Edith Yorke (born Edith Murgatroyd; 23 December 1867 28 July 1934) was an English actress. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1919 to 1933.

Biography

Yorke was born in Derby; her family later moved to Croydon. Edith returned to Derby, where she taught destitute children in a local workhouse. She married Robert Byard and emigrated with him and their children to the United States in 1902, becoming a film actress in her 50s, mainly in supporting roles. Her daughter was a film actress also, and her son became a violinist with a symphony orchestra. Yorke died in Southgate, California, aged 66.

Selected filmography

• The False Road (1920)

• Below the Surface (1920)

• The Jailbird (1920)

• Love (1920)

• One Clear Call (1922)

• Step on It! (1922)

• Souls for Sale (1923)

• Slippy McGee (1923)

• Merry-Go-Round (1923)

• The Age of Desire (1923)

• Burning Words (1923)

• The Fourth Musketeer (1923)

• The Miracle Makers (1923)

• The Beauty Prize (1924)

• Happiness (1924)

• Riders Up (1924)

• The Tenth Woman (1924)

• The Other Kind of Love (1924)

• Capital Punishment (1925)

• Excuse Me (1925)

• Silent Sanderson (1925)

• Wild Horse Mesa (1925)

• Souls for Sables (1925)

• Below the Line (1925)

• Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)

• Red Dice (1926)

• His New York Wife (1926)

• Volcano! (1926)

• The Belle of Broadway (1926)

• Oh! What a Nurse! (1926)

• Rustlers' Ranch (1926)

• Rustling for Cupid (1926)

• The Silent Flyer (1926)

• The Bachelor's Baby (1927)

• Sensation Seekers (1927)

• The Port of Missing Girls (1928)

• The Valiant (1929)

• The Love Racket (1929)

• Fugitives (1929)

• Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)

• City Girl (1930)

• If I Had a Million (1932, uncredited)

• Luxury Liner (1933)

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