Beach, Cyprian (1893–1951)
Beach, Cyprian (1893–1951)
American actress. Born April 23, 1893, in New Jersey; died of cancer, July 26, 1951; dau. of Sylvester Woodbridge Beach (American Presbyterian minister) and Eleanor (Orbison) Beach (born in a missionary family in India); younger sister of Sylvia Beach; studied music with Jean Alexis Perier; lived with Helen Eddy.
While living in Paris at the Palais Royale with her sister Sylvia, studied opera and, unbeknownst to her parents, secretly pursued a film career; knew early success when she portrayed Belle-Mirette in the French serial Judex.
See also Women in World History.
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