Lucille Young

Biography

Lucille Young was born in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, a year after her brother. Her parents' marriage was a difficult and short-lived one. Her mother married a second time and Lucille gained a 1/2 sister, Ethel Terry, b 1888 (also an actor and "classical fancy dancer", as described in her entry in the Motion Pictures Studio Directories, (1919)) In 1905, Lucille and her 1/2 sister, Ethel Terry, hit the vaudeville circuit in Detroit. They're found working as shop girls by day and performing at night; one production noted in the Detroit Free Press was the "Isles of Spice". She's mentioned as a player in the vaudeville giant, Vaughan Glaser Company (Cleveland), in 1907. Sometime around 1909 she made her way to New York, her film biography details her early film work there with The Thanhouser Company. By 1914, she's found with living with her mother, Katherine B Terry and 1/2 sister, Ethel, also a "photo player" in in Los Angeles. Her film bio reflects a tremendous amount of work between 1915-17, some with major names of the times, Lillian Gish and DW Griffith, among others. In 1918, she married an attorney, Lieutenant Hale Day in San Diego. A few months after the marriage, he went to the war front in Europe, she went back to making movies. The marriage produced no children and like her mothers', was relatively short-lived. Around the mid-1920's her film career was winding down, Lucille, her mother and 1/2 sister lived together in Los Angeles until her untimely death on 1 Aug 1934. According to her death notice in the Los Angeles Times, her funeral service was held on 3 Aug 1934 at the Hollywood Cemetery Chapel. Per her death record, her remains were cremated.