Madame Pilar-Morin (née Pilar de Baradat; March 1, 1865 – April 28, 1945) was a Spanish-French actress on stage, in vaudeville, and in silent films.
[1] Pilar-Morin recalled a childhood in Barcelona, a Catholic education, a brief early marriage to a French count, and training as an actress and singer at the Paris Conservatoire.
[2][3][4] Pilar-Morin was a stage performer who specialized in "silent drama" in the mime tradition,[5] in shows including L'Enfant Prodigue,[6] In Old Japan, A Paris Model, Rachel, and Orange Blossoms.
"[2] Edison Company films featuring Pilar-Morin[10] as an actress include Comedy and Tragedy (1909), A Japanese Peach Boy (1910), The Cigarette Maker of Seville (1910, a short, silent version of Carmen), Carminella (1910), The Piece of Lace (1910), From Tyranny to Liberty (1910), The Key of Life (1910), and The Greater Love (1910).
[12] She invented a method, the "Key Note Waved Winged Clavier", for training singers and speakers in breath control.
[25] She was described as being married to "Prince de Matta of Egypt" in 1925,[26] when her terrier, Lalith, wakened the couple and their neighbors to alert them to a fire in their New York apartment building.