Eugenia Clinchard
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Eugenia Clinchard was an American child actress in the early 20th century.
circuit throughout the San Francisco Bay Area
. Around this time, she caught the eye of Bronco Billy Anderson. Bronco Billy, who is credited as starting the western genre of film in Hollywood, had opened a western arm of Essanay Studios
in the East Bay town of Niles, California
. She went on to play a part in eleven Bronco Billy silent films, including Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid and A Child of the West.
. She had one brother named Frederick "Fred" Clinchard. In her late teens, she met and married a shipping company owner, Walter G Pearch. She was the mother of George Walter Pearch, also known as Wally George
, the "Father of Combat TV," and she was the grandmother of actress Rebecca De Mornay
. In her later years, she lived in Sherman Oaks, California.
Career
Clinchard began acting at age 3, and by age 5 she was working the VaudevilleVaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
circuit throughout the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
. Around this time, she caught the eye of Bronco Billy Anderson. Bronco Billy, who is credited as starting the western genre of film in Hollywood, had opened a western arm of Essanay Studios
Essanay Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio. It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915.-Founding:...
in the East Bay town of Niles, California
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...
. She went on to play a part in eleven Bronco Billy silent films, including Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid and A Child of the West.
Personal life
Clinchard was born the daughter of Frederick Clinchard and his wife Elsie in California, probably in or near Alameda where the family is living in 1910. Clinchard was raised in Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. She had one brother named Frederick "Fred" Clinchard. In her late teens, she met and married a shipping company owner, Walter G Pearch. She was the mother of George Walter Pearch, also known as Wally George
Wally George
Wally George, born George Walter Pearch , was an American conservative radio and television commentator...
, the "Father of Combat TV," and she was the grandmother of actress Rebecca De Mornay
Rebecca De Mornay
Rebecca De Mornay is an American film and television actress. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business opposite Tom Cruise...
. In her later years, she lived in Sherman Oaks, California.