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- The daughter of actress Billie Brockwell, Brockwell first appeared on the stage at the age of three. She made her screen debut in Philadelphia for the Lubin Company in 1913, later working with D.W. Griffith. Joining Fox Studios, Brockwell was one of the busiest actresses in town and easily made the transition to sound films. Married to director Robert Broadwell, she was also married for a brief period to Harry Edwards, former husband of actress Louise Glaum. On June 27, Brockwell was a passenger in a car with her boyfriend, advertising man Thomas Stanley Brennan, when the car plunged over a 75 foot embankment in Calabasas. Brockwell was pinned under the car and sustained compound fractures to her jaw, a fractured skull and several other serious injuries Brennan was seriously hurt and survived his injuries. While hospitalized, Brockwell received four blood transfusions and died from peritonitis which developed as a result of her several injuries. Brennan stated that dust and cinders blew into his eyes causing him to lose control of the vehicle, he was exonerated of blame by the coroner's jury.
- Charles A. Stevenson was born on 6 November 1851 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was an actor, known for The Spanish Dancer (1923), Passion Flower (1921) and Peter Pan (1924). He was married to Frances Riley and Kate Claxton. He died on 2 July 1929 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Henry Johnson was born in 1897 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Too Much Speed (1921), The Dollar-a-Year Man (1921) and Crazy to Marry (1921). He died on 2 July 1929 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.