Park, Ida May (1879–1954)
Park, Ida May (1879–1954)
American film director. Born Dec 28, 1879, in Los Angeles, CA; died June 13, 1954, in Los Angeles Co., CA; m. Joseph De Grasse (actor).
One of only a handful of women directors at Universal Studios (early 1900s), was initially a stage actress and writer; began directing husband's projects, making 12 features with him before going solo (1917); made a series of films (1917–20), including Bondage (1917), Fires of Rebellion (1917), Bread (1918), Broadway Love (1918), Risky Road (1918), Boss of Powderville (1918?), Amazing Wife (1919) and The Butterfly Man (1920).
See also Women in World History.
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