Marie Walcamp


Marie Walcamp was an American actress of the silent film era, often specializing in roles as an "action heroine" in serials, including Westerns.

Biography

Born in Dennison, Ohio, Walcamp was the daughter of Mary and Arnold Walcamp. She relocated to the East Coast after finishing her formal education, making the move with hopes of finding acting jobs on the stage. After landing various roles in New York, she signed to Universal Studios in 1913 and was cast at the age of 19 in the film The Werewolf. She appeared in over 50 motion pictures, mostly shorts, over the next two years, although by 1916 the pace of her work in films began to decrease. That year she still performed in no less than 13 productions, including the leading role in the Western serial Liberty. She was known for doing her dangerous stunts which earned her the nickname "The Daredevil Of The Films". By the 1920s, however, Walcamp's movie career had effectively ended as fewer serials were being made. Walcamp's popularity declined with the fall of serials. Her final role was in 1927 as Alice Gage in In a Moment of Temptation. Over her 14-year career in films, Walcamp appeared in at least 107 releases.
She married stage and screen actor Harland Tucker in 1919. They costarred together in the 1920 serial The Dragon's Net.
On November 17, 1936, Walcamp, suffering from depression, committed suicide by turning on the gas in her Los Angeles apartment. She was 42 years old.

Selected filmography