Nell Shipman

Name:
Nell Shipman
Age:
77
Date of Birth:
Oct 25, 1892
Occupation:
Actress, Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Animal Trainer
Spouse:
Ernest Shipman (m. 1910–1920), Charles H. Austin Ayers (m. 1925; His Death 1964)
Years active:
1910–1947
Died:
Jan 23, 1970

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Nell Shipman (born Helen Foster-Balham; October 25, 1892 – January 23, 1970) was a Canadian actress, author and screenwriter, producer, director, and animal trainer. She was a Canadian pioneer in early Hollywood. She is best known for her work in James Oliver Curwood stories and for portraying strong, adventurous women. In 1919, she and her producer husband, Ernest Shipman, made the most successful silent film in Canadian history, Back to God's Country in which she did one of the first on-screen nude scenes.



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