1. Beta Breuil's family was well off and she attended schools in both New York City and Germany.
11 Facts About Beta Breuil
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On November 21,1893, Beta Breuil married Frank Milne Willard, who owned a forge business and was fairly wealthy.
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Beta Breuil attempted to collect a life insurance policy, but was taken to court by his family.
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Beta Breuil remarried in 1904 to Hartmann Beta Breuil, whose last name she kept for her professional title.
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Four years after they married, Hartmann Beta Breuil died at the age of 36.
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Beta Breuil was over thirty when she started her professional career in the entertainment industry.
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Beta Breuil first attempted to find work as an actress in theater before she started work for the Vitagraph Company of America, a motion picture studio based in Brooklyn.
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Beta Breuil worked her way up from assistant to head editor of the department in just four months.
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Besides her work as a scenario editor and screenwriter, Beta Breuil was credited for having helped start the careers of some important figures in the entertainment industry.
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One such person was Norma Talmadge, an actress who went on to star in a series of films written by Beta Breuil called Belinda, the Slavey; Sleuthing; and A Lady and Her Maid.
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Beta Breuil had a hand in bringing in Laurence Trimble and Jean the Vitagraph Dog to the Vitagraph Company.