Edith Roberts(1899-1935)
- Actress
Edith Roberts was born in New York City on September 17, 1899. She was
a starstruck 19-year-old when she made her debut in
The Deciding Kiss (1918).
Although she didn't get the acclaim that her more successful
counterparts did, she remained very busy throughout the decade and into
the 1920s. After
The Wagon Master (1929), Edith
left films. On August 20, 1935, she died in Los Angeles, California,
from complications from a horrendous childbirth. She was only 35 years
old.
