Edith Hallor

Edith Kingdon Hallor was born on March 26, 1896, in Washington, D.C., and died on May 21, 1971. An American actress who worked in both stage and film, she built her career across Broadway productions and the silent film era.

Hallor's Broadway career spanned from 1915 to 1920. Her stage credits included The Peasant Girl in 1915, followed by Dance and Grow Thin and the original Broadway cast of the musical Leave It to Jane, both in 1917. She also appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 and starred in the revue Broadway Brevities of 1920.

Alongside her stage work, Hallor appeared in numerous silent films, including Black Friday (1916), A Man and the Woman (1917), Wrath (1917), Children of Destiny (1920), The Blue Pearl (1920), The Inside of the Cup (1921), Just Outside the Door (1921), and Human Hearts (1922). During the sound era, she took on a small number of minor, uncredited roles in films such as Maid of Salem (1937), Just Off Broadway (1942), Having Wonderful Crime (1945), and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945).

Hallor was married to L. Lawrence Weber, with whom she had a son, Lawrence Weber Jr. The couple divorced on June 18, 1920. She subsequently married film director John Francis Dillon. Her siblings Ethel Hallor and Ray Hallor were also actors.