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{{Infobox person
| name = Edna Maison
| name = Edna Maison
|image=EdnaMaison.jpg
| image = Edna Maison Movie Card.jpg
| birthdate = 17 August 1892
| caption = Maison, 1910s
| birth_date = 17 August 1892
| birthplace = [[San Francisco]]
| birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S.
| deathdate = 11 January [[1946]]
| death_date = 11 January 1946 (aged 53)
| deathplace = [[Hollywood, California]]
| death_place = [[Hollywood, California]], U.S.
| othername =
| othername =
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = [[1912 in film|1912]] - [[1926 in film|1926]]
| years_active = 1912–1926
| imdb_id = 0537899
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'''Edna Maison''' (17 August 1892 [[San Francisco]] - 11 January 1946 [[Hollywood, California]]), was an [[United States|American]] [[silent film]] [[actress]].
'''Edna Maison''' (born '''Carmen Edna Maisonave'''; August 17, 1892 – January 11, 1946) was an American [[silent film]] [[actress]].

Maison was born Carmen Edna Maisonave<ref>{{cite journal |title=(untitled brief) |journal=Motography |date=March 18, 1916 |volume=XV |issue=12 |page=657 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3lJAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Carmen+Edna+Maisonave%22&pg=PA657 |access-date=January 16, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> in San Francisco. Her father was a Frenchman and her mother was American. She was educated in Los Angeles at the Immaculate Heart Academy and her first job involved working with the Cooper Stock Company at the Burbank Theater in Los Angeles at the age of 6. Edna Maison's career started in Opera, singing at the Tivoli opera-house in San Francisco at age 15. Following, she went to Fisher's Theater, the California Opera Company, and lastly with the Edgar Temple Opera Company before moving into film work. <ref>{{cite web |title=Hard Work Is Her Doctrine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/299822469/?terms=edna%2Bmaison |website=Newspapers |publisher=The Marion Star |access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref> Maison was described as an earth mother type who loved animals. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Waggoner |first1=Linda M. |title=Starring Red Wing! : The Incredible Career of Lilian M. St. Cyr, the First Native American Film Star |date=2019 |publisher=Bison Books |pages=504 |jstor=j.ctvqc6hc5 |isbn=9781496215598 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvqc6hc5 |access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref>
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She starred in a total of 85 films between [[1912 in film|1912]] and [[1926 in film|1926]] in films such as ''[[The Idol of Bonanza Camp]]'' (1913) with actors such as [[Harry von Meter]].

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Maison starred in a total of 85 films between 1912 and 1926 in films such as ''[[The Idol of Bonanza Camp]]'' (1913) and ''[[Undine (1916 film)|Undine]]'' (1916) and appearing with actors such as [[Harry von Meter]].
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== Selected filmography ==

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==Partial filmography==
* ''[[The Idol of Bonanza Camp]]'' (1913)
* ''[[The Idol of Bonanza Camp]]'' (1913)
* ''[[The Proof of the Man]]'' ([[1913 in film|1913]])
* ''[[The Proof of the Man]]'' (1913)
* ''[[Richelieu (film)|Richelieu]]'' ([[1914 in film|1914]])
* ''[[The Spy (1914 film)|The Spy]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Under the Crescent]]'' ([[1915 in film|1915]])
* ''[[The Merchant of Venice (1914 film)|The Merchant of Venice]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Richelieu (1914 film)|Richelieu]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Under the Crescent]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Undine (1916 film)|Undine]]'' (1916)
*''[[The Dumb Girl of Portici]]'' (1916)
* ''[[A Rich Man's Darling]]'' (1918)
* ''The Mysterious Mr. Browning'' (1918)

== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{imdb name|id=0537899|name=Edna Maison}}
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* {{IMDb name|id=0537899|name=Edna Maison}}
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 14 October 2023

Edna Maison
Maison, 1910s
Born17 August 1892
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died11 January 1946 (aged 53)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1912–1926

Edna Maison (born Carmen Edna Maisonave; August 17, 1892 – January 11, 1946) was an American silent film actress.

Maison was born Carmen Edna Maisonave[1] in San Francisco. Her father was a Frenchman and her mother was American. She was educated in Los Angeles at the Immaculate Heart Academy and her first job involved working with the Cooper Stock Company at the Burbank Theater in Los Angeles at the age of 6. Edna Maison's career started in Opera, singing at the Tivoli opera-house in San Francisco at age 15. Following, she went to Fisher's Theater, the California Opera Company, and lastly with the Edgar Temple Opera Company before moving into film work. [2] Maison was described as an earth mother type who loved animals. [3]

Maison starred in a total of 85 films between 1912 and 1926 in films such as The Idol of Bonanza Camp (1913) and Undine (1916) and appearing with actors such as Harry von Meter.

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "(untitled brief)". Motography. XV (12): 657. March 18, 1916. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Hard Work Is Her Doctrine". Newspapers. The Marion Star. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Waggoner, Linda M. (2019). Starring Red Wing! : The Incredible Career of Lilian M. St. Cyr, the First Native American Film Star. Bison Books. p. 504. ISBN 9781496215598. JSTOR j.ctvqc6hc5. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
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