Edith Storey

Edith Storey (March 18, 1892 – October 9, 1967) was an American actress during the silent film era.

[6] Storey worked for New York-based Vitagraph Studios for most of her career except from 1910 to 1911, when she was under contract with Star Film Company in San Antonio, Texas.

[11] She also continued to act on stage, appearing at least once alongside her younger brother in a 1916 revival of Anne Crawford Flexner's adaptation of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.

[12] Storey was noted for taking on male impersonation roles, such as Lillian/Lawrence in A Florida Enchantment (1914), and was compared to Vesta Tilley.

[1] Following her retirement from acting, Storey served as village clerk of Asharoken, Long Island for almost 30 years.

Storey in a still for When the Tables Turned , 1911
Storey (right) in Bobby and His Pal (1911), shot in San Antonio, Texas, and rediscovered in New Zealand in 2010. It is one of only five surviving films from the Star Film Ranch . [ 7 ]
The Shop Girl , 1916
The Tarantula , 1916
Storey ( above two images ) in The Christian , 1914