Emily Gerdes (sometimes credited as Emma Gerdes) was an American character actress active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.
[1] Gerdes was born near Independence, Kansas,[2] to Herman Eden Gerdes (a veterinarian[citation needed]) and Mary Ellen Glaze.
[3][4] The family soon moved to Missouri and then Arizona before later settling in Glendale, California.
[citation needed] In Los Angeles, Gerdes began appearing in films; her first known credit was in 1917's Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
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