American actress
Marie Eline
Eline in 1910
Born Anna Marie Eline
(1902-02-27 ) February 27, 1902Died January 3, 1981(1981-01-03) (aged 78) Other names The Thanhouser Kid Citizenship United States Occupation Child actor Years active 1910–1914 Spouse(s)
Milton Edward Blasier, Jr.
(
m. 1922)
Children 1 Relatives Grace Eline (sister)
Marie Eline (February 27, 1902 – January 3, 1981) was an American silent film child actress and sister of Grace Eline.[ 1] Their mother was an actress.[ 2]
Eline acted on stage for three years before she acted in films.[ 2] Nicknamed "The Thanhouser Kid",[ 3] she began acting for the Thanhouser Company in New Rochelle, New York , at the age of eight and starred in exactly one hundred films between 1910 and 1914 .
By August 1915, Eline headed her own vaudeville company, presenting a playlet.[ 4] In 1929, the Eline sisters formed a specialty act that was featured in an "'all-girl' show" that performed in Atlanta, Georgia.[ 5] The duo was still performing in 1932.[ 6]
Filmography
The Vicar of Wakefield (1910)
Rip Van Winkle (1910/II)
A Thanksgiving Surprise (1910)
The Little Fire Chief (1910) .... Willie Stone
Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1910) .... Little Mary
The Fairies' Hallowe'en (1910) .... Marie
The Restoration (1910) .... The Little Girl
The Mermaid (1910)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910/II) .... Little Eva
The Playwright's Love (1910) .... Grace, an Orphan
The Girls of the Ghetto (1910) .... An Immigrant Child of the Ghetto
The Lucky Shot (1910) .... The Little Boy
The Flag of His Country (1910) .... The Granddaughter
The Governor's Daughter (1910) .... Nell, the Governor's Daughter
The Little Hero of Holland (1910) .... Hans, the Little Dutch Boy
The Two Roses (1910) .... Tony's Son
The Best Man Wins (1910) .... A Poor Charwoman's Tiny Daughter
Jane Eyre (1910) .... Jane Eyre as a Child
A Twenty-Nine Cent Robbery (1910) .... Edna Robinson
A Doll's House (1911; short film)[ 7]
David Copperfield (1911)
She (1911) .... Leo Vincey as a Youth
The Tomboy (1911) (as The Thanhouser Kid) .... The Tomboy's Little Sister
The Newsy and the Tramp (1911) .... Ragsy, the Newsboy
The Missing Heir (1911) .... The Little Heir
The Satyr and the Lady (1911) .... The Peddler's Daughter
David Copperfield (1911) .... Em'ly as a Child
The Tempter and Dan Cupid (1911) .... Dan Cupid
The Five Rose Sisters (1911) .... The Littlest Rose Sister
In the Chorus (1911) .... The Little Daughter
The Buddhist Priestess (1911) .... The Little Daughter
Cupid the Conqueror (1911) .... Cupid
Back to Nature (1911) .... The Sick Child
The Judge's Story (1911) .... The Little Black Boy
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1911) .... The Little Lame Boy
Two Little Girls (1911) .... Forlorn, unknown stepsister
The Court's Decree (1911) .... The Little Daughter
Lorna Doone (1911) .... Lorna, Age 5
Flames and Fortune (1911) .... The Youngster
The Stepmother (1911) .... The Younger Sister
A Circus Stowaway (1911) .... The Little Boy Circus Stowaway
Get Rich Quick (1911) .... Daughter of poor widow
The Stage Child (1911) .... The Stage Chlld
The Colonel and the King (1911) .... George IV, The Child King
The Poet of the People (1911)
Velvet and Rags (1911) .... A Little Boy
The Charity of the Poor (1911) .... The Little Girl
Silas Marner (1911) .... The Little Orphan Girl
Stage Struck (1911)
The Little Mother (1911) .... The Little Mother
A Newsboy Hero (1911) .... Marie, the Little Daughter
Adrift (1911) .... Their Young Daughter
Only in the Way (1911) .... Marie
The Old Curiosity Shop (1911) .... Little Nell
The Forest Rose (1912)
The Truant's Doom (1912) .... Tim, the Little Truant Boy
Cross Your Heart (1912) .... The Farmer's Little Daughter
In Time of Peril (1912) .... The Younger Brother
Put Yourself in His Place (1912)
In a Garden (1912) .... Miss May as a Child
When Mercy Tempers Justice (1912) .... One of the Daughters
The Warning (1912) .... The Young Son
Please Help the Pore (1912) .... The Poor Couple's Daughter
But the Greatest of These Is Charity (1912) .... The Poor Mother's Child
Don't Pinch My Pup (1912) .... Tim, The Little Newsboy
Treasure Trove (1912) .... The Gold-Seeking Country Boy
The Ranchman and the Hungry Bird (1912) .... The Little Boy
Nursie and the Knight (1912) .... The Little Girl
Doggie's Debut (1912) .... Jack, the Little Boy
The Professor's Son (1912) .... The Professor's Son
On the Stroke of Five (1912)
Her Secret (1912)
Dottie's New Doll (1912) .... Dottie
The Little Shut-In (1912) .... The Little Shut-In
The Cry of the Children (1912) .... Alice, the little girl
When Mandy Came to Town (1912) .... Mandy
The Baby Bride (1912) .... The Little Boy
The Star of the Side Show (1912) .... A Midget, The Star of the Side Show
Nicholas Nickleby (1912) .... Squeers's Son, Wackford
The Poacher (1912) .... The Old Man's Grandson
The Guilty Baby (1912) .... The Plumber's Detective Daughter
Washington in Danger (1912) .... The Little Black Boy
On Probation (1912) .... The Orphan Granddaughter
East Lynne (1912) .... Willie
Her Ladyship's Page (1912) .... Her Ladyship's Page
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) .... Little girl knocked down by Hyde
Just a Bad Kid (1912) .... The Bad Kid
The Passing (1912)
Cupid's Lieutenant (1913)
The Law of Humanity (1913)
His Imaginary Family (1913)
A Campaign Manageress (1913)
Looking for Trouble (1913)
Lobster Salad and Milk (1913)
Flood Tide (1913/I)
The Medium's Nemesis (1913)
Just a Shabby Doll (1913) .... The little girl of long ago
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest (1913) .... The Eagle's Sister
The Tiniest of Stars (1913) .... The Little Boy
The Evidence of the Film (1913) .... Messenger Boy
The Purse and the Girl (1914) .... Errand Boy
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914) .... Little Eva St. Clair
References
^ "Marie Eline Obituary". Variety . 28 January 1981. ISSN 0042-2738 .
^ a b " 'Child Bernhardt,' They Call Maria Eline, But Doting Admirers Can't Turn Little Movie Actress' Head" . Arkansas Democrat . Arkansas, Little Rock. April 28, 1913. p. 11. Retrieved April 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "(untitled)" . The Motion Picture Story Magazine . January 1913. p. 150. Retrieved April 28, 2022 .
^ "Marie Eline at the Palace Theater" . Hartford Courant . August 1, 1915. p. 34. Retrieved April 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ " 'All-Girl' Show Heads New Bill On Loew's Stage" . The Atlanta Constitution . October 13, 1929. p. 46. Retrieved April 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Winnie Lightner In Laugh Riot of Music and Comedy" . The Daily Times . Iowa, Davenport. January 23, 1932. p. 10. Retrieved April 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ A Doll's House at IMDb
External links
List of American former child actors