Vinnie Burns
Acting
Biography
Vinnie Burns was an American stage and screen actress. She appeared in about 50 feature films from 1911 to 1921.
Born: July 1, 1897
Place of Birth: Utah, USA
Known For
A Severe Test
Daisy Jones had been married just a year when her husband failed to kiss her one morning, and she decided that he did not love her any more.
Greater Love Hath No Man
Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.
A House Divided
A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."
Two Little Rangers
"Wild Bill" Gray is a renegade and a wife-beater. He is about to start on some expedition of crime and his wife implores him to stay at home. She receives a beating for her trouble. Jim, a cowboy, rides past the shack, hears Mrs. Gray's screams and interferes, and takes Mrs. Gray over to his friend, the postmaster, so that she may have a good home. "Wild Bill" plans vengeance. Paxton, the postmaster, starts for the station with money and gold, and is accompanied a short way by Jim. Gray sneaks after them. After going with Paxton a short distance, Jim takes a turn in the road and Paxton rides on alone. Gray closes up on the postmaster, gets the drop on him, but Paxton is quick and there's a hand-to-hand struggle. Bill, however, worsts Paxton, and finally sends him over a precipice. But in falling, Paxton falls into a tree and thus is saved from sure death.
The Hater of Women
Bob Burton is a misogynist who spends time with other men who share his views, but Bob's friends play a role when he shows that he's not completely disgusted by his friend Harry's sister.
Dick Whittington and His Cat
Dick, a young boy hears wondrous tales of London, where the streets are paced with gold. At night he dreams of the capital. The next day he leaves his country home to see his fortune in London. He fails to find work at first and is almost starving when a wealthy sea-merchant takes him in as a cook's help. The cook takes an instant dislike to him and tortures him mercilessly. His garret is full of rats and he often goes without food. One day, a man on the street takes him for a beer and gives him a coin, which he uses to buy a cat.
Cupid and the Comet
A young couple is trying to get together while the girl's father is trying to break them up.
The Woman of Mystery
Norma, a dancer, receives many presents from admirers. Among them she finds a peculiar looking box, out of which spring several poisonous snakes. Nelson, a detective, is called upon to solve the mystery.
Oliver Twist
An orphan in early 19th century England escapes the poorhouse only to fall among a gang of pickpockets in London.
The Dream Woman
In this story the hero is haunted by a beautiful young woman who tries to stab him to death with a knife. This fantasy recurs on each of his birthdays, becoming more and more real as the years go on. He leaves home to secure a place as groom, but arrives at his destination too late. Forced to retrace his steps, he seeks shelter in a little inn, forgetting that the hour of his birth is approaching. In the middle of the night he awakens, terrified with fright… Based on Wilkie Collins' novel “The Dream Woman”.
Filmography
as Claire Gage
as Trixianita
as Claire
as Ruth Moreland
as Madge McQuirk
as Joan
as Everygirl
as The Woman of Mystery
as The Stranger's Wife
as The Model
as Secretary
as Dick
as Winnie
as Harry's sister
as Vinnie Beggs - the Colonel's Daughter
as Oliver Twist
as Florence