Edith Yorke

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) ==References==