Beulah Poynter was a star of the stage and silent films, a playwright, and an author.In her late teens she set out to see the world and joined a musical comedy company. She wrote and starred in both the stage play and the film "Lena Rivers," which made her famous. She went on to write and star in plays and to write screenplays and star in silent films in the period 1907 to 1930. She toured the country acting in plays. In the 1930s she turned to writing novels, short stories and magazine serials.
Beaulah Poynter married Burton S. Nixon in 1904. He produced and directed her plays. They divorced in 1910. She then married John Bowers, later a well-known silent film star, as his first wife, about 1911. They formed their own theatrical group, toured the country together, wrote plays together and starred in the film "The Little Girl That He Forgot" together. They divorced in 1918. Beulah continued her career and in 1928 she married theatrical producer George Leffler. They lived in New York City and traveled abroad in the late 1920s and early 1930s. George Leffler died in 1951. Beulah appears to have had no children, but helped raise her niece Jean Poynter.
New York Times, 14 Aug. 1960:
Died
Leffler, Beulah Poynter, suddenly on Aug. 13, 1960, at Manhasset L. I. Services at "The Hallett Homestead." 147th St. and Northern Boulevard, Flushing, L. I. on Monday at 2 p.m.
Beulah's full name was Beulah Marguerite Poynter. In civil life she used the surnames of her husbands, but was always known as Beulah Poynter in her professional life. She always received top billing and maintained control of whatever enterprises she participated in, most created by her. Her touring company was Poynter & Bowers. Her name was listed first on copyrights of plays she wrote with Bowers. She was in charge of the movie production of "Lena Rivers." She is listed in American Women Playwrights, 1900-1930. A checklist. Compiled by Frances Diodato Bzowski. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Beaulah Poynter married Burton S. Nixon in 1904. He produced and directed her plays. They divorced in 1910. She then married John Bowers, later a well-known silent film star, as his first wife, about 1911. They formed their own theatrical group, toured the country together, wrote plays together and starred in the film "The Little Girl That He Forgot" together. They divorced in 1918. Beulah continued her career and in 1928 she married theatrical producer George Leffler. They lived in New York City and traveled abroad in the late 1920s and early 1930s. George Leffler died in 1951. Beulah appears to have had no children, but helped raise her niece Jean Poynter.
New York Times, 14 Aug. 1960:
Died
Leffler, Beulah Poynter, suddenly on Aug. 13, 1960, at Manhasset L. I. Services at "The Hallett Homestead." 147th St. and Northern Boulevard, Flushing, L. I. on Monday at 2 p.m.
Beulah's full name was Beulah Marguerite Poynter. In civil life she used the surnames of her husbands, but was always known as Beulah Poynter in her professional life. She always received top billing and maintained control of whatever enterprises she participated in, most created by her. Her touring company was Poynter & Bowers. Her name was listed first on copyrights of plays she wrote with Bowers. She was in charge of the movie production of "Lena Rivers." She is listed in American Women Playwrights, 1900-1930. A checklist. Compiled by Frances Diodato Bzowski. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Beulah Poynter was a star of the stage and silent films, a playwright, and an author.In her late teens she set out to see the world and joined a musical comedy company. She wrote and starred in both the stage play and the film "Lena Rivers," which made her famous. She went on to write and star in plays and to write screenplays and star in silent films in the period 1907 to 1930. She toured the country acting in plays. In the 1930s she turned to writing novels, short stories and magazine serials.
Beaulah Poynter married Burton S. Nixon in 1904. He produced and directed her plays. They divorced in 1910. She then married John Bowers, later a well-known silent film star, as his first wife, about 1911. They formed their own theatrical group, toured the country together, wrote plays together and starred in the film "The Little Girl That He Forgot" together. They divorced in 1918. Beulah continued her career and in 1928 she married theatrical producer George Leffler. They lived in New York City and traveled abroad in the late 1920s and early 1930s. George Leffler died in 1951. Beulah appears to have had no children, but helped raise her niece Jean Poynter.
New York Times, 14 Aug. 1960:
Died
Leffler, Beulah Poynter, suddenly on Aug. 13, 1960, at Manhasset L. I. Services at "The Hallett Homestead." 147th St. and Northern Boulevard, Flushing, L. I. on Monday at 2 p.m.
Beulah's full name was Beulah Marguerite Poynter. In civil life she used the surnames of her husbands, but was always known as Beulah Poynter in her professional life. She always received top billing and maintained control of whatever enterprises she participated in, most created by her. Her touring company was Poynter & Bowers. Her name was listed first on copyrights of plays she wrote with Bowers. She was in charge of the movie production of "Lena Rivers." She is listed in American Women Playwrights, 1900-1930. A checklist. Compiled by Frances Diodato Bzowski. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Beaulah Poynter married Burton S. Nixon in 1904. He produced and directed her plays. They divorced in 1910. She then married John Bowers, later a well-known silent film star, as his first wife, about 1911. They formed their own theatrical group, toured the country together, wrote plays together and starred in the film "The Little Girl That He Forgot" together. They divorced in 1918. Beulah continued her career and in 1928 she married theatrical producer George Leffler. They lived in New York City and traveled abroad in the late 1920s and early 1930s. George Leffler died in 1951. Beulah appears to have had no children, but helped raise her niece Jean Poynter.
New York Times, 14 Aug. 1960:
Died
Leffler, Beulah Poynter, suddenly on Aug. 13, 1960, at Manhasset L. I. Services at "The Hallett Homestead." 147th St. and Northern Boulevard, Flushing, L. I. on Monday at 2 p.m.
Beulah's full name was Beulah Marguerite Poynter. In civil life she used the surnames of her husbands, but was always known as Beulah Poynter in her professional life. She always received top billing and maintained control of whatever enterprises she participated in, most created by her. Her touring company was Poynter & Bowers. Her name was listed first on copyrights of plays she wrote with Bowers. She was in charge of the movie production of "Lena Rivers." She is listed in American Women Playwrights, 1900-1930. A checklist. Compiled by Frances Diodato Bzowski. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.
