Cleo Madison
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Madison began her career on the stage. By 1910, she had begun performing as part of a theatre troupe known as the Santa Barbara Stock Company in California. In 1913, she was contracted by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company to begin appearing in feature films. Madison established a name for herself as an actress with performances in films such as ''The Trey o' Hearts'' (1914). She is also considered a pioneering female director with a number of shorts and two feature films, ''A Soul Enslaved'' (1916) and ''Her Bitter Cup'' (1916), to her credit.
She made several efforts to set up a production company before leaving show business in 1924. She died from a heart attack in 1964 at the age of 80. Provided by Wikipedia