Charlotte Burton

Charlotte Burton
Photograph by Fred Hartsook, 1916
Born	May 30, 1881 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	March 28, 1942 (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	William Russell (m. 1917–21) Darrell Stuart (m. ?–1942)

Charlotte Burton (May 30, 1881 – March 28, 1942) was an American silent film actress.

Career

Born in San Francisco, Burton was signed by the American Film Manufacturing Company in 1912 where she worked for several years. She joined Essanay Studios which she sued in 1919 for $25,000 for breach of contract. She originally signed with the company believing she would be acting in mostly drama film but she was cast in mostly comedy films. Her salary had been $200 a week with an option for her services at the rate of $300 a week for a second year. Charlotte claimed that she was signed by Essanay business manager, Vernon R. Day, to a contract extending from November 1916 until November 1918. She was discharged without reason. When Burton came to the Chicago, studio she refused a role offered her in a Black Cat comedy, presented to her by Essanay president George K. Spoor. She declined because she was not a comedian. Instead, she accepted a role as leading lady in a film featuring Henry B. Wallace. She admitted that she was paid for ten weeks, at $200 per week, prior to being dumped by Essanay. Essanay executives claimed Burton automatically voided her contract when she refused the comedic part.

Upon arriving in California, Burton stayed for a time at the Angleus. She came there from New York and was on her way to Santa Barbara, California to work for the American Film Company, which had its studios there. In May 1916, Burton was involved in making The Man Who Would Not Die, directed by William F. Russell and Jack Prescott.

The company of American and Canadian players spent a week in Long Beach, California, filming water scenes. Others in the cast were Harry Keenan and Leona Hutton. The script was written by Mabel Condon. Among her many co-stars in motion pictures were Mary Miles Minter, William Russell, Harold Lockwood, and Lottie Pickford.

Personal life and death

In 1917, Burton married actor William Russell in Santa Ana, California. The divorced in 1921.

Charlotte Burton Stuart died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California in 1942 from a heart attack. She was 60 years old. She was survived by her second husband, Darrell Stuart, a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Coombs, and two sisters.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role
1912	It Happened Thus	The Older Daughter
1913	The Awakening
	The Rose of San Juan
	The Road to Ruin
	Her Big Story
	The Oath of Pierre	Julia Naughton, of the border line
	Through the Neighbor's Window
	The Flirt and the Bandit
	Trapped in a Forest Fire
	The Shriner's Daughter
	Calamity Anne, Heroine
1914	Lola	May, Lola's sister
	The Mirror
	The Redemption of a Pal	Irene, his sister
	Jail Birds	Mrs. Patterson
	The Final Impulse	Ruth
	A Slice of Life	Jessie, Jim's wife
	Old Enough to Be Her Grandpa	Lilyan DeVoe
	In the Candlelight	Nina, a model
	The Archeologist	Edna Lee
	The Beggar Child	Rosa, his servant
1915	Refining Fires	Nina - the judge's daughter
	Heart of Flame	Beppa
	A Touch of Love	Martha
	The Day of Reckoning	Rita Marr
	She Walketh Alone	Rita Horton
	The Diamond from the Sky	Vivian Marston
1916	The Thoroughbred	Angela Earle
	The Craving	Roby
	The Bruiser	Fen Bernham
	The Highest Bid	Elsie Burleigh
	The Strength of Donald McKenzie	Mab el Condon
	The Man Who Would Not Die	Agnes
	The Torch Bearer	Janet Dare
	The Love Hermit	Marie Bolton
	Lone Star	Helen Mattes
	The Twinkler	Rose Burke
1918	Up Romance Road	Marta Millbanke
	Hearts or Diamonds?	Adrienne Gascoyne
1919	Man's Desire	Vera Patton
1920	Polly of the Storm Country	Evelyn Robertson

References

• Janesville, Wisconsin Daily Gazette, "News and Notes from Movieland", August 16, 1916, Page 6.
• The Los Angeles Times, "Personals", January 1, 1913, Page III4.
• The Los Angeles Times, "Studio", May 28, 1916, Page III19.
• The Los Angeles Times, "Seeks Money Balm", October 22, 1919, Page I15.
• Oakland Tribune, "Romances In Film World Revealed", Sunday Morning, June 24, 1917, Page 19.
• The Los Angeles Times, "Mrs. Charlotte B. Stuart", March 31, 1942, Page 14.

External links

• Charlotte Burton at the Internet Movie Database