Ada Gifford
actress
- Born:
- 1885-05-22, Rahway, New Jersey, USA
- Professions:
- actress
Biography
May 22, 1885, Rahway, New Jersey: Ada Gifford enters the world, little guessing that within three lightning-fast years she’ll trade quiet suburbia for the flicker of klieg lights. By 1914 she’s sprinting through three one-reel sensations—A Florida Enchantment, Stage Struck, and Local Color—each frame preserving the spark of a performer whose career flared as brightly and briefly as a magnesium flash.
