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Octavia Handworth
Person

Octavia Handworth

Specialty
Acting
Birth
December 24, 1887 · 90 years
Death
October 3, 1978
Origin
New York City, New York, USA

Technical Alias

Octavia Boas

Professional Trajectory

Octavia Handworth (December 24, 1887 – October 3, 1978) was an American actress of Danish heritage during the silent film era. She was born Octavia Boas and was married to Harry Handworth (1878/or1882-1916) an actor, producer and film director who headed Excelsior Feature Film Co. and Gordon De Main(1886–1954) an actor. Most of her career was appearing in short films i.e. for Pathe, then Lubin however she made half a dozen feature films.

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