1. Martha Mansfield was born in New York City to Maurice and Harriett Gibson Ehrlich.
19 Facts About Martha Mansfield
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Martha Mansfield had a younger sister, Edith, born in 1905.
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Martha Mansfield lobbied for, and won, a role in the Broadway production of Little Women in 1912.
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Martha Mansfield began working as an artists' model and dancer.
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Martha Mansfield danced in the musical Hop o' My Thumb in 1913, still using her birth name.
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Martha Mansfield acted in The Passing Show of 1915 and Robinson Crusoe, Jr.
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In early 1919, Martha Mansfield announced that she had decided to pursue a film career full-time.
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Martha Mansfield gained prominence as Millicent Carew in the film adaptation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which starred John Barrymore.
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Martha Mansfield then signed with Selznick Pictures where she was cast with Eugene O'Brien in The Perfect Lover.
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In 1921, Martha Mansfield returned to the stage in a vaudeville tour.
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Martha Mansfield appeared in two independent films the following year: Queen of the Moulin Rouge and Till We Meet Again.
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Martha Mansfield spent the remainder of the year touring the vaudeville circuit.
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In 1923, Martha Mansfield completed her contract for Selznick and signed with Fox Film Corporation.
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On November 29,1923, while working on location in San Antonio, Texas on the film The Warrens of Virginia, Martha Mansfield was severely burned when a tossed match ignited her Civil War costume of hoop skirts and flimsy ruffles.
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Martha Mansfield was playing the role of Agatha Warren and had just finished her scenes and retired to a car when her clothing burst into flames.
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The chauffeur of Martha Mansfield's car was burned badly on his hands while trying to remove the burning clothing from the actress.
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Martha Mansfield was rushed to a hospital where she died the following day of "burns of all extremities, general toxemia and suppression of urine".
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Martha Mansfield was interred at the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.
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Some witnesses said they saw a match enter through the window of the car Martha Mansfield was sitting in.