Jeanie Macpherson(1886-1946)
- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Born in Boston to Evangeline Tomlinson and John Sinclair Macpherson.
Jeanie Macperson was educated at Madame de Facq's school in Paris, the
Kenwood Institute in Chicago and took dancing lessons from
Theodore Kosloff. Her stage experience
began when she got the lead in a school play and was awarded a gold
medal by the Chicago Musical College. She made her professional debut
in the musical show, "Havana", then had a part in
William C. de Mille's "Strongheart",
which was going out on the road. During her years as an actress Jeanie
worked with Florence Lawrence and
Mary Pickford. She later was given her own
unit at Universal and wrote and directed as well as acted in
two-reelers. After leaving Universal, she was signed by
Cecil B. DeMille as a writer. According
to the 1938-39 Motion Picture Almanac, she is also credited as having
collaborated on Cleopatra (1934)
(Paramount) and adapted "Lafitte the Pirate" (basis for
The Buccaneer (1938) from
Paramount). She went to Rome for direction and story supervision for
ERA Productions, Vittorio Mussolini's
company.
