Nell Shipman
Screenwriter, Film director
1892 – 1970
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Who was Nell Shipman?
Nell Shipman was a Canadian actress, author and screenwriter, producer, director, and animal trainer. She was a Canadian pioneer in early Hollywood. She is best known for her work in James Oliver Curwood stories and for portraying strong, adventurous women. In 1919, she and her producer husband, Ernest Shipman, made the most successful silent film in Canadian history, Back to God's Country in which she did one of the first on-screen nude scenes.
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- Born
- Oct 25, 1892
Victoria - Also known as
- Helen Foster-Barham
- Spouses
- Charles Austin Ayers
(1925 - 1964) - Bert Van Tuyle
(1918 - 1924) - Ernest Shipman
(1910/08/25 - 1920/05/10)
- Charles Austin Ayers
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Victoria
- Died
- Jan 23, 1970
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on July 23, 2013
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