1. Charlotte E Burton was an American silent film actress.
13 Facts About Charlotte Burton
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Charlotte E Burton was born on May 30,1881, in San Francisco, California.
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Charlotte Burton was signed by the American Film Manufacturing Company in 1912 where she worked for several years.
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Charlotte Burton joined Essanay Studios which she sued in 1919 for $25,000 for breach of contract.
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Charlotte Burton originally signed with the company believing she would be acting in mostly drama film but she was cast in mostly comedy films.
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Charlotte Burton's salary had been $200 a week with an option for her services at the rate of $300 a week for a second year.
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When Burton came to the Chicago, studio she refused a role offered her in a Black Cat comedy, presented to her by Essanay president George K Spoor.
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Charlotte Burton admitted that she was paid for ten weeks, at $200 per week, prior to being dumped by Essanay.
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Essanay executives claimed Charlotte Burton automatically voided her contract when she refused the comedic part.
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Charlotte Burton came there from New York and was on her way to Santa Barbara, California, to work for the American Film Company, which had its studios there.
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In May 1916, Burton was involved in making The Man Who Would Not Die, directed by William F Russell and Jack Prescott.
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In May 1917, Charlotte Burton married actor William Russell in Santa Ana, California.
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Charlotte Burton died at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California, on March 28,1942, from a heart attack.