Sylvia Ashton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sylvia Ashton

actress

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1880

Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, United States

Date of Death: 17-Nov-1940

Profession: actor, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sylvia Ashton (January 26, 1880 – November 17, 1940) was an American film actress of the silent film era. Ashton was born in Denver, Colorado.
She bore a heavyset resemblance to Jane Darwell and like Darwell was playing mother and grandmother roles, though more famously than Darwell in the silents, while still in her 30s and 40s.
For years she was a regular member of Cecil B.
DeMille's troupe of character actors.
She appeared in 134 films between 1912 and 1929.
She retired from movies almost immediately at the dawn of sound, one of her later films being the part-sound film The Barker (1928).
She died in Los Angeles, California.