{{Short description|Child actor (1906–1992)}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Deliverance (1919) - 2.jpg | caption = Child actresses Etna Ross and Tula Belle in ''Deliverance'' (1919) about Helen Keller | birth_name = Borgny Erna Bull Høegh | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|7|28}} | birth_place = Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway | death_date = {{death date and age|1992|10|13|1906|7|28}} | death_place = Newport Beach, California, USA | years_active = 1915-1920 | spouse = | resting_place = }}
'''Tula Belle''' (born '''Borgny Erna Bull Høegh'''; 28 July 1906 – 13 October 1992) was an American child film actress.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZmL0AAAAMAAJ&q=tula+belle|title=The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings|first=Ken|last=Wlaschin|date=February 19, 2009|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9780786438044|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwxKAQAAMAAJ&dq=tula+belle&pg=PA575|title=Motography|date=February 19, 1918|via=Google Books}}</ref> She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vodZAAAAMAAJ&q=tula+belle|title=Strangers in Hollywood: the history of Scandinavian actors in American films from 1910 to World War II|first=Hans J.|last=Wollstein|date=February 19, 1994|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810829381|via=Google Books}}</ref>
She starred in ''The Blue Bird''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9e1DAQAAMAAJ&dq=tula+belle&pg=PA47|title=Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage|date=February 19, 1918|publisher=Dramatic Mirror Company|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Death== She died in Newport Beach, California, USA at the age of 86 in 1992.
==Filmography== [[File:The Blue Bird - Motion Picture News, March 23, 1918.jpg|thumb|''The Blue Bird'' (1918)]] {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="3"|{{center|1916}} | ''A Bird of Prey'' | The Child - Age 5 | |- | ''The Fear of Poverty'' | Child | |- | ''The Brand of Cowardice'' | Rana (Idiqui's daughter) | |- | rowspan="3"|{{center|1917}} | ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' | Dick Primrose | |- | ''The Woman and the Beast'' | The Child | |- | ''Over the Hill'' | Rose's Sister | |- | rowspan="3"|{{center|1918}} | ''The Blue Bird'' | Mytyl | |- | ''At the Mercy of Men''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4g4LAQAAMAAJ&q=tula+belle|title=Films in Review|date=February 19, 1966|publisher=Then and There Media, LCC.|via=Google Books}}</ref> | Alice | |- | ''A Doll's House'' | Helmer Child | based on ''A Doll's House'' by Henrik Ibsen<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z3LeCQ3sROgC&dq=tula+belle&pg=PA72|title=Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films|first=Harry|last=Waldman|date=January 1, 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786409570|via=Google Books}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"|{{center|1919}} | ''Gates of Brass'' | Margaret Blake as a Child | |- | ''Deliverance'' | Young Nadja (First Episode) | |- | ''The Miracle Man'' | | uncredited |- | {{center|1920}} | ''Old Dad'' | Little Girl with Two Mothers | final film role |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Tula Belle}} *{{IMDB name|0068818}}
{{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Belle, Tula}} Category:1906 births Category:1992 deaths Category:20th-century Norwegian actresses Category:Norwegian child actresses Category:Norwegian film actresses Category:Norwegian expatriates in the United States