Mabel Trunnelle

American actress

Mabel Trunnelle
Motion Picture Story Magazine, 1914
Born	(1879-11-08)November 8, 1879 Dwight, Illinois, U.S.
Died	April 20, 1981(1981-04-20) (aged 101) Glendale, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Herbert Prior

Mabel Trunnelle (November 8, 1879 – April 20, 1981)^{[citation needed]} was an American actress who appeared in 194 films between 1908 and 1923.

Biography

Trunnelle was born in Dwight, Illinois and died in Glendale, California.^[1]

Photoplay magazine argued that she was the merry-serious girl whose expressive eyes and face mirror emotions more effectively than a hundred voices. She was educated upon the stage for the five years she had spent in films, mostly before Edison cameras. Miss Trunnelle was a modest, cheerful, winsome young American wife whose husband was Herbert Prior.^[2]

She was a prominent star in early silent films of Edison Films, and frequently co-starred with Prior.^[3]

Selected filmography

A Woman's Way (1908) *short
Nursing a Viper (1909) *short
Silver Threads Among the Gold (1911) *short
The Lighthouse by the Sea (1911) *short
Ranson's Folly (1915)
Eugene Aram (1915)
The Heart of the Hills (1916)
Where Love Is (1917)
The Grell Mystery (1917)
Singed Wings (1922)
The Love Trap (1923)

References

^ Lowe, Denise (2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-71896-3. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
^ "Mabel Trunnelle". Stars of the Photoplay. Chicago: Photoplay magazine. 1916. (Note: Not currently in copyright)
^ Brennan, Sandra. "Mabel Trunnelle". Allmovie. Retrieved 2009-11-24.