The Breakthrough Years of Cinema Stars
First major success in 1911
Anita Stewart
Debuted with Vitagraph in 1911, quickly becoming a popular leading lady and early screen attraction.
1915
1915
1916
1916
1917
1918
Wallace Reid
Debuted in 1911, rapidly becoming a popular actor and director for American Mutoscope and Biograph.
1917
1918
1919
1920
1920
1920
Clara Kimball Young
Began her film career with Vitagraph in 1911, swiftly establishing herself as a leading dramatic actress.
1915
1917
1917
1920
1920
1923
Francis X. Bushman
Debuted with Essanay in 1911, rapidly ascending as one of cinema's earliest matinee idols.
Kathlyn Williams
Achieved major stardom at Selig in 1911 through many films, pioneering the action heroine role.
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