1. Nell Shipman is best known for making a series of melodramatic adventure films based on the novels by American writer James Oliver Curwood in which she played the robust heroine known as the 'girl from God's country.
15 Facts About Nell Shipman
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Nell Shipman was born as Helen Foster-Barham in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Nell Shipman was passionate about animal rights and advocated them in Hollywood.
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Nell Shipman developed her private sanctuary, containing more than 200 animals.
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Two years later, in New York City, Nell Shipman met and married a painter named Charles Ayers with whom she had two children named Charles and Daphne.
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Nell Shipman was usually involved in the film's productions as well and started acting for Universal, Seig, and Vitagraph studios.
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Nell Shipman was one of the first directors to shoot her films almost entirely on location.
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Nell and Ernest Shipman eventually moved to Hollywood where the American film industry was developing.
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Nell Shipman played the leading role as Dolores LeBeau which featured her one of the first full frontal nude scenes.
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Nell Shipman changed the protagonist of the film from Wapi the Great Dane, to Delores.
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Nell Shipman Productions was created in partnership with actor Bert Van Tuyle in 1919.
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Nell Shipman established herself as an independent producer during this time.
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Nell Shipman focused on the major themes she enjoyed: wild animals, nature, feminist heroes, and filming on location.
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Nell Shipman produced, wrote, co-directed and starred in The Girl From God's Country and The Grub Stake.
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Nell Shipman transported her zoo of animals on barges up to Priest Lake, Idaho, where she made several short films at Lion Head Lodge.