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Edwina Booth (born Josephine Constance Woodruff; [1] September 13, 1904 – May 18, 1991) was an American actress. She is best known for the 1931 film Trader Horn, during the filming of which she contracted an illness which effectively ended her movie career.
Edwina Booth was an American actress who starred in Trader Horn (1931), a film that made her ill and bedridden for years. She survived and retired from the film industry, and later worked at the Los Angeles Mormon Temple.
- January 1, 1
- Provo, Utah, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
May 24, 1991 · Edwina Booth, an actress who made headlines in the 1930's when a mysterious illness ended her film career, died Saturday. She was 86 years old.
Edwina Booth was an American actress who starred in Trader Horn (1931), a film that made her ill and bedridden for years. She later sued MGM and worked at the Los Angeles Mormon Temple before dying in 1991.
- September 13, 1904
- May 18, 1991
May 16, 2023 · Edwina Booth was a beautiful actress who should’ve received the film stardom she deserved. Born Josephine Constance Woodruff on September 13, 1904, in Provo, Utah, she was the oldest of five children. Her father was a local doctor. She unfortunately suffered from hypoglycemia as a young child, which left her often ill and with little energy.
Edwina Booth (born Josephine Constance Woodruff; September 13, 1904 – May 18, 1991) was an American actress. She is best known for the 1931 film Trader Horn, during the filming of which she contracted an illness which effectively ended her movie career.
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Trader Horn is a 1931 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Harry Carey and Edwina Booth. It is the first non-documentary film shot on location in Africa. The film is based on the book of the same name by trader and adventurer Alfred Aloysius Horn and tells of adventures on safari in Africa.