Adele DeGarde was an American actress, who appeared in 114 films between 1908 and 1918.

Born Adelaide De Gard in Brooklyn, New York, DeGarde was a Biograph Studios

Biograph Studios

Biograph Studios was a studio facility and film laboratory complex built in 1912 by the Biograph Company, formerly American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, at 807 E. 175th Street, in the Bronx, New York....

 child star in the early part of the 20th century.

Later she became a Vitagraph Studios

Vitagraph Studios

American Vitagraph was a United States movie studio, founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. By 1907 it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films. It was bought by Warner Bros...

 leading lady. According to an AP wired article in the March 25, 1939 issue of the Reno Evening Gazette, she attended an "Old Home Week

Old Home Week

Old Home Week is a practice that originated in the New England region of the United States similar to a holiday or festival. In its beginning in the 19th-20th century it involved a municipal effort to invite former residents of a village, town, or city - usually individuals who grew up in the...

" at Ohrbach's in Union Square with other movie pioneers including Mae Murray, Carlyle Blackwell, Kenneth Casey and June Elvidge, among others. She was married to Harry Jespersen and had one son Albert aka Buddy.

Filmography

• The Christmas Burglars (1908)
• One Touch of Nature (1909)
• The Golden Louis
  The Golden Louis
  -Plot:An old woman sends a girl begging in the streets of Paris on a snowy evening. Callous revelers pass her by, and she falls asleep before one donor finally drops a golden louis in her shoe. A gambler with a sure tip on roulette but no cash borrows the coin to win a fortune for the girl...
  
   (1909)
• The Roue's Heart (1909)
• The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
• The Lure of the Gown (1909)
• The Terrible Quarrel (1909)
• The Voice of the Violin (1909)
• The Deception (1909)
• And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909)
• A Burglar's Mistake (1909)
• The Medicine Bottle (1909)
• A Drunkard's Reformation
  A Drunkard's Reformation
  A Drunkard's Reformation is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Arthur V. Johnson - John Wharton* Linda Arvidson - Mrs. John Wharton...
  
   (1909)
• Twin Brothers (1909)
• Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909)
• What Drink Did (1909)
• The Lonely Villa
  The Lonely Villa
  The Lonely Villa is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced by the Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of the film survives.-...
  
   (1909)
• The Country Doctor
  The Country Doctor (film)
  The Country Doctor is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film exist in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Kate Bruce as Poor Mother...
  
   (1909)
• The Children's Friend (1909)
• A Fair Exchange (1909)
• Leather Stocking (1909)
• Wanted, a Child (1909)
• The Song of Conscience (1909)
• What's Your Hurry? (1909)
• The Open Gate (1909)
• In the Window Recess (1909)
• The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
  The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
  The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period is a 1909 short film, directed by D.W. Griffith and based on Mark Twain's short story "The Death Disk" .-Summary:An early Biograph historical drama set in Cromwellian England...
  
   (1909)
• Through the Breakers (1909)
• In a Hempen Bag (1909)
• In Little Italy
  In Little Italy
  In Little Italy is a 1909 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.-Cast:* Marion Leonard - Marie Cadrone* George Nichols - Tony Guiletto* Henry B. Walthall - Victor* Charles Arling * Kate Bruce - At the Ball* William J...
  
   (1909)
• The Rocky Road
  The Rocky Road
  The Rocky Road is a 1910 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Frank Powell. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Frank Powell - Ben...
  
   (1910)
• The Last Deal (1910)
• One Night and Then (1910)
• Over the Garden Wall (1910)
• A Life for a Life (1910)
• The Adventures of Dolly and Jim
• Little Angels of Luck (1910)
• A Mohawk's Way (1910)
• In Life's Cycle (1910)
• Examination Day at School (1910)
• The Iconoclast (1910)
• The Children's Revolt (1910)
• Jean Goes Fishing (1910)
• A Tin-Type Romance (1910)
• Jean and the Waif (1910)
• His Trust
  His Trust
  His Trust is a 1911 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It concerns "The faithful devotion and self- sacrifice of an old negro servant," who is played in blackface. The film's sequel is His Trust Fulfilled. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the...
  
   (1911)
• His Trust Fulfilled
  His Trust Fulfilled
  His Trust Fulfilled is a 1911 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of this film survive in the film archives of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Wilfred Lucas - George* Claire McDowell - Mrs...
  
   (1911)
• Society and the Man (1911)
• St. Valentine's Day in Greenaway Land (1911)
• Teaching Dad to Like Her (1911)
• Billy's Valentine (1911)
• The Derelict Reporter (1911)
• The Children of Social Favorites (1911)
• Sunshine and Shadow (1911)
• Barriers Burned Away (1911)
• A Geranium (1911)
• The Long Skirt (1911)
• Cherry Blossoms (1911)

• The Child Crusoes (1911)
• An Answered Prayer (1911)
• Carr's Regeneration (1911)
• By Way of Mrs. Browning (1911)
• The Trail of Books (1911)
• Suffer Little Children (1911)
• The Miser's Heart
  The Miser's Heart
  The Miser's Heart is a 1911 short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of the film...
  
   (1911)
• The Voiceless Message (1911)
• Saving the Special (1911)
• The Voice of the Child
  The Voice of the Child
  The Voice of the Child is a 1911 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The film was made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the...
  
   (1911)
• A Doubly Desired Orphan (1911)
• The Chocolate Revolver (1912)
• The Five Senses (1912)
• The Black Wall (1912)
• The Old Silver Watch (1912)
• The Governor Who Had a Heart (1912)
• The Old Kent Road (1912)
• The Man Under the Bed (1912)
• The Light that Failed (1912)
• Ingenuity (1912)
• Vultures and Doves (1912)
• The Mills of the Gods (1912)
• Three Girls and a Man (1912)
• The Eavesdropper (1912)
• Thou Shalt Not Kill (1913)
• When Bobby Forgot (1913)
• A Birthday Gift (1913)
• Dick, the Dead Shot (1913)
• The Only Veteran in Town (1913)
• The Widower's Quest (1913)
• The Lion's Bride (1913)
• Buddy's Downfall (1914)
• Buddy's First Call (1914)
• Mr. Barnes of New York (1914)
• A Pillar of Flame (1915)
• Insuring Cutey (1915)
• Rags and the Girl (1915)
• The Ruling Power (1915)
• Saints and Sinners (1915)
• Green Stockings (1916)
• Tubby Turns the Tables (1916)
• Myrtle the Manicurist (1916)
• Lights of New York
  Lights of New York (1916 film)
  Lights of New York is a silent drama film directed by Van Dyke Brooke.-Plot:Hoping to improve his financial lot, petty thief Hawk Chovinski hires a dancing instructor to teach him how to bear himself like a gentleman. His lessons completed, Hawk then poses as a European nobleman, intending to trap...
  
   (1916)
• Help! Help! Help! (1916)
• Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking (1917)
• Within the Law (1917)
• The Love Doctor (1917)
• The Bottom of the Well (1917)
• The Purple Dress
  The Purple Dress
  The Purple Dress is a 1918 two reel silent short film, directed by Martin Justice.-Cast:*Agnes Ayres *Adele DeGarde *Edward Earle *Evart Overton *Bernard Siegel...
  
   (1918)
• The Rathskeller and the Rose (1918)
• The Triumph of the Weak
  The Triumph of the Weak
  The Triumph of the Weak is a 1918 Vitagraph drama, directed by Tom Terris, and written by Edith Ellis. It is the story of a woman who steals to provide food for her child and the consequence which follow her act, the narrow escapes she has of the many pitfalls, in her efforts to live in the...
  
   (1918)
• The Enchanted Profile (1918)

External links

• Adele De Garde: A Brief Biography
• Profile of Adele DeGarde at the Young Hollywood Hall of Fame