Taylor, Estelle (1894–1958)

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Taylor, Estelle (1894–1958)

American silent-film actress. Born Estelle Boylan, May 20, 1894, in Wilmington, DE; died April 15, 1958, in Hollywood, CA; m. Kenneth M. Peacock (banker), 1913 (div.); m. Jack Dempsey (boxer), 1925 (div. 1931); m. Paul Small (film producer, div.).

Only stage appearance was with husband Jack Dempsey in The Big Fight (1928); began in movies as a double for Dorothy Dalton; films include De Mille's The Ten Commandments (as Miriam, sister of Moses), While New York Sleeps, Blind Wives, Monte Cristo, The Alaskan, Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, Lady Raffles, Don Juan (as Lucretia Borgia), Cimarron, Mahattan Madness, Street Scene (as Sylvia Sidney's mother), Mary, Queen of Scots and Where East is East; retired from film (1945).

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