MYRTLE GONZALEZ , SILENT FILM AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1891 SEPTEMBER 28
MYRTLE GONZALEZ , SILENT FILM AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1891 SEPTEMBER 28 Myrtle Gonzalez (September 28, 1891 – October 22, 1918) was an American actress. She starred in at least 78 silent era motion pictures from 1913 to 1917, of which 66 were one and two-reel shorts. She is regarded as Hollywood's first Latin and Hispanic movie star actress.[1] Gonzalez was best known for her role as Enid Maitland in Vitagraph's six-reel feature length drama The Chalice of Courage (1915) opposite William Duncan. A magazine writer once called her "The Virgin White Lily of the Screen." Early life[edit] She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Manuel George Gonzalez (1868–?) and Lillian L. Cook (1874–1932). Her siblings were Stella M. Gonzalez (1892–1965) and Manuel G. Gonzalez, Jr. (1898–?). Her paternal side comes from a native Hispanic Californio family of Mexico,[2] while her maternal grandparents were born in Ireland. Her father was a retail gr...