Ann Little (born Mary Brooks; February 7, 1891 â€" May 21, 1984), also
known as Anna Little, was an American film actress whose career was
most prolific during the silent film era of the early 1910s through
the early 1920s. Today, most of her films are lost, with only twelve
known to survive.Born on a ranch near the town of Mount Shasta,
California, Little first appeared in a traveling stock theater group
after graduating high school at age 16. After briefly relocating to
San Francisco 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 subsequently appeared as Native American characters
in many of her earliest films.By 1912, Little appeared regularly in
Thomas H. Ince directed Western-themed serials, often as an "Indian
princess" and usually with Francis Ford, Grace Cunard, Olive Tell,
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 was in approximately sixty shorts, the
overwhelming majority of them Westerns, including many serials that
ran in installments. Her other notable co-stars at this time included
Harold Lockwood, Jane Wolfe, William Worthington, Tom Chatterton, and
actor/director Frank Borzage.
known as Anna Little, was an American film actress whose career was
most prolific during the silent film era of the early 1910s through
the early 1920s. Today, most of her films are lost, with only twelve
known to survive.Born on a ranch near the town of Mount Shasta,
California, Little first appeared in a traveling stock theater group
after graduating high school at age 16. After briefly relocating to
San Francisco 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 subsequently appeared as Native American characters
in many of her earliest films.By 1912, Little appeared regularly in
Thomas H. Ince directed Western-themed serials, often as an "Indian
princess" and usually with Francis Ford, Grace Cunard, Olive Tell,
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 was in approximately sixty shorts, the
overwhelming majority of them Westerns, including many serials that
ran in installments. Her other notable co-stars at this time included
Harold Lockwood, Jane Wolfe, William Worthington, Tom Chatterton, and
actor/director Frank Borzage.
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