Actress. Born Florence Lavina Quick in Portland, Oregon. She spent her early years near Tillamook living on a farm before the family returned to Portland in 1900, where she attended Mount Tabor School and St. Mary's Academy. Her father left the family in 1912 to find work in Southern California, with the rest of the family following in 1912. She made her film debut as an extra in 1913 with the Keystone Company as Evelyn Quick. She was 19 years old when, after abruptly leaving Keystone due to unsavory gossip, she appeared in "Daphne and the Pirate." In 1916 her career took a big step forward in the comedies "Flirting with Fate," "Manhattan Madness," "American Aristocracy," and the drama "The Half Breed." Several movies followed, then Jewel left the film world for three years before returning in "Nobody" in 1921. Carmen was an actress whose film career was relatively short but whose private life kept her name in the news long after her film career ended. In the 1930s she was directly involved in one of the biggest scandals when her husband became one of the chief suspects in the suicide or murder of film star Thelma Todd. In her later years she made her home in La Jolla, California, until illness forced her into the Helix View Nursing Home in El Cajon, California. It was there she died of lymphoma. Her passing went unnoticed by the film world with no obituary for her in the trade papers. Film directories list her place of birth as Danville, Kentucky, although her birth and death certificate states she was born in Oregon.
Actress. Born Florence Lavina Quick in Portland, Oregon. She spent her early years near Tillamook living on a farm before the family returned to Portland in 1900, where she attended Mount Tabor School and St. Mary's Academy. Her father left the family in 1912 to find work in Southern California, with the rest of the family following in 1912. She made her film debut as an extra in 1913 with the Keystone Company as Evelyn Quick. She was 19 years old when, after abruptly leaving Keystone due to unsavory gossip, she appeared in "Daphne and the Pirate." In 1916 her career took a big step forward in the comedies "Flirting with Fate," "Manhattan Madness," "American Aristocracy," and the drama "The Half Breed." Several movies followed, then Jewel left the film world for three years before returning in "Nobody" in 1921. Carmen was an actress whose film career was relatively short but whose private life kept her name in the news long after her film career ended. In the 1930s she was directly involved in one of the biggest scandals when her husband became one of the chief suspects in the suicide or murder of film star Thelma Todd. In her later years she made her home in La Jolla, California, until illness forced her into the Helix View Nursing Home in El Cajon, California. It was there she died of lymphoma. Her passing went unnoticed by the film world with no obituary for her in the trade papers. Film directories list her place of birth as Danville, Kentucky, although her birth and death certificate states she was born in Oregon.
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