Ethel Grandin — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1913) 🇺🇸

Ethel Grandin, a much admired “Imp,” and petite beauty, has been on the stage since she was seven years old, when she made her debut with Joseph Jefferson’s Rip Van Winkle company in New York.

Child parts with Andrew Mack, a season with Edna May, and a vaudeville tour with Richard Golden brought her to the age when she turned up her hair, lengthened her skirts and joined Chauncey Olcott’s company in a trip through the United States.

A season with the Cecil Spooner Stock Company completed her dramatic experience on the stage and she entered the picture field well equipped for the making of the success her work has brought her.

Her first affiliation was with the Imp Company playing with King Baggot and Mary Pickford, and she succeeded Miss Pickford as “the Imp girl.” Later she played with Bison and Rex, but returned to Imp.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, December 1913