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Alta Allen (born Alta Crowin) (September 6, 1904 – July 24, 1998) was an American actress.

Alta Allen
Allen in 1920
Born	Alta Crowin (1904-09-06)September 6, 1904 Oakland, California, U.S.
Died	July 24, 1998(1998-07-24) (aged 93) Boonsboro, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1921 – 1926
Spouse(s)	Hampton Del Ruth (m. 1920 – ?)

Early years

Allen was born as Alta Crowin[1] in Oakland, California in 1904 to a Scottish mother, Jessie (née Robertson), and W. J. Crowin, who hailed from the West Coast. She made her first professional performance at an Oakland theater in a production of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Allen's role in this production was as Beth March. She was ten years old at the time.^{[citation needed]}

Allen was "one of the most popular of Oakland's younger social set."[2]

Career

Allen's early professional experience included acting in stock theater in Oakland and directing and performing in the Fairmont's Rainbow Lane revue.[2]

In 1920, William Fox, the founder of the Fox Film Corporation, observed Allen as she performed the leading role[3] at a musical revue within the Fairmont Hotel.[4] Subsequently, she signed a contract with his studios, although she would only perform one role in any silent film released by Fox Film: the 1921 comedy Skirts.[4] She would subsequently sign a contract with Universal Studios,[5] and later appeared in several films released by this corporation, including The Marriage Chance (1922),[6] and A Self-Made Failure (1924). Her final credited screen appearance occurred in 1926, as Thora Barton in the cast of The Set-Up.

Personal life and death

On November 25, 1920, Allen married actor, screenwriter, and director Hampton Del Ruth[1] (the couple later divorced).[7] She died of natural causes at her Boonsboro home on June 24, 1998, the age of 93.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1921	A Shocking Night	Bessie Lane
	Seven Years Bad Luck	Betty	Max's Fiancée
	Be My Wife	Mary	The subject of the main characters' affections
	Skirts	Kidnapped girl
1922	The Marriage Chance	Eleanor Douglas
1924	A Self-Made Failure	Mrs. Spike Malone	Alternative title: The Goof
	Daring Chances	Agnes Rushton
1926	The Set-Up	Thora Barton	Daughter of Cliff Barton, the murder victim
	Raggedy Rose	Rose's former co-worker	Uncredited role

References

External links

• Alta Allen at IMDb

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