Lucille Ricksen

Lucille Ricksen (August 22, 1909 – March 13, 1925) was an American motion picture actress during the silent film era. Born Lucille Ericksen in Chicago, Illinois, Ricksen began her career as a professional child model. In 1920 she arrived with her mother Ingeborg in Hollywood, California at the request of Samuel Goldwyn who immediately cast the eleven year old in comedy serial entitled The Adventures of Edgar Pomeroy. The serial shorts ran in appr... more

Lucille Ricksen (August 22, 1909 – March 13, 1925) was an American motion picture actress during the silent film era. Born Lucille Ericksen in Chicago, Illinois, Ricksen began her career as a professional child model. In 1920 she arrived with her mother Ingeborg in Hollywood, California at the request of Samuel Goldwyn who immediately cast the eleven year old in comedy serial entitled The Adventures of Edgar Pomeroy. The serial shorts ran in approximately twelve installments and were based on the stories of Booth Tarkington, with actor Edward Peil, Jr. taking the role of Edgar. After leaving the Edgar Pomeroy serials, Ricksen was next cast in the 1922 Stuart Paton directed comedy The Married Flapper opposite Marie Prevost and Kenneth Harlan and the thirteen year old's career opportunities began to improve dramatically. In 1922, Ricksen was signed to a contract with actor and director Marshall Neilan who cast her in the commercially and critically successful Neilan directed drama The... less