Sylvia Breamer

Sylvia Breamer

1897-06-08 – 1943-06-07 (age 45) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Biography

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Sylvia Breamer (9 June 1897 – 7 June 1943) was an Australian

actress who performed in American silent motion pictures beginning in 1917. Her

father was Sir James De Courcey Breamer, a commander in the Royal Navy. After

his death her mother married Judge A.G. Plunkett, formerly of Sydney,

Australia.

Sylvia's initial film efforts were with Colonel J. Stuart

Blackton films. She also performed in releases produced by Mayflower Pictures.

Breamer came to Hollywood with her sister, Doris, in 1920. Her mother relocated

also, residing at 837 South Catalina Street, Los Angeles, California.

Her first Hollywood movie was Athalie, a story of

spiritualism, directed by Sid Franklin, formerly the director of Mary Pickford.

The film was based on a work by Robert W. Chambers. Breamer worked at Brunton

Studios. Her work with director Franklin was released by First National

Pictures.

In 1921 Sylvia was signed by Director General Lloyd B.

Carleton to make features produced by the Rubayat Press and Photoplay

Corporation. Sylvia travelled with a Universal Pictures film crew on location

in Truckee, California. This was during the making of Bavu (1923). The group

left Universal City, California in an effort to complete scenes of the deaths

of Bolshevik characters in the Russian melodrama. Among others the film

featured actors Wallace Beery and Estelle Taylor.

When she came west from Australia Sylvia had just divorced

William Morrison, a director. She married him when she was only sixteen years

old. On 1 November 1924 the actress married Dr. Harry Martin at the Glenwood

Inn in Riverside, California. Martin, 34, formerly practiced medicine in

Chicago, Illinois. He served in World War I and relocated to Los Angeles after

being discharged from the U.S. Army.

Miss Breamer was an avid horsewoman. Another hobby was

seeking grunion at Del Rey, California. She owned beautiful jewellery. A

diamond bracelet was taken from her just before she departed New York City to come

to Hollywood. The bracelet was valued at $1,200.

Sylvia Breamer died in New York City in 1943.

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Known For

Missing
Missing

1918

as Nell Surratt

Lilies of the Field
We Can't Have Everything
We Can't Have Everything

1918

as Zada L'Etoile

Dawn
Dawn

1919

as Dorothy Parkman

The Roof Tree
The Roof Tree

1921

as Dorothy Harper

Her Temporary Husband
Her Temporary Husband

1923

as Blanche Ingram

Flaming Youth
Flaming Youth

1923

as Dee Fentriss

Wolf Law
Wolf Law

1922

as Francine Redney

My Husband's Other Wife
My Husband's Other Wife

1920

as Adelaide Hedlar

The Narrow Trail
The Narrow Trail

1917

as Betty Werdin

My Lady's Garter
My Lady's Garter

1920

as Helen Hamilton

Bavu
Bavu

1923

as Olga Stropik

Sherlock Brown
Sherlock Brown

1922

as Hilda

The Barefoot Boy
The Barefoot Boy

1923

as Milicent Carter

Up in Mabel's Room
Up in Mabel's Room

1926

as Alicia

The Man Unconquerable
The Man Unconquerable

1922

as Rita Durand

The Common Cause
The Common Cause

1919

as Helene Palmer

The Woman on the Jury
The Woman on the Jury

1924

as Betty Brown

The Temple Of Dusk
The Temple Of Dusk

1918

as Adrienne Chester

Thundergate
Thundergate

1923

as Alberta Hayward