Grace Darling

Grace Darling (née Foster; November 20, 1893 – October 7, 1963) was an American actress who was active in Hollywood during the silent era. She was best known for her role as Beatrice Fairfax in a 1916 serial of the same name. Darling was reportedly born in New York City. By the mid-1910s, she was under contract at Hearst-Selig, and would write travelogues for Hearst papers from her globe-trotting adventures. She was a bit eccentric, and was known for carrying around a doll dressed in imaginative outfits during the height of her fame. She was sometimes confused for the actress Ruth Darling, who died in a 1918 car crash in San Francisco. She told reporters she married actor Pat Rooney when she was 15 years old; despite their eventual divorce, she was caring for him at the time of his death. She was also married to a Harry Turek of San Francisco.