Marie Walcamp(1894-1936)
- Actress
- Writer
Marie Walcamp was born on July 27, 1894 in Dennison, Ohio. Dennison had
a small population and was miles from Canton and Youngstown, the two
nearest big cities in the state. Because of its size, the town didn't
afford the type of opportunity of fame that Marie wanted. She began to
dream of stardom early, as most young girls do, and when she had
finished her formal education headed to the East Coast in search of
acting jobs on the stage. While she found some work in New York, she
was discovered and was given a role in 1913's The Werewolf on the
silver screen when she was 19 years old. Unfortunately, the roles were not always good ones for her. Her
counterparts always seemed to get bigger and better roles although
Marie knew she could hold her own against the best of them. By the time
the twenties rolled around, Marie was used less and less on the screen.
Her final film was In A Moment of Temptation in 1927. On November 17,
1936, Marie committed suicide from an overdose of medication. She was
just 42 years old.
