Pinna Nesbit

{{Short description|Canadian silent film actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Pinna Nesbit | image = Bolshevism on Trial (1919) - 2.jpg | caption = ''Exhibitors Herald'', 1919 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|11|26}} | birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|3|31|1896|11|26}} | death_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Actress | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = {{ubl |Freddie Cruger |John Gaston}} | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Pinna Nesbit''' (November 26, 1896 – March 31, 1950) was a Canadian silent film actress.<ref name="chronicleacaseofroyalromance">{{cite news|last1=Ware|first1=Beverly|title=A case of royal romance?|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1173360-a-case-of-royal-romance|accessdate=October 12, 2016|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> She was married two times and had an affair with King Edward VIII, when he was Prince of Wales.<ref name="chronicleacaseofroyalromance" />

She was the daughter of Captain William A. Nesbit, a British army officer stationed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<ref name="Sothebys">{{cite web|title=Gold and diamond cigarette case, Cartier, circa 1924|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/fine-jewels-l13052/lot.446.html|website=Sothebys|accessdate=12 October 2016}}</ref>

Nesbit was married to haberdasher Freddie Cruger at the time of her affair with the Prince of Wales.<ref name="Sothebys" /> Later she was married to John Gaston.<ref>{{cite news |title=Miss Lamson is wed to Frederic H. Cruger |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/27/archives/miss-lamson-is-wed-to-frederic-h-cruger-ceremony-takes-place-in.html |access-date=March 12, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=June 27, 1940 |page=26|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Role |- | 1917 | ''The Page Mystery'' | Harley Knoles | Laura Le Moyle |- | 1917 | ''The False Friend'' | Harry Davenport | Marietta |- | 1917 | ''The Stolen Paradise'' | Harley Knoles | Katharine Lambert |- | 1917 | ''The Price of Pride'' | Harley Knoles | Madge Endicott Black |- | 1917 | ''The Beloved Adventuress'' | William A. Brady | Martha Grant |- | 1917 | ''The Little Duchess'' | Harley Knoles | Evelyn Carmichael |- | 1917 | ''Rasputin, the Black Monk'' | Arthur Ashley | Princess Sonia |- | 1917 | ''The Corner Grocer'' | George Cowl | Stella |- | 1917 | ''The Good for Nothing'' | Carlyle Blackwell | Clarice Laverne |- | 1918 | ''The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds'' | Arthur Ashley | Mrs. Alexander Hamilton |- | 1918 | ''The Whims of Society'' | Travers Vale | Eleanor Van Schuyler |- | 1918 | ''Broken Ties'' | Arthur Ashley | Corinne La Force |- | 1918 | ''Let's Get a Divorce'' | Charles Giblyn | Yvonne de Prunelles |- | 1918 | ''Merely Players'' | Oscar Apfel | Maude Foster |- | 1918 | ''A Soul Without Windows'' | Travers Vale | Faith Palmer |- | 1919 | ''Bolshevism on Trial'' | Harvey Knoles | Barbara Bozenta |- | 1920 | ''Partners of the Night'' | Paul Scardon | Mary Regan |}

== References == {{Commons category|Pinna Nesbit}} {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{IMDb name|0626341}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nesbit, Pinna}} Category:1896 births Category:1950 deaths Category:Canadian people of British descent Category:Actresses from Halifax, Nova Scotia Category:Canadian silent film actresses Category:Canadian emigrants to the United States Category:Canadian film actresses Category:Mistresses of Edward VIII