Sylvia Ashton

Sylvia Ashton
Who's Who in the Film World, 1914
Born	(1880-01-26)January 26, 1880 Denver, Colorado, United States
Died	November 17, 1940(1940-11-17) (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1912–1929

Sylvia Ashton (January 26, 1880 – November 17, 1940) was an American film actress of the silent film era. She appeared in 134 films between 1912 and 1929.^[1] She was born in Denver, Colorado and died in Los Angeles, California. She bore a heavyset resemblance to Jane Darwell and like Darwell was playing mother and grandmother roles, though more famously than Darwell in the silents, while still in her 30s and 40s.^[2] For years she was a regular member of Cecil B. DeMille's troupe of character actors. She retired from movies almost immediately at the dawn of sound, one of her last films being the part-talkie, The Barker (1928).

Sylvia Ashton, at right with Betty Compson and below with Walter Hiers and Leatrice Joy.(Motion Picture Magazine – August, 1922

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