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Born to Arthur and Eleanor(Warner) Riggs On October 20, 1895 in Tampa Florida, Mary's mother died when she was 10. As a teenager, she moved to New York City and became a model. Although she studied to become a teacher, her modeling career led to the new motion picture industry and she became an actress, at first working as an extra for $3 a day in New Jersey. As an actress, Mary Elizabeth Riggs changed her name to "Evelyn Brent" and a career began. By 1919 Betty Riggs was listed in the Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual as "Evelyn Brent". Later that year she sailed for London and appeared in a few films in Europe. She also appeared on the London stage in a comedy by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). She was back in New York to marry her first husband, movie executive Bernard Powell Fineman (1895-1971) in November 1922. The couple divorced in 1927. After marrying her second husband Harry John Edwards (1887-1952) in November 1928 at Tijuana, Mexico, she transitioned into the "talkies", though the parts she was given were increasingly secondary roles. She appeared in fewer films throughout the 1930s and 1940s. No longer in demand by the major studios, she continued to appear in lower budget films. Evelyn Brent's third marriage in 1948 was to vaudevillian Harry Fox (1882-1959) (real name - Harry Messman or Arthur Carringford), a comedian who was known as being the dancing inspiration for Harry Fox's Trot (foxtrot). Evelyn Brent made her last film in 1950. Throughout her 35 years in the industry she is credited with appearing in no less than 126 films. In her later years she worked for the Thelma White Talent Agency in Hollywood. She died 4 June 1975 aged 79 and is buried in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California.

Evelyn's parents were Arthur and Eleanor (Warner) Riggs. When Evelyn was 10, her mother died and she was subsequently raised by her single father. Then, as a teenager, she moved to New York City and studied to be a teacher. But since she was so striking, she found jobs as a model. And after visiting a local film studio in New Jersey, Evelyn was offered a job as an extra. Extras were earning $3/day and dreams of teaching were soon left in the rear-view mirror. Evelyn's first big film was in 1915, the silent film "The Shooting of Dan McGrew". After shooting the film, she took a brief hiatus and visited London, unexpectedly remaining there for 4 years. In those years, she appeared on the London stage. Returning to the States, she picked up her silent film career, making more than 2 dozen more silent films. Although Evelyn made a successful transition to "talkies", her career waned as her looks did. She began touring with vaudeville shows and taking increasingly smaller roles in movies. By 1960, she moved on to television, appearing in an episode of the popular show "Wagon Train". Married 3 times (her 3rd husband died in 1959), Evelyn died of a heart attack in 1959 in Los Angeles.

Martha Virginia "Toby" Wing was an American Actress. Her father was photographer, Paul Reuben Wing (1891-1957) and her mother was equestrian Martha Gill Thraves (1893-1981). She had siblings Gertrude and Paul. Gertrude was also an actress and Paul was a businessman, involved in real estate. Toby's film career began when she was nine. Her father was working as an assistant director for Paramount Pictures and her mother was employed as a Hollywood stunt rider. After about ten uncredited juvenile roles Toby became one of the first "Goldwyn Girls" in "Palmy Days" in 1931. Toby appeared in more than forty feature films and fourteen short subjects during the period of 1924 to 1938. She was memorable, though uncredited, as the "young and healthy" blonde in "42nd Street" in 1933. Among other low budget features, she starred in "Silks and Saddles" 1936. Her last movie was "The Marines Come Thru" filmed in 1938 and released again in 1942 as "Fight On, Marines!". She also appeared on Broadway in the Cole Porter musical "You Never Know" 1938. In 1939 she toured with Rita Rio and her "All Girl Orchestra" to help raise money for charity. While in Hollywood, she was a stand-in for Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow, was a celebrity spokeswoman for Max Factor Makeup, and she was a tabloid sensation due in part to her well-known romances with such prestigious leading men as Jackie Coogan, a child star and better known as "Uncle Fenster" on television's "Adams Family" in his later years, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., and Maurice Auguste Chevalier. Toby retired from films at age 23 after her marriage to aviation pioneer, Henry Tyndall "Dick" Merrill (1899-1982) in 1938. Dick was 20 years her senior. The couple had two sons, Henry Tyndall Merrill Jr. (1939-1940) and Richard Wing Merrill (1940-1982). Henry did of "crib death" and Ricky as murdered in his parents' Miami home in September 1982, at age 42. He was on bail for smuggling marijuana. The murder is still unsolved. She was an ardent member of the Episcopal church, had a second successful career in real estate, and died on 23 March 2001 in Mathews, Virginia aged 85. Toby Wing has a star recognizing her contribution to the Motion Pictures Industry on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame" at 6561 Hollywood Boulevard. See more about her career and life at IMDb Biography of Toby Wing

Dolores Jean Moran was born in 1926 at Stockton, California, and died at age 56 years old in 1982 at Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dolores Jean Moran.

Violet Ethelred Krauth was born in 1913 at Port of Spain, Trinidad, and died at age 93 years old in 2006 at Palm Desert, California. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Violet "Marian Marsh" Ethelred Krauth.

Florence Annette Smithson was born in 1882 at Leicester, Leicestershire, and died at age 54 years old in 1936 at Cardiff, Wales. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Florence Annette Smithson.

Margherita Harrison Evans was born in 1909 at Manhattan, New York, and died at age 72 years old in 1981 at Oakland, New Jersey. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margherita Harrison Evans.

Elizabeth Ada Bronson was born in 1906 at Trenton, New Jersey, and died at age 65 years old in 1971 at Pasadena, California. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Ada Bronson.