ref>{{Cite news |date=1918-02-23 |title=Louis Bennison at Columbia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_FHAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22lorraine+frost%22+actress&pg=RA7-PA15 |access-date=2024-01-22 |work=San Francisco Daily Times |publisher=Conklin & Haskin |pages=15 |language=en}}</ref> |- |''The Unknown Purple'' | |Broadway |<ref name=":2" /> |}

== Filmography ==

* ''The Rivals'' (1913) * ''The Light of Happiness'' (1916)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paietta |first=Ann C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgoyBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22lorraine+frost%22+actress&pg=PA87 |title=Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895-2003 |date=2015-01-24 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1016-0 |pages=467 |language=en}}</ref> * ''God's Half Acre'' (1916) * ''The Inner Ring'' (1919) * ''Sinners'' (1920)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=Jerry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ciwdL9jp0OoC&dq=%22lorraine+frost%22+actress&pg=PA137 |title=The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, Video, and DVD |date=2003 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-1-55783-512-3 |pages=137 |language=en}}</ref> * ''The Deep Purple'' (1920)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Curtis |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NPXYCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22lorraine+frost%22+actress&pg=PA372 |title=William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come |date=2015 |publisher=Pantheon Books |isbn=978-0-375-42472-4 |pages=372 |language=en}}</ref> * ''The Truth About Husbands'' (1920) * ''One of the Family'' (1926)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ebJjqCUvPgC&dq=%22lorraine+frost%22+actress&pg=RA1-PA24 |title=The Billboard |date=1926-05-08 |publisher=R.S. Littleford, Jr., W.D. Littleford |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

== External links ==

* {{imdbname|0296535}}

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