Isabel Lamon

Isabel Lamon (December 1898 – 1958), also billed as Isabel Baring, was an American actress in silent films. Among many roles, she played Meg March in the first filmed adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.

Isabel Lamon
Isabel Lamon, from a 1913 publication.
BornDecember 1898
Chicago
Died1958 (aged 59-60)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesIsabel Baring, Isabelle Lamon, Isabel Hough
Occupationactress
Known forsilent films

Early life

Isabel Lamon was born in Chicago, the daughter of Lauren G. Lamon and Mathilde Hoffelt.[1] Her mother was better known as silent film actress Mathilde Baring (1879-1954) of Louisiana.

Career

Lamon appeared in more than 30 short silent films between 1911 and 1918, including The Scandal Mongers (1911), Unmerited Shame (1912), It Pays to be Kind (1912), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1912), Saved from the Titanic (1912), The Holy City (1912), A Double Misunderstanding (1912), That Loving Man (1912), Wanted a Wife in a Hurry (1912), Robin Hood (1912),[2] Dolls (1912), The Passing Parade (1912), The Lucky Loser (1912), A Choice by Accident (1912), Caprice of Fortune (1912), Making Uncle Jealous (1912), Just Out of College (1913), It Might Have Been (1913), Quarantined (1913), What's In a Name? (1913), Keeping Up Appearances (1913), The Miser (1913), The Higher Duty (1913), The Supreme Sacrifice (1913), Jane's Waterloo (1913), For His Child's Sake (1913), Diamond Cut Diamond (1913), Through Many Trials (1913), Longing for Mother (1913), Violet Dare, Detective (1913), A Father's Love (1913), The Other Woman (1913), Dick's Turning (1913), The Wager (1913), The Strange Way (1913), The Exile (1913),[3] The Matinee Girl (1918),[4] The Face in the Dark (1918), and Little Women (1918). In eight of her films, her mother was also in the cast.

On stage, Lamon appeared in Broadway productions including Sam Houston (1906), when she was a child,[5] Forever After (1918-1919),[6] The Advertising of Kate (1922), Aren't We All? (1924-1925),[7] Love in the Tropics (1927), Gambling (1929), The Tavern (1930), The Song and Dance Man (1930),[8] Just to Remind You (1931),[9] and A Hat, A Coat, A Glove (1934).[10] She was also in The Gingham Girl (1923),[11] The Butter and Egg Man, and The Honeymoon (1926), on the vaudeville stage.[12] She acted in radio drama in the 1930s.[13]

Personal life

Isabel Lamon married songwriter and playwright William M. Hough (1882-1962); they had one child, Carol.[14] Hough had left Lamon by 1932,[15] but there were years of lawsuits[16][17] before their divorce was final in 1947.[18] Isabel Lamon died in 1958, aged 59 years, in New York. Her grave is with her mother's, in Kensico Cemetery.

References
  1. Wright, Annie Julia Mims "Mrs W. R. Wright" (1911). A Record of the Descendants of Isaac Ross and Jean Brown: And the Allied Families of Alexander, Conger, Harris, Hill, King, Killingworth, Mackey, Moores, Sims, Wade, Etc. Consumers Stationery and Printing Company. pp. 117. Isabel Lamon.
  2. "Eclair Production of Robin Hood". The Moving Picture News. 6: 11. August 3, 1912.
  3. "The Exile". Betzwood Film Archive. 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  4. "Grand". Reno Gazette-Journal. March 23, 1918. p. 14. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Child Actor Brings 2 Fines". Chicago Tribune. July 17, 1909. p. 9. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Allen, Eugene Kelcey (September 7, 1918). "And Still the New Plays Come". Women's Wear Daily. p. 10 – via ProQuest.
  7. "Werba's Brooklyn". Times Union. December 23, 1924. p. 30. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Cohan Revives 'Song and Dance Man'". Daily News. June 18, 1930. p. 78. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Zeruk, James, Jr. (2013-10-25). Peg Entwistle and the Hollywood Sign Suicide: A Biography. McFarland. pp. 224–225. ISBN 9781476612195.
  10. Bordman, Gerald (1996-11-21). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930-1969. Oxford University Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780195358087.
  11. "This 'Gingham' Girl Has Novel Ideas". Hartford Courant. October 9, 1923. p. 10. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "E. F. Albee Theatre". Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society. August 21, 1926. p. 16. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Headliners for Gala Show Thursday". Chicago Tribune. January 24, 1937. p. 43. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Husband Held". Chicago Tribune. May 1, 1935. p. 9. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Playwright Sued for Divorce by Actress". Alton Evening Telegram. February 18, 1932. p. 7. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "WILL HOUGH ARRESTED: Playwright's Wife In Chicago Accuses Him of Desertion". The New York Times. May 1, 1935. p. 14 – via ProQuest.
  17. "Playwright's Actress Wife Files Suit for Alienation". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 15, 1932. p. 24. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Lyrist Hough, Wife Divorced". Daily News. December 25, 1947. p. 216. Retrieved August 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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