Biography
Cleo Madison (born Lulu Bailey; March 26, 1883 – March 11, 1964) was a theatrical and silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director who was active in Hollywood during the silent era.
Madison began her career on the stage. By 1910, she had begun performing as part of a theatre troupe known as the Santa Barbara Stock Company in California. In 1913, she was contracted by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company to begin appearing in feature films. Madison established a name for herself as an actress with performances in films such as The Trey o' Hearts (1914). She is also considered a pioneering female director with a number of shorts and two feature films, A Soul Enslaved (1916) and Her Bitter Cup (1916), to her credit.
She made several efforts to set up a production company before leaving show business in 1924. She died from a heart attack in 1964 at the age of 80.
Filmography
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Movies 27
The Roughneck (1924)
Unseen Hands (1924)
True As Steel (1924)
Discontented Husbands (1924)
Gold Madness (1923)
The Dangerous Age (1923)
A Woman's Woman (1922)
Ladies Must Live (1921)
The Great Radium Mystery (1919)
The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
Black Orchids (1917)
The Chalice of Sorrow (1916)
Eleanor's Catch (1916)
Her Bitter Cup (1916)
A Soul Enslaved (1916)
Her Defiance (1916)
The Power of Fascination (1915)
The Ring of Destiny (1915)
A Mother's Atonement (1915)
Alas and Alack (1915)
Damon and Pythias (1914)
The Trey o' Hearts (1914)
The Severed Hand (1914)
Samson (1914)
Sealed Orders (1914)
Cross Purposes (1913)
The Heart of a Cracksman (1913)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1883-03-26
Deathday1964-03-11 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceBloomington, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLulu Bailey
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