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Nell Shipman(1892-1970)

  • Actress
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Shipman in "Back to God's Country", from the Idaho Film Collection's new DVD,  "The Nell Shipman Collection" Volume 1.
Canadian-born actress, writer, producer and animal trainer Nell Shipman was best known for writing and acting in several James Oliver Curwood stories and for her portrayals of strong, adventurous women, with many of her productions being filmed in Canada. Her son, Barry Shipman, became a prolific screenwriter, mostly of westerns.
BornOctober 25, 1892
DiedJanuary 23, 1970(77)
BornOctober 25, 1892
DiedJanuary 23, 1970(77)
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Nell Shipman in Through the Wall (1916)
Nell Shipman and Lou Tellegen in The Black Wolf (1917)
Nell Shipman
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Nell Shipman
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Nell Shipman in The Girl from God's Country (1921)
Charles Arling, Wheeler Oakman, and Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)
William Duncan, George Holt, and Nell Shipman in Through the Wall (1916)
Glass Slide, app 3" x 4"
Nell Shipman and Lou Tellegen in The Black Wolf (1917)
Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)

Known for

Nell Shipman in The Grub Stake (1923)
The Grub Stake
7.1
  • Faith Diggs
  • 1923
Nell Shipman in Something New (1920)
Something New
5.8
  • A Young Woman Writer
  • 1920
Edmund Burns and Nell Shipman in The Girl from God's Country (1921)
The Girl from God's Country
  • Neeka Le Mort
  • Marion Carslake
  • 1921
Charles Arling, Wheeler Oakman, and Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)
Back to God's Country
6.2
  • Dolores LeBeau
  • 1919

Credits

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Actress

  • Day Dreams
  • White Water
  • Wolf's Brush
  • The Light on Lookout Mountain
  • Trail of the North Wind
  • Nell Shipman in The Grub Stake (1923)
    The Grub Stake
  • Sonny Howard in A Bear, a Boy and a Dog (1921)
    A Bear, a Boy and a Dog
  • Edmund Burns and Nell Shipman in The Girl from God's Country (1921)
    The Girl from God's Country
  • Nell Shipman in Something New (1920)
    Something New
  • The Trials of Texas Thompson
  • The Washerwoman's War
  • Toad Allen's Elopement
  • Charles Arling, Wheeler Oakman, and Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)
    Back to God's Country
  • Nell Shipman and Gayne Whitman in A Gentleman's Agreement (1918)
    A Gentleman's Agreement
  • Nell Shipman and Gayne Whitman in Baree, Son of Kazan (1918)
    Baree, Son of Kazan

Writer

  • Cary Grant and Myrna Loy in Wings in the Dark (1935)
    Wings in the Dark
  • White Water
  • Trail of the North Wind
  • Nell Shipman in The Grub Stake (1923)
    The Grub Stake
  • Sonny Howard in A Bear, a Boy and a Dog (1921)
    A Bear, a Boy and a Dog
  • Edmund Burns and Nell Shipman in The Girl from God's Country (1921)
    The Girl from God's Country
  • Nell Shipman in Something New (1920)
    Something New
  • Charles Arling, Wheeler Oakman, and Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)
    Back to God's Country
    • (uncredited)
  • William Russell in My Fighting Gentleman (1917)
    My Fighting Gentleman
  • The Melody of Love
  • Son o' the Stars
  • The Widow's Secret
  • The Pine's Revenge
  • Under the Crescent (1915)
    Under the Crescent
  • The Shepherd of the Southern Cross

Producer

  • The Story of Mr. Hobbs
    • (uncredited)
  • Day Dreams
  • White Water
  • Wolf's Brush
  • The Light on Lookout Mountain
  • Trail of the North Wind
  • Nell Shipman in The Grub Stake (1923)
    The Grub Stake
  • Sonny Howard in A Bear, a Boy and a Dog (1921)
    A Bear, a Boy and a Dog
  • Nell Shipman in Something New (1920)
    Something New
    • (uncredited)

Personal details

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    • October 25, 1892
    • Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • January 23, 1970
    • Cabazon, California, USA(undisclosed)
    • 1925 - 1934 (divorced, 2 children)
    • Barry Shipman
    • Nina Shipman(Grandchild)
  • Her autobiography, "The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart" was published posthumously by Boise State University Press in 1987.
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Print Biographies
    • 14 Articles

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  • Trivia
    She was the first actress in legitimate-film history to ever do a full frontal nude scene on film. It was in Back to God's Country (1919), which coincidentally (or perhaps because of the scene) became the most financially successful silent film ever made in Canada. The tagline in one of the posters for the movie was, "Is the Nude Rude?".

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