Lydia Knott

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title: "Lydia Knott" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1866-births", "1955-deaths", "20th-century-american-actresses", "american-stage-actresses", "american-film-actresses", "american-silent-film-actresses", "actresses-from-indiana", "people-from-marshall-county,-indiana", "american-vaudeville-performers"] description: "American actress (1866–1955)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Knott" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American actress (1866–1955) ::

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Field	Value
name	Lydia Knott
image	Lydia Knott, stage actress (SAYRE 4395).jpg
caption	Knott in 1922
birth_date
birth_place	Tyner, Indiana
death_date
death_place	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
occupation	Actress
yearsactive	1914–1937
relatives	Lambert Hillyer (son)
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| name = Lydia Knott | image = Lydia Knott, stage actress (SAYRE 4395).jpg | caption = Knott in 1922 | birth_date = | birth_place = Tyner, Indiana | death_date = | death_place = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = 1914–1937 | relatives = Lambert Hillyer (son)

Lydia Knott (October 1, 1866 – March 30, 1955) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1937.

Biography

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Knott was born in Tyner, Indiana, the daughter of Lambert and Clarissa Knott. She died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. She was the mother of director Lambert Hillyer.

For years, Knott was David Higgins' leading lady. She acted in stock theater in Albany, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Toledo, among other cities. She toured the United States in at least five productions. She also acted in vaudeville.

Partial filmography

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• The Common Law (1916)
• The Clodhopper (1917)
• His Mother's Boy (1917)
• Sudden Jim (1917)
• The Dark Road (1917)
• Crime and Punishment (1917)
• The Hired Man (1918)
• Keys of the Righteous (1918)
• The Marriage Ring (1918)
• Danger, Go Slow (1918)
• In Judgement Of (1918)
• The Little Diplomat (1919)
• The Heart of Youth (1919)
• In Wrong (1919)
• The Love Hunger (1919)
• Luck in Pawn (1919)
• What Every Woman Learns (1919)
• The Pointing Finger (1919)
• The Dwelling Place of Light (1920)
• Blackmail (1920)
• Homespun Folks (1920)
• The Infamous Miss Revell (1921)
• The Breaking Point (1921)
• The Lure of Youth (1921)
• Scrap Iron (1921)
• A Certain Rich Man (1921)
• Beating the Game (1921)
• Playing with Fire (1921)
• Across the Dead-Line (1922)
• The Broadway Madonna (1922)
• Turn To The Right (1922)
• Dusk to Dawn (1922)
• The Super-Sex (1922)
• Afraid to Fight (1922)
• The Dangerous Little Demon (1922)
• The Flirt (1922)
• A Woman of Paris (1923)
• Dollar Devils (1923)
• Garrison's Finish (1923)
• The Man Life Passed By (1923)
• St. Elmo (1923)
• Held to Answer (1923)
• Those Who Dance (1924)
• The Perfect Flapper (1924)
• Racing for Life (1924)
• Women First (1924)
• Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924)
• Chalk Marks (1924)
• Barbara Frietchie (1924)
• Dynamite Smith (1924)
• The Primrose Path (1925)
• Rose of the World (1925)
• High and Handsome (1925)
• The Fearless Lover (1925)
• East Lynne (1925)
• Going Crooked (1926)
• Kentucky Handicap (1926)
• Pretty Clothes (1927)
• Life of an Actress (1927)
• The House of Scandal (1928)
• Overland Bound (1929)
• Guilty? (1930)
• Men Without Law (1930)
• If I Had a Million (1932)
• Get That Girl (1932)
• The Final Edition (1932)
• The Defense Rests (1934)
• Rocky Rhodes (1934)
• Eight Bells (1935)
• Fair Warning (1937)

References

References

1. (October 21, 2009). "Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook". McFarland.
2. (January 27, 2011). "Silent movie features a Tyner native". The South Bend Tribune.
3. (August 9, 1913). "Lydia Knott Coming Here". The South Bend Tribune.
4. (October 8, 1905). "Vaudeville at Maryland". The Baltimore Sun.

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