Mignon Anderson was an American silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 actress. Her career was at its peak in the 1910s.

Career

Born in Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Anderson's parents, Hallie Howard and Frank Anderson, were also actors. In 1911 she joined Thanhouser Studios

Thanhouser Company

The Thanhouser Company was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser.-See also:...

 in New Rochelle

New Rochelle, New York

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, New York

New York

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. She was very diminutive and a blonde. Anderson starred alongside William Garwood

William Garwood

William Garwood was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent era in the 1910s....

 in a number of short films including A New Cure for Divorce

A New Cure for Divorce

A New Cure for Divorce is a 1912 American silent short drama film written by Lloyd Lonergan. The film stars William Garwood and Mignon Anderson....

in 1912.

Personal life and death

Playing in Thanhouser films brought about an acquaintance with Morris Foster, also of that company. She was married to Foster from 1915 until his death in 1966.

Anderson died in Burbank, California

Burbank, California

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....

 at the age of 90.

Filmography

• The Winter's Tale (1910)
• Robert Emmet (1911)
• Silas Marner (1911)
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1911)
• David Copperfield
  David Copperfield (1911 film)
  David Copperfield is a 1911 American black-and-white silent film based on the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. It is the oldest known film adaptation of the novel....
  
  (1911)
• A Master of Millions (1911)
• As It Was in the Beginning (1912)
• Nicholas Nickleby (1912)
• The Star of the Side Show (1912)
• Dora Thorne (1912)
• Her Secret (1912)
• On the Stroke of Five (1912)
• Farm and Flat (1912)
• The Finger of Scorn (1912)
• The Merchant of Venice (1912)
• Treasure Trove (1912)
• A New Cure for Divorce
  A New Cure for Divorce
  A New Cure for Divorce is a 1912 American silent short drama film written by Lloyd Lonergan. The film stars William Garwood and Mignon Anderson....
  
  (1912)
• Old Doctor Judd (1912)
• Big Sister (1912)
• When a Count Counted (1912)
• Lucile (1912)
• Orator, Knight and Cow Charmer (1912)
• At the Foot of the Ladder (1912)
• Please Help the Pore (1912)
• Miss Robinson Crusoe (1912)
• When Mercy Tempers Justice (1912)
• The Truant's Doom (1912)
• The Thunderbolt (1912)
• Standing Room Only (1912)
• A Will and a Way (1912)
• At Liberty—Good Press Agent (1912)
• With the Mounted Police (1912)
• Just a Shabby Doll (1913)
• King René's Daughter (1913)
• Little Dorrit (1913)
• Robin Hood (1913)
• A Daughter Worth While (1913)
• The Plot Against the Governor (1913)
• A Clothes-Line Quarrel (1913)
• A Beauty Parlor Graduate (1913)
• Pamela Congreve (1914)
• Two Little Dromios (1914)
• Turkey Trot Town (1914)
• The Elusive Diamond (1914)
• Why Reginald Reformed (1914)
• The Golden Cross (1914)
• The Scientist's Doll (1914)
• Guilty or Not Guilty (1914)
• When Sorrow Fades (1914)
• The Tin Soldier and the Dolls (1914)
• Beating Back (1914)
• When Algy Froze Up (1914)
• From the Flames (1914)
• Getting Rid of Algy (1914)
• Lost: A Union Suit (1914)
• A Dog of Flanders (1914)
• Rivalry (1914)
• The Man Without Fear (1914)
• The Million Dollar Mystery
  The Million Dollar Mystery
  The Million Dollar Mystery is a twenty three chapter film serial. It was directed by Howell Hansel, and starred Florence La Badie. It was produced by Thanhouser Film Corporation, and was their biggest success, largely due to the popularity of La Badie. During the filming, La Badie performed her...
  
  (Cameo, 1914)
• The Harlow Handicap (1914)
• The Substitute (1914/III)
• The Messenger of Death (1914)
• The Guiding Hand (1914)
• Stronger Than Death (1914)
• Conscience (1914/II)
• Jean of the Wilderness (1914)
• The Terror of Anger (1914)
• A Denver Romance (1914)
• Naidra, the Dream Woman (1914)
• When East Meets West (1914)
• A Hatful of Trouble (1914)
• Lucy's Elopement (1914)
• The Bridal Bouquet (1915)
• Her Menacing Past (1915)
• An Inside Tip (1915)
• A Yellowstone Honeymoon (1915)
• In the Jury Room (1915)
• The Shoplifter (1915)
• The Magnet of Destruction (1915)
• The Reformation of Peter and Paul (1915)
• A Scientific Mother (1915)
• The Song of the Heart (1915)
• The House That Jack Moved (1915)
• The Girl of the Sea (1915)
• Innocence at Monte Carlo (1915)
• A Maker of Guns (1915)
• Madame Blanche, Beauty Doctor (1915)
• Dot on the Day Line Boat (1915)
• Outcasts of Society (1915)
• Milestones of Life (1915)
• The Revenge of the Steeple-Jack (1915)
• A Message Through Flames (1915)
• The Price of Her Silence (1915)
• John T. Rocks and the Flivver (1915)
• At the Patrician Club (1915)
• The Mill on the Floss (1915)
• The Woman in Politics (1916)
• The Knotted Cord (1916)
• The City of Illusion (1916)
• Her Husband's Wife (1916/I)
• Pamela's Past (1916)
• Perils of the Secret Service (1917)
• Even As You and I (1917)
• The Phantom's Secret (1917)
• A Young Patriot (1917)
• The Circus of Life (1917)
• The Hunted Man (1917)
• Meet My Wife (1917)
• A Wife on Trial (1917)
• The Master Spy (1917)
• The Claim (1918)
• The Shooting Party (1918)
• The Secret Peril (1919)
• The Midnight Stage (1919)
• Blind Man's Eyes (1919)
• Marry My Wife (1919)
• The House of Intrigue (1919)
• King Spruce (1920)
• Mountain Madness (1920)
• The Heart of a Woman (1920)
• Cupid's Brand (1921)
• Kisses (1922)

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