Winifred Westover was a Hollywood actress of the 1910s and 1920s.

Winifred Westover was born in San Francisco, California. On screen, Westover was the typical blushing ingenue and was almost always cast opposite robust leading men.

Her career in film started with a small part in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance

Intolerance (film)

Intolerance is a 1916 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. The three-and-a-half hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines each separated by several centuries: A contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; a...

 in 1916. In 1919 she starred in John Petticoats with William S. Hart

William S. Hart

William Surrey Hart was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered for having "imbued all of his characters with honor and integrity."-Biography:...

, who proposed to her. They married on 7 December 1921 and had a son, William S. Hart Jr. They separated in 1922 after three months of marriage and divorced in 1927.

She retired to raise her son in 1923 but made a comeback in 1930 with the help of her ex-husband. The film was a melodrama called Lummox but it was unsuccessful and she left her career in film. She appeared in a few TV episodes during 1969. She died in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

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Selected filmography

• Intolerance
  Intolerance (film)
  Intolerance is a 1916 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. The three-and-a-half hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines each separated by several centuries: A contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; a...
  
  , 1916
• Microscope Mystery, 1916
• The Matrimaniac, 1916
• Jim Bludso, 1917
• John Petticoats, 1919
• This Hero Stuff, 1919
• Marked Men, 1919
• All the World to Nothing, 1919
• The Village Sleuth, 1920
• Old Lady 31
  Old Lady 31
  Old Lady 31 is a 1920 silent film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures and directed by John Ince. It is based on a novel by Louise Forsslund turned into a play by Rachel Crothers. The film starred actress Emma Dunn reprising her 1916 stage success for the screen...
  
  , 1920
• The Fighter, 1921
• Anne of Little Smoky, 1921
• Love's Masquerade, 1922
• Lummox, 1930

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