Biography
Goldie Colwell was an American film actress and journalist who starred in more than 80 films during Hollywood's silent era. She was Tom Mix's leading lady in many Selig westerns. Goldie was born in Tecumseh, Kansas, to John Colwell and Celia Pearson. The family eventually relocated to Los Angeles, where Goldie began working as an actress around 1911; her first credited role was in Joseph A. Golden and Tom Mix's Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor.
She was employed at Selig as Tom Mix's leading lady in dozens of westerns before heading to David Horsley's Centaur Film Company, where she continued to take on starring roles.After retiring from acting around 1919, she became a magazine editor, heading up a new publication called The Spotlight. She also wrote for The Pomona Bulletin and The Santa Ana Daily News.After her first husband, George Diegel, died in 1933, she married Kenneth Harrell in 1935. Her niece, Vivien Fay, was an actress, dancer, and sculptor.
Filmography
all 36
Movies 36
Jerry and the Outlaws (1917)
The Yaqui (1916)
The Adventures of Kathlyn (1916)
In the Days of Daring (1916)
Ma's Girls (1915)
Sage Brush Tom (1915)
The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl (1915)
The Man from Texas (1915)
Slim Higgins (1915)
Bill Haywood, Producer (1915)
Harold's Bad Man (1915)
Roping a Bride (1915)
Forked Trails (1915)
Cactus Jim's Shop Girl (1915)
Cactus Jake, Heart-Breaker (1914)
The Man from the East (1914)
Saved by a Watch (1914)
The Rival Stage Lines (1914)
The Scapegoat (1914)
The Sheriff's Reward (1914)
The Ranger's Romance (1914)
The Telltale Knife (1914)
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1914)
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel (1914)
The Mexican (1914)
The Way of the Redman (1914)
The Real Thing in Cowboys (1914)
The Forged Parchment (1914)
The Warrior Maid (1914)
The Spellbound Multitude (1914)
The Cruel Crown (1914)
The Garden of Brides (1914)
Three Bags of Silver (1914)
A Colonel in Chains (1914)
The Two Ordeals (1914)
The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1889-01-29
Deathday1982-07-27 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceTecumseh, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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