Red Wing (actress)

Red Wing (born Lilian Margaret St. Cyr; February 23, 1884[1] – March 13, 1974, Winnebago/Ho-Chunk) was an American actress of the silent era.

In the summer of 1909 the couple worked as technical advisers and extras for the films The Mended Lute and Indian Runner's Romance, both directed by D. W.

[9] St. Cyr is best known for her feature role in The Squaw Man (1914) by producer/director Cecil B. DeMille and co-director Oscar Apfel.

After the movie with DeMille, St. Cyr had a role with cowboy star Tom Mix in the Western In the Days of the Thundering Herd (1914) and another in Fighting Bob (1915).

She was featured in a small role in the 1916 version of Ramona, about Native Americans and Spanish colonists in early California.

"Red Wing," a popular song of 1907 by Kerry Mills and Thurland Chattaway, was said to have been performed by St. Cyr and was associated with her.