Ann Little
Ann Little in a circa 1912-1916 publicity photograph
Birth name	Mary Brooks
Born	February 7, 1891 Mount Shasta, California
Died	May 21, 1984 Los Angeles, California
Other name(s)	Anna Little
Spouse(s)	Allan Forrest (1916 - 1918)

Ann Little (February 7, 1891 - May 21, 1984) was an American film actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the early 1910s through the early 1920s. February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Mount Shasta from City of Mt. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Allan Forrest (1 September 1885, Brooklyn, New York - 25 July 1941, Detroit) was a American silent film actor. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

Life and career

Born Mary Brooks on a ranch near the town of Mt. Shasta, California, she began appearing in a travelling stock theater group after graduating high school. After briefly relocating to San Francisco, California in the early 1910s, she made the transition to films; first appearing in one-reel Western shorts with actor and director Broncho Billy Anderson. Her first film appearance was in the 1911 release The Indian Maiden's Lesson as a Native American named 'Red Feather'. Little would often appear as Native American characters in many of her earliest films Mount Shasta from City of Mt. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ... Broncho Billy Anderson (March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who is best-known as the first star of the Western film genre. ... Native Americans is a term which has several different common meanings and scope, according to regional use and context. ...

By 1912, Little was appearing regularly in Thomas H. Ince directed Western-themed serials, often as an "Indian princess" and usually starring opposite Francis Ford, Grace Cunard, Jack Conway, Ethel Grandin, early American child actress Mildred Harris and notable early cowboy star Art Acord for Essanay Studios. Between 1911 and 1914, Little would appear in approximately sixty shorts, the overwhelming majority of them Westerns and many of the serials that ran in installments. Other notable co-stars of the era includied Harold Lockwood, Jane Wolfe, William Worthington, Tom Chatterton, and actor/director Frank Borzage. Thomas Harper Ince (November 6, 1882–November 20, 1924) was an American film director. ... Francis Ford (August 14, 1881 - September 5, 1953) a prolific film actor, writer, and director. ... Grace Cunard Grace Cunard (April 8, 1893 - January 19, 1967) was an American actress, screenwriter and film director. ... Jack Conway, (July 17, 1887 in Graceville, Minnesota, USA - October 11, 1952 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA) was a film director and film producer of many films in the first half of the twentieth century. ... Mildred Harris Mildred Harris (November 29, 1901 - July 20, 1944) was a notable actress of the silent film era. ... Artemus Ward Acord (April 17, 1890 - January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. ... Essanay Studios was a motion picture company founded in Chicago, Illinois by George K. Spoor and Bronco Billy Anderson under the name Essanay (S and A). It produced silent films with such stars as Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson and Charlie Chaplin. ... Harold Lockwood Harold Lockwood (born April 12, 1887 in Newark, New Jersey - died October 19, 1918 in New York City, New York) was one of the most popular original silent film actors and matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Frank Borgaze (April 23, 1893 - June 19, 1962) was an Italian-American film director famed for his mystical romanticism. ...

Although possibly best recalled for her appearances in Westerns, Little showed versatility as an actress by appearing in a number of well received roles in other dramatic genres and even comedies. Most notably among her dramatic roles was the the early American cinematic Civil War serials directed by William J. Bauman and Thomas Ince. Another notable film of the period was the 1914 Ruth Ann Baldwin penned and Allan Dwan adapted epic Damon and Pythias, which included a cast of thousands of extras. While signed under contract to Universal Studios, she would make nearly six serials, most of them Western-themed one and two-reel dramas. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Allan Dwan (April 3, 1885 – December 21, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter. ... The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the major American film studios that has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los...

By 1917, Little was signed to Paramount Pictures and often being paired with the highly successful actor Wallace Reid in a number of popular dramas and comedies, and while allegedly tired of being typecast as an actress of Western serials starred opposite cowboy actor Jack Hoxie in the popular 1919 serial Lightening Bryce. By the early 1920s however, Little would only take dramatic roles outside of the Western genre. Notable films of the period include the race-car adventure films The Roaring Road (1919) and Excuse My Dust (1920) with Wallace Reid, The Cradle of Courage with William S. Hart and the crime-drama The Greatest Menace (1923) opposite Wilfred Lucas. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Wallace Reid Wallace Reid, born April 15, 1891 in St. ... Jack Hoxie Jack Hoxie (January 11, 1885 - March 28, 1965) was a notable rodeo performer and motion picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. ... Wiliam Surrey Hart Movie poster for Harts 1916 western The Aryan in which he played a white (Anglo-Saxon) member of a Mexican gang, having turned against his own people. ... Wilfred Lucas, born January 30, 1871 in the Province of Ontario, Canada - died December 5, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, United States, was a stage and film actor, a film director, and a screenwriter. ...

Later years

While still at the peak of her public popularity, Ann Little retired from the motion picture industry in 1925. In her later years she managed the popular Los Angeles hotel, the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Strip and rarely spoke of her years as a popular actress of film serials. The Chateau Marmont is a hotel on the Sunset Strip which has served as the backdrop for a number of events in the lives of well_known rock stars and actors. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Little died at the age of 93 in Los Angeles, California, and was interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California is the original Forest Lawn. ... Nickname The Jewel City Location Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ... Los Angeles County is a county in California, and the most populous county in the United States, with 10,179,716 residents (as of July 2004)[1]. The county seat is the city of Los Angeles. ...

External links/sources

• Ann Little at the Internet Movie Database
• Ann Little at Silent Era People
• Ann Little at the New York Times Movies
• Ann Little at AFI: American Film Institute