Lucille Ricksen
Actor/Actriz
32
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0
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Lucille Ricksen was born Ingeborg Erickson in Chicago, Illinois on August 22, 1910. She worked a child model and made her film debut at age 5. Her parents separated and her mother took her to Hollywood in 1920, and 10-year-old Lucille was offered a contract with Samuel Goldwyn and starred in a series of short films. She often had to work long hours but she always said she was having fun. In 1922 she starred opposite Marie Prevost in "The Married Flapper." The following year she was given a starring role in the drama "The Rendezvous"; although she was only 13, the studio lied that she was actually 16. The press called her "the youngest leading lady in movies". Lucille developed a close relationship with producer Sydney Chaplin (brother of Charlie Chaplin), who was 25 years her senior. She became one of Hollywood's busiest starlets and was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars.
Unfortunately, the 14-year-old started to suffer from exhaustion and malnutrition. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis and became bedfast. Her mother kept a bedside vigil, but the stress brought on a fatal heart attack. Following her mother's death, Lucille was looked after by family friends including actress Lois Wilson. During one of her conscious moments Lucille said "Mother wouldn't want me--die--Mother said--Wonderful future--Going to do big things--Won't die! I won't!" But on March 13, 1925, she passed away from complications of tuberculosis, still at only 14 years old. There were rumors that her death had actually been caused by a botched abortion. Lucille was cremated and she was buried with her mother at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California. Her final film, "The Denial," came out 10 days after her death.
Como Actor/Actriz
Idle Tongues
Faith Copeland
Judgment of the Storm
Mary Heath
The Strangers' Banquet
Flapper
Edgar's Little Saw
Alice Littlefield
Remembrance
Child
The Girl Who Ran Wild
Clytie
The Old Nest
Kate at 9
The Denial
Dorothy - the Daughter
Human Wreckage
Ginger
Those Who Dance
Ruth Kane
Young Ideas
Eloise Lowden
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
Alice Littlefield
Edgar's Jonah Day
Alice Littlefield
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
Trimmed in Scarlet
Faith Ebbing
The Married Flapper
Carolyn Carter
The Rendezvous
Vera
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
Alice Littlefield
Forsaking All Others
May Wharton
Edgar Camps Out
Alice Littlefield
The Hill Billy
Emmy Lou
Edgar's Country Cousin
Alice Littlefield
The Child Thou Gavest Me
The Painted Lady
Alice Smith
Vanity's Price
Sylvia
Edgar, the Detective
Alice Littlefield
The Galloping Fish
Hyla Wetherill
The Millionaire Baby
The Baby
Behind the Curtain
Sylvia Bailey
The Social Buccaneer
Lucille Vail