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Belle Chamberlin

A Thanhouser Company player, credited on one Thanhouser film. No print of it is known to survive.

Biography

Belle Chamberlin appeared in a Thanhouser film in 1913.

From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓

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From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 74 words.

Belle Chamberlin was born in 1873. Her main career was on the stage in operas, but she did appear in films, including limited work for Thanhouser. In 1917 she was a contralto with the Boston Opera Company. Her married name was Belle Ellsler. She died in Hollywood, California on October 12, 1930. Her brother, Riley Chamberlin, was a prominent Thanhouser actor, primarily in comedy roles.

Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “CHAMBERLIN, Belle.” thanhouser.org/research/people/belle-chamberlin/