
Merta Sterling
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 12, 1883
Place of Birth: Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA
Known For

Paid to Love
An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore up the country's weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Towards that end he befriends the country's king and they come up with a scheme to get the Crown Prince married, a prospect not particularly appealing to the Crown Prince--until he sees the beautiful cabaret dancer the pair has picked for him to marry.

Scorching Sands
The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.

The Janitor
A mild-mannered, well-meaning but bumbling janitor gets unwittingly involved in a battle between two opposing political groups, with each side trying to use him to destroy the other, and the secret police--who have already thrown him out of their office when he worked there--watching all of them.

The Handy Man
A 1923 silent comedy.

A Watery Wooing
Tom is not in favor with Flossie's aunt though the latter lady thinks he is just right. Tom's fertile brain forms a scheme and by a fake rescue of Flossie from the ocean waves he gets in the good graces of the stern aunt. But when the next day finds Aunty in peril herself the truth comes out: Tom can't swim.

Lion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws

The Star Dust Trail
Sylvia Joy, a talented cabaret dancer, must choose between a wealthy Producer and a promising young actor.

Women First
Directed by B. Reeves Eason. With William Fairbanks, Eva Novak, Lydia Knott, Bob Rhodes.

The Sage-Brush League
Film by Harry A. Gant.

Darwin Was Right
Just as he is about to experiment with an elixir of youth, Prof. Henry Baldwin is kidnapped by Courtney Lawson with his secretary, Egbert Swift, and his butler, Alexander, and placed in an asylum. A runaway dogcart deposits three babies in the house, and three escaped chimpanzees take their place.
Filmography
as Maid
as The Maid
as Mandy Lee
as Liza
as Princess Hormona
as The cook
as Lena Gerst
as Hefty Hilda
as Flossie's Aunt