Willette Kershaw (June 17, 1882 – May 4, 1960) was an American Broadway stage actress and later silent film actress. Her younger sister was actress Elinor Kershaw who later married Thomas Ince.[2]^{[better source needed]}

Willette Kershaw
The Theatre Magazine, 1911
Born	Willette Kershaw (1882-06-17)June 17, 1882 Clifton Heights, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died	May 4, 1960(1960-05-04) (aged 77) Honolulu, Hawaii[1]
Occupation	actress
Years active	1905–1928
Spouse(s)	Richard Schuster W.K. Lamar Albert Morrison David Sturges
Relatives	Elinor Kershaw (sister) Thomas H. Ince (brother-in-law)

The daughter of Harry Kershaw,[3] she was born in St. Louis and graduated from Central High School and the Lindley School of Dramatic Art.[4]

Kershaw's Broadway credits include Yes or No (1917), The Unchastened Woman (1915), A Pair of White Gloves (1913), The Switchboard (1913), Snobs (1911), The Country Boy (1910), The Heights (1910), and Robert Burns (1905).[5]

Kershaw married actor Arthur Morrison, and the marriage ended in 1909.[3] In 1923, Kershaw married David Sturgis in New Rochelle, New York.[6]

Filmography

• Men (1918)
• Cecilia of the Pink Roses (1918)
• The Sporting Life (1918)
• The Vortex (1928)

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Willette Kershaw.

• Willette Kershaw at IMDb
• Willette Kershaw at the Internet Broadway Database
• Willette Kershaw portrait NY Public Library
• Willete Kershaw image from the one-act play Any Night, which also starred Harrison Ford
• Willette Kershaw pose in the 1920s National Portrait Gallery UK
• portrait gallery (Univ of Washington, Sayre collection)

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