Yale Boss
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Yale Boss was an American child actor of the silent screen.
The Actor's Children.
He appeared on Broadway opposite Adeline Geneé
in The Silver Star.
Later he became Edison's most popular players but the studio constantly had to battle rumors questioning his true age. Boss' popularity waned in the late 1910s and he later worked as a prop man.
By the time of his death at age 78, the former actor was operating a garage in Augusta, Georgia
.
Biography
New York-born Boss, was one of the screen's first child stars. Already a stage veteran when he made his screen debut in Thanhouser'sThanhouser Company
The Thanhouser Company was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser.-See also:...
The Actor's Children.
He appeared on Broadway opposite Adeline Geneé
Adeline Genée
Dame Adeline Genée DBE was a Danish/British ballet dancer.-Early years:Anina Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen was born in Århus, Denmark. Her uncle, Alexandre Genée, gave her dancing lessons from the age of three. When she was eight, Alexandre and his wife, the former Antonia Zimmerman, adopted her...
in The Silver Star.
Later he became Edison's most popular players but the studio constantly had to battle rumors questioning his true age. Boss' popularity waned in the late 1910s and he later worked as a prop man.
By the time of his death at age 78, the former actor was operating a garage in Augusta, Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
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