Winna Browne |
born:
23 May 1885 Falls, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
died:
07 March 1947 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (stomach and abdominal cancer, age 61) |
American stuntwoman and actress. Particularly accomplished on horseback, she doubled Bebe Daniels, Priscilla Dean, Mildred Harris, Leatrice Joy, Jane Novak, Pola Negri, Norma Talmadge, Constance Talmadge, Lois Wilson, Madge Bellamy, Dorothy Dalton, Colleen Moore, Betty Compson, Corinne Griffith, Anna Q. Nilsson, Marie Prevost, and once even Joseph Schildkraut, among other popular silent-era actresses. |
Real name: Winifred Katherine Brown |
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography. |
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Acknowledgements & sources: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3H3-8N5 (1900 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQL-3FL (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFV-6JL (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HL-KFG (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQG-H9V (CA Death Index: "Winifred K Browne") https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQG-H9L (CA Death Index: "Winna Browne") https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS1-6ZSZ (death certificate) Winifred Katherine Brown, "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007" (Ancestry.com) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85356877 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/145664781/ (Pittsburgh Press, 08 Nov 1925) https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19271110&id=-HpIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xmgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4586,3329546 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10 Nov 1927) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/159679130/ (Los Angeles Times, 09 Mar 1947) Jesse Brisson (research and information) This page was last updated on: 30 October 2019 |