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"Born Nina Constance Shawe (1889-1975) in Coonoor, India, in 1889, but grew up and was educated in England. When she became an actress in the theater, she took the name Gypsy O’Brien. "In December 1914, Gypsy sailed as a member of a British theater troop from Liverpool to New York. She appeared in To-Night’s the Night, a musical comedy that ran at Shubert’s Theatre from December 1914 into the spring of 1915. "For the next two years, she worked steadily in musicals on the New York stage. Gypsy entered films in 1916 with an Olga Petrova vehicle, The Soul Market (1916). Later that year, Gypsy appeared with Earle Williams in The Scarlet Runner, a 12-chapter series that related the adventures of Christopher Race (Williams) and his high-powered automobile, The Scarlet Runner. "Her screen work was sparse through the 1910s. In 1920, she was given the lead with Lionel Barrymore in The Master Mind (1920), a First National melodrama. "Gypsy’s remaining film roles were small. She was with Pauline Starke in Salvation Nell (1921) and The Young Diana (1922) with Marion Davies. She spent two months with her family in England in the summer of 1922. After working again with Davies in Little Old New York (1923), Gypsy devoted more time to her stage work. "While touring in Is Zat So? through California in the mid-1920s, Gypsy met George Blankenhorn, a steel plant engineer. They were married in 1928. Gypsy retired from show business. "The Blankenhorns lived quietly in Pasadena. George died in December 1956. Gypsy passed away on September 2, 1975. Gypsy’s only living relative, Mrs. Lillian Dewdney of London, England, announced her death." – CLOSE-UPS AND LONG-SHOTS by Michael G. Ankerich  

www.imdb.com/name/nm0639579/ "Gypsy O'Brien was born in 1889 in Coonoor, India as Nina Constance Shawe. She was an actress, known for Little Old New York (1923), The Young Diana (1922) and The Scarlet Runner (1916). She died on September 2, 1975." www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/gypsy-obrien-68444

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'James "Jim" Gerald (1 January 1891 – 2 March 1971) also known as James Gerald Diabolo was an Australian comedian, circus clown, acrobat, writer, director and troupe leader and filmmaker. He is generally regarded as one of the four leading post-World War I comedians to work the Australasian variety circuits, the others being Nat Phillips, Roy Rene, and George Wallace.' 'Jim Gerald was probably best remembered for his versatility—as a big-eared oaf in baggy pants and shapeless hat, as a seemingly rubber-boned and pathetically droll clown and as Australia's greatest pantomime dame.' More at - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gerald

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