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 (b. Sugar Valley, Georgia, 30/06/1890 – d. Atlanta, Georgia, 17/07/1967). Actress, scriptwriter.  Though she was born in Georgia, Idia Gertrude Lyons spent her youth in Oxford, Tennessee.  The story goes that when she was just eight years old, a touring theatrical company gave her a chance to perform in one of their plays, which set her off on a theatrical career.  As a teenager, she first acted with Lulu Glazer’s company and then with that of Eddie Foy.  In 1911 she joined the Edison Company and, as Gertrude McCoy, acted in more than 125 shorts directed by the likes of Charles Brabin, John H. Collins, Walter Edwin and Ashley Miller.  For several she wrote the screenplay as well.  She left Edison late in 1915 and after that made no long-term commitments to any studio.  In May 1915, Chicago’s The Daybook enthused: “The public loves her for her beauty, her personality and the intense earnestness that lies behind her dramatic work.”
-One of the films in which she acted at Edison was ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912), directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]], who later came to South Africa for [[African Film Productions]].  She only made a few features in the United States, including ''The Blue Bird'' (1918), directed by Maurice Tourneur, but most of them were produced in Great Britain, including three directed by her husband, actor Duncan McRae (1875-1931), who had been with her at Edison and whom she married in 1919. In England her co-stars included Clive Brook, Seymour Hicks and C. Aubrey Smith, as well as [[Stephen Ewart]], who had preceded her to South Africa.  In her last film, directed by Walter Summers, she played Lady Hamilton in ''Nelson'' (1926) opposite Cedric Hardwicke.
+One of the films in which she acted at Edison was ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912), directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]], who later came to South Africa for [[African Film Productions]].  She only made a few features in the United States, including ''The Blue Bird'' (1918), directed by Maurice Tourneur, and most of them were produced in Great Britain, including three directed by her husband, actor Duncan McRae (1875-1931), who had been with her at Edison and whom she married in 1919. In England her co-stars included Clive Brook, Seymour Hicks and C. Aubrey Smith, as well as [[Stephen Ewart]], who had preceded her to South Africa.  In her last film, directed by Walter Summers, she played Lady Hamilton in ''Nelson'' (1926) opposite Cedric Hardwicke.
 In between she came to South Africa to appear in ''[[Sam’s Kid]]'' ([[Leander De Cordova]]/1921), with [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].  Interestingly, soon afterwards she made a film in The Netherlands entitled ''Gij Zult Niet Doden'', in which [[Paul de Groot]] also had a role.  In 1915 a theatre on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore was named after her by the owner, who clearly was a great admirer of the beautiful actress, but in 1927, after she had retired from the screen, its name was changed.   In 1926 she returned to the United States to look after her invalid mother. She died at the age of 77 as Mrs. Gertrude L. McRae in her home state of Georgia.  (FO)

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-(b. Sugar Valley, Georgia, 30/06/1890 – d. Atlanta, Georgia, 17/07/1967).  Actress.  Gertrude Lyon was a child star in [[Vaudeville|vaudeville]] before, as Gertrude McCoy, she became a prolific actress in silent movies.
+(b. Sugar Valley, Georgia, 30/06/1890 – d. Atlanta, Georgia, 17/07/1967). Actress, scriptwriter.  Though she was born in Georgia, Idia Gertrude Lyons spent her youth in Oxford, Tennessee.  The story goes that when she was just eight years old, a touring theatrical company gave her a chance to perform in one of their plays, which set her off on a theatrical career.  As a teenager, she first acted with Lulu Glazer’s company and then with that of Eddie Foy.  In 1911 she joined the Edison Company and, as Gertrude McCoy, acted in more than 125 shorts directed by the likes of Charles Brabin, John H. Collins, Walter Edwin and Ashley Miller.  For several she wrote the screenplay as well.  She left Edison late in 1915 and after that made no long-term commitments to any studio.  In May 1915, Chicago’s The Daybook enthused: “The public loves her for her beauty, her personality and the intense earnestness that lies behind her dramatic work.”
-In 1919 she married actor Duncan McRae (1881-1931), who had already acted with her in a number of shorts and had directed her in her own story ''Through Turbulent Waters'' (1915) for Edison.
+One of the films in which she acted at Edison was ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912), directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]], who later came to South Africa for [[African Film Productions]].  She only made a few features in the United States, including ''The Blue Bird'' (1918), directed by Maurice Tourneur, but most of them were produced in Great Britain, including three directed by her husband, actor Duncan McRae (1875-1931), who had been with her at Edison and whom she married in 1919. In England her co-stars included Clive Brook, Seymour Hicks and C. Aubrey Smith, as well as [[Stephen Ewart]], who had preceded her to South Africa.  In her last film, directed by Walter Summers, she played Lady Hamilton in ''Nelson'' (1926) opposite Cedric Hardwicke.
-In 1915 a theatre on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore was named after her by the owner, who clearly was a great admirer of the beautiful actress, but in 1927, after she retired from the screen, its name was changed.  She died at the age of 77 as Mrs. Gertrude Lyon McRae in her home state of Georgia.
+In between she came to South Africa to appear in ''[[Sam’s Kid]]'' ([[Leander De Cordova]]/1921), with [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].  Interestingly, soon afterwards she made a film in The Netherlands entitled ''Gij Zult Niet Doden'', in which [[Paul de Groot]] also had a role.  In 1915 a theatre on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore was named after her by the owner, who clearly was a great admirer of the beautiful actress, but in 1927, after she had retired from the screen, its name was changed.   In 1926 she returned to the United States to look after her invalid mother. She died at the age of 77 as Mrs. Gertrude L. McRae in her home state of Georgia.  (FO)
-== Her film roles ==
+== Sources ==
-She came to South Africa once, to appear in ''[[Sam's Kid]]'' ([[Leander De Cordova]]/1922) for [[African Film Productions]], with  [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].
+Photo-Play Review, March-July 1915
 Redlands Daily Facts, 18 July 1967

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−	She came to South Africa once, to appear in ''[[Sam's Kid]]'' for [[African Film Productions]] ~~(1922)~~, with [[Dick Cruikshanks]] ~~(who also directed)~~, [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].	+	She came to South Africa once, to appear in ''[[Sam's Kid]]'' ([[Leander De Cordova]]/1922) for [[African Film Productions]], with [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].
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−	She came to South Africa once, to appear in ''[[Sam's Kid]]'' for [[African Film Productions]] (1922), ~~directed by~~ [[Dick Cruikshanks]], ~~and also starring~~ [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].	+	She came to South Africa once, to appear in ''[[Sam's Kid]]'' for [[African Film Productions]] (1922), with [[Dick Cruikshanks]] (who also directed), [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].

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−	She came to South Africa once, to appear in ''[[Sam's Kid]]'' for African Film Productions (1922), directed by [[Dick Cruikshanks]], and also starring [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].	+	She came to South Africa once, to appear in ''[[Sam's Kid]]'' for [[African Film Productions]] (1922), directed by [[Dick Cruikshanks]], and also starring [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].

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−	(b. Sugar Valley, Georgia, 30/06/1890 – d. Atlanta, Georgia, 17/07/1967). Actress. Gertrude Lyon was a child star in [[Vaudeville\|vaudeville]] before, as Gertrude McCoy, she became a prolific actress in silent movies. She appeared in numerous shorts for the Edison Company, many of them directed by the likes of Charles Brabin, C.J. Williams, Walter Edwin and Ashley Miller. Amongst them was ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912), directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]], who later came to South Africa for [[African Film Productions]]. She made a few features in the United States, including ''The Blue Bird'' (1918), directed by Maurice Tourneur. However, most of them were produced in Great Britain, including three directed by her husband, actor Duncan McRae (1881-1931), who had already acted with her in a number of shorts and had directed her in her own story ''Through Turbulent Waters'' (1915) for Edison. They were married in 1919. In England her co-stars included Clive Brook, Seymour Hicks and C. Aubrey Smith, and in her last film, directed by Walter Summers, she played Lady Hamilton in ''Nelson'' (1926) opposite Cedric Hardwicke. ~~In between she~~ came to South Africa to appear in ''~~Sam’s~~ Kid'' (1922), with [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]]. In 1915 a theatre on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore was named after her by the owner, who clearly was a great admirer of the beautiful actress, but in 1927, after she retired from the screen, its name was changed. She died at the age of 77 as Mrs. Gertrude Lyon McRae in her home state of Georgia. (FO)	+	(b. Sugar Valley, Georgia, 30/06/1890 – d. Atlanta, Georgia, 17/07/1967). Actress. Gertrude Lyon was a child star in [[Vaudeville\|vaudeville]] before, as Gertrude McCoy, she became a prolific actress in silent movies.
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		+	In 1919 she married actor Duncan McRae (1881-1931), who had already acted with her in a number of shorts and had directed her in her own story ''Through Turbulent Waters'' (1915) for Edison.
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		+	In 1915 a theatre on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore was named after her by the owner, who clearly was a great admirer of the beautiful actress, but in 1927, after she retired from the screen, its name was changed. She died at the age of 77 as Mrs. Gertrude Lyon McRae in her home state of Georgia.
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		+	== Her film roles ==
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		+	She appeared in numerous shorts for the Edison Company, many of them directed by the likes of Charles Brabin, C.J. Williams, Walter Edwin and Ashley Miller. Amongst them was ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912), directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]], who later came to South Africa for [[African Film Productions]]. She made a few features in the United States, including ''The Blue Bird'' (1918), directed by Maurice Tourneur. However, most of them were produced in Great Britain, including three directed by her husband, actor Duncan McRae (1881-1931), who had already acted with her in a number of shorts and had directed her in her own story ''Through Turbulent Waters'' (1915) for Edison. They were married in 1919. In England her co-stars included Clive Brook, Seymour Hicks and C. Aubrey Smith, and in her last film, directed by Walter Summers, she played Lady Hamilton in ''Nelson'' (1926) opposite Cedric Hardwicke.
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		+	== Her connection with South Africa ==
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		+	She came to South Africa once, to appear in ''[[Sam's Kid]]'' (1922), with [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]].
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		+	Willis, John - Screen world 1968

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−	(b. Sugar Valley, Georgia, 30/06/1890 – d. Atlanta, Georgia, 17/07/1967). Actress. Gertrude Lyon was a child star in [[Vaudeville\|vaudeville]] before, as Gertrude McCoy, she became a prolific actress in silent movies. She appeared in numerous shorts for the Edison Company, many of them directed by the likes of Charles Brabin, C.J. Williams, Walter Edwin and Ashley Miller. Amongst them was ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912), directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]], who later came to South Africa for [[African Film Productions]]. She made a few features in the United States, including ''The Blue Bird'' (1918), directed by Maurice Tourneur. However, most of them were produced in Great Britain, including three directed by her husband, actor Duncan McRae (1881-1931), who had already acted with her in a number of shorts and had directed her in her own story ''Through Turbulent Waters'' (1915) for Edison. In England her co-stars included Clive Brook, Seymour Hicks and C. Aubrey Smith, and in her last film, directed by Walter Summers, she played Lady Hamilton in ''Nelson'' (1926) opposite Cedric Hardwicke. In between she came to South Africa to appear in ''Sam’s Kid'' (1922), with [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]]. In 1915 a theatre on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore was named after her by the owner, who clearly was a great admirer of the beautiful actress, but in 1927, after she retired from the screen, its name was changed. She died at the age of 77 as Mrs. Gertrude Lyon McRae in her home state of Georgia. (FO)	+	(b. Sugar Valley, Georgia, 30/06/1890 – d. Atlanta, Georgia, 17/07/1967). Actress. Gertrude Lyon was a child star in [[Vaudeville\|vaudeville]] before, as Gertrude McCoy, she became a prolific actress in silent movies. She appeared in numerous shorts for the Edison Company, many of them directed by the likes of Charles Brabin, C.J. Williams, Walter Edwin and Ashley Miller. Amongst them was ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912), directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]], who later came to South Africa for [[African Film Productions]]. She made a few features in the United States, including ''The Blue Bird'' (1918), directed by Maurice Tourneur. However, most of them were produced in Great Britain, including three directed by her husband, actor Duncan McRae (1881-1931), who had already acted with her in a number of shorts and had directed her in her own story ''Through Turbulent Waters'' (1915) for Edison. They were married in 1919. In England her co-stars included Clive Brook, Seymour Hicks and C. Aubrey Smith, and in her last film, directed by Walter Summers, she played Lady Hamilton in ''Nelson'' (1926) opposite Cedric Hardwicke. In between she came to South Africa to appear in ''Sam’s Kid'' (1922), with [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]]. In 1915 a theatre on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore was named after her by the owner, who clearly was a great admirer of the beautiful actress, but in 1927, after she retired from the screen, its name was changed. She died at the age of 77 as Mrs. Gertrude Lyon McRae in her home state of Georgia. (FO)

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−	(b. Sugar Valley, Georgia, 30/06/1890 – d. Atlanta, Georgia, 17/07/1967). Actress. Gertrude Lyon was a child star in vaudeville before, as Gertrude McCoy, she became a prolific actress in silent movies. She appeared in numerous shorts for the Edison Company, many of them directed by the likes of Charles Brabin, C.J. Williams, Walter Edwin and Ashley Miller. Amongst them was ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912), directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]], who later came to South Africa for [[African Film Productions]]. She made a few features in the United States, including ''The Blue Bird'' (1918), directed by Maurice Tourneur. However, most of them were produced in Great Britain, including three directed by her husband, actor Duncan McRae (1881-1931), who had already acted with her in a number of shorts and had directed her in her own story ''Through Turbulent Waters'' (1915) for Edison. In England her co-stars included Clive Brook, Seymour Hicks and C. Aubrey Smith, and in her last film, directed by Walter Summers, she played Lady Hamilton in ''Nelson'' (1926) opposite Cedric Hardwicke. In between she came to South Africa to appear in ''Sam’s Kid'' (1922), with [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]]. In 1915 a theatre on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore was named after her by the owner, who clearly was a great admirer of the beautiful actress, but in 1927, after she retired from the screen, its name was changed. She died at the age of 77 as Mrs. Gertrude Lyon McRae in her home state of Georgia. (FO)	+	(b. Sugar Valley, Georgia, 30/06/1890 – d. Atlanta, Georgia, 17/07/1967). Actress. Gertrude Lyon was a child star in [[Vaudeville\|vaudeville]] before, as Gertrude McCoy, she became a prolific actress in silent movies. She appeared in numerous shorts for the Edison Company, many of them directed by the likes of Charles Brabin, C.J. Williams, Walter Edwin and Ashley Miller. Amongst them was ''A Fresh Air Romance'' (1912), directed by [[Harold M. Shaw]], who later came to South Africa for [[African Film Productions]]. She made a few features in the United States, including ''The Blue Bird'' (1918), directed by Maurice Tourneur. However, most of them were produced in Great Britain, including three directed by her husband, actor Duncan McRae (1881-1931), who had already acted with her in a number of shorts and had directed her in her own story ''Through Turbulent Waters'' (1915) for Edison. In England her co-stars included Clive Brook, Seymour Hicks and C. Aubrey Smith, and in her last film, directed by Walter Summers, she played Lady Hamilton in ''Nelson'' (1926) opposite Cedric Hardwicke. In between she came to South Africa to appear in ''Sam’s Kid'' (1922), with [[Dick Cruikshanks]], [[Hayford Hobbs]] and [[M.A. Wetherell]]. In 1915 a theatre on Fulton Avenue in Baltimore was named after her by the owner, who clearly was a great admirer of the beautiful actress, but in 1927, after she retired from the screen, its name was changed. She died at the age of 77 as Mrs. Gertrude Lyon McRae in her home state of Georgia. (FO)

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