# Pinna Nesbit

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{{Short description|Canadian silent film actress}}
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| name               = Pinna Nesbit
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1896|11|26}}
| birth_place        = [Halifax, Nova Scotia](/source/Halifax%2C_Nova_Scotia), Canada
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1950|3|31|1896|11|26}}
| death_place        = [Santa Barbara, California](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California), U.S.
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| spouse             = {{ubl |Freddie Cruger |John Gaston}}
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'''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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Page_Mystery)''
| [Harley Knoles](/source/Harley_Knoles)
| Laura Le Moyle
|-
| 1917
| ''[The False Friend](/source/The_False_Friend)''
| [Harry Davenport](/source/Harry_Davenport_(actor))
| Marietta
|-
| 1917
| ''[The Stolen Paradise](/source/The_Stolen_Paradise)''
| Harley Knoles
| Katharine Lambert
|-
| 1917
| ''[The Price of Pride](/source/The_Price_of_Pride)''
| Harley Knoles
| Madge Endicott Black
|-
| 1917
| ''[The Beloved Adventuress](/source/The_Beloved_Adventuress)''
| [William A. Brady](/source/William_A._Brady)
| Martha Grant
|-
| 1917
| ''[The Little Duchess](/source/The_Little_Duchess)''
| Harley Knoles
| Evelyn Carmichael
|-
| 1917
| ''[Rasputin, the Black Monk](/source/Rasputin%2C_the_Black_Monk)''
| [Arthur Ashley](/source/Arthur_Ashley)
| Princess Sonia
|-
| 1917
| ''[The Corner Grocer](/source/The_Corner_Grocer)''
| [George Cowl](/source/George_Cowl)
| Stella
|-
| 1917
| ''[The Good for Nothing](/source/The_Good_for_Nothing_(1917_film))''
| [Carlyle Blackwell](/source/Carlyle_Blackwell)
| Clarice Laverne
|-
| 1918
| ''The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds''
| Arthur Ashley
| Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
|-
| 1918
| ''The Whims of Society''
| [Travers Vale](/source/Travers_Vale)
| Eleanor Van Schuyler
|-
| 1918
| ''Broken Ties''
| Arthur Ashley
| Corinne La Force
|-
| 1918
| ''[Let's Get a Divorce](/source/Let's_Get_a_Divorce)''
| [Charles Giblyn](/source/Charles_Giblyn)
| Yvonne de Prunelles
|-
| 1918
| ''[Merely Players](/source/Merely_Players_(1918_film))''
| [Oscar Apfel](/source/Oscar_Apfel)
| Maude Foster
|-
| 1918
| ''[A Soul Without Windows](/source/A_Soul_Without_Windows)''
| [Travers Vale](/source/Travers_Vale)
| Faith Palmer
|-
| 1919
| ''[Bolshevism on Trial](/source/Bolshevism_on_Trial)''
| Harvey Knoles
| Barbara Bozenta
|-
| 1920
| ''Partners of the Night''
| [Paul Scardon](/source/Paul_Scardon)
| Mary Regan
|}

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

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

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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

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