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Octavia Handworth

Octavia Handworth
  • Name: Octavia Handworth
  • Birthday: 1887-12-24
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York
  • Popularity: 0.02
Biography: Octavia Handworth (December 24, 1887 – October 3, 1978) was an American actress of Danish heritage during the silent film era. She was born Octavia Boas and was married to Harry Handworth (1878/or1882-1916) an actor, producer and film director who headed Excelsior Feature Film Co. and Gordon De Main(1886–1954) an actor. Most of her career was appearing in short films i.e. for Pathe, then Lubin however she made half a dozen feature films.

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Title Release date
Footlights   as  Etta 1921-10-02
The Great Ruby   as  Countess Mirtza Charkoff 1915-09-10
The Toll of Mammon   as  Mrs. Wright 1914-06-19
The Eye of a God   as  Eleanor Brockway 1913-04-03
The Lost Necklace   as  The Laundress 1911-01-01