Madge Tyrone was an American actress, film editor, and screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era.

Biography[edit]

Born in New York,^[1] Tyrone began her career as a stage actress, appearing in plays touring around the East Coast as early as 1911. Her first known credit was in a Broadway play from 1911 called The Wife Decides. She also worked as a newspaperwoman and magazine writer before beginning her career in Hollywood.^[2]

By 1914, she was living in Los Angeles, where she appeared in a number of Our Mutual Girl serials produced by Reliance Film Company. She'd appear in a few more films as an actress before taking up writing and editing.

In 1920, Louis B. Mayer added her to First National's story department.^[3][4] She worked with director Edwin Carewe on a number of projects—from Rio Grande to The Lady Who Lied—and was considered one of his proteges.^[5][6]

In 1922, she was involved in a bad car accident in Los Angeles; she made a full recovery after taking some time off.^[7]

Little is known about her life after 1925.

Her half-sister was the writer Ursula Parrott.

Selected filmography[edit]

As a writer:

• The Lady Who Lied (1925)
• Rose o' the Sea (1925)
• The Invisible Fear (1921)
• Habit (1921)
• The Woman in His House (1920)
• Rio Grande (1920)

As an editor:

• One Clear Call (1922)
• The Child Thou Gavest Me (1921)

As an actress:

• One Day (1916)
• The House of Tears (1915)
• Our Mutual Girl (1914) (serial)

External links[edit]

• Madge Tyrone at IMDb
• Madge Tyrone at the Internet Broadway Database

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