Charles Coburn
Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera
Charles Coburn (1877-1961)
Popular character actor didn't become a full-time movie actor until age sixty, yet still managed to appear in seventy films. Born in Macon, GA, Coburn grew up in Savannah, and took to the local stage in the 1890s. He left for New York at age nineteen and debuted on Broadway in 1901. He founded the Coburn Players in 1905, and married co-star Ivah Wills in 1906. Their partnership was shared on the...
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Classic movies and old time movie stars rediscovered. From the Silent Era through Hollywood's Golden Age, Immortal Ephemera especially zeroes in on the pre-Code era and other 1930s films.
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