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Adelaide Thurston
actress
- Born:
- 1871-10-07, Red Wing, Minnesota, USA
- Died:
- 1951-02-10, New Jersey, USA
- Professions:
- actress
Biography
A flash of footlights in Red Wing, Minnesota, on 7 October 1871 marked the first breath of Adelaide Thurston, a performer who would trade prairie winds for klieg lights. Four decades later she stepped before the camera and gave the world *The Shadows of a Great City* (1915), her lone but indelible imprint on early American cinema. The curtain finally fell on her life’s performance on 10 February 1951, in New Jersey, where she slipped quietly into history’s wings.
