Beatrice Van

Beatrice Van (born Beatrice Abbott; August 8, 1890 – July 4, 1983) was an American silent film actress. She was also a screenwriter for both silent and sound films.

Biography
Beatrice was born to Joseph and Beatrice Abbott in Omaha, Nebraska; she had an older sister, Genevieve. She grew up in Nebraska and Oklahoma, where she was educated in a convent. Beatrice's first marriage was to Cornelius Vander-Pluym; they had one child together, Kreigh Vander-Pluym, in 1912. The pair eventually divorced in 1915.

She was a leading woman at Universal for a time in the 1910s, and later worked as a scenarist for FBO. Beatrice married writer-actor James Gruen in 1927, and later, an Australian national, Charles Collman.

Actress

 * The Saint and the Singer (1914)
 * One of the Finest (1914)
 * Such a Villain (1914)
 * The Hills of Silence (1914)
 * The Awakening (1914/I)
 * Lost by a Hair (1914)
 * The Barnstormers (1914)
 * This Is the Life (1914/III)
 * Helping Mother (1914)
 * Her Bounty (1914) as Bessie Clay
 * Her Life's Story (1914) as The Wife
 * The Senator's Lady (1914)
 * The Vagabond (1914)
 * Traffic in Babies (1914)
 * Lights and Shadows (1914)
 * The Heart of a Magdalene (1914)
 * The Magic Mirror (1915)
 * Changed Lives (1915)
 * The Black Box (1915) as Ashleigh's daughter
 * The Nightmare of a Movie Fan (1915)
 * The Soul of the Vase (1915) as Wife
 * A Woman Scorned (1915)
 * Detective Blinn (1915)
 * The Great Ruby Mystery (1915)
 * The Mighty Hold (1915)
 * The Girl from His Town (1915) as Duchess of Breakwater
 * Love and Labor (1915)
 * What's in a Name? (1915)
 * Uncle Heck, by Heck! (1915)
 * A Bully Affair (1915/I)
 * When His Dough Was Cake (1915)
 * A Friend in Need (1915)
 * Mixed Males (1915)
 * The End of the Road (1915)
 * Almost a Widow (1915)
 * The Wraith of Haddon Towers (1916)
 * The Hills of Glory (1916)
 * The First Quarrel (1916)
 * Inherited Passions (1916)
 * The Pearl of Paradise (1916) as Denise, his fiancée
 * Told at Twilight (1917) as The Mother
 * Hands Up! (1917) as Elinor Craig
 * Who Was the Other Man? (1917) as Wanda Bartell
 * Flirting with Death (1917)
 * A Devil with the Wimmin (1917)
 * My Unmarried Wife (1918)
 * Painted Lips (1918) as Mrs. Silver
 * There Goes the Bride (1918)
 * Good Night, Paul (1918) as Rose Hartley
 * The Tiger Lily (1919) as Dorothy Van Rensselaer
 * The Dangerous Talent (1920) as Mildred Shedd

Writer

 * A Small Town Girl (1915) (scenario)
 * Miss Jackie of the Army (1917) (story)
 * Molly Go Get 'Em (1918) (scenario)
 * Jilted Janet (1918) (story)
 * Ann's Finish (1918) (story)
 * Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921)
 * Eden and Return (1921)
 * Boy Crazy (1922) (story)
 * The Understudy (1922)
 * Their First Vacation (1922) (scenario)
 * Crashin' Thru (1923) (adaptation)
 * The Fast Worker (1924)
 * Any Woman (1925)
 * California Straight Ahead (1925)
 * A Knight Before Christmas (1926) (scenario)
 * A Trip to Chinatown (1926)
 * Along Came Auntie (1926)
 * Raggedy Rose (1926)
 * Blisters Under the Skin (1927) (scenario)
 * Beware of Widows (1927)
 * Silk Stockings (1927)
 * The Irresistible Lover (1927)
 * Companionate Marriage (1928)
 * Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928)
 * Finders Keepers (1928)
 * Good Morning, Judge (1928)
 * Sinner's Parade (1928) (also adaptation)
 * Modern Love (1929) (also story)
 * No, No, Nanette (1930) (dialogue)
 * Take the Heir (1930)
 * He Loved Her Not (1931)
 * Take 'em and Shake 'em (1931)
 * Easy to Get (1931)
 * Only Men Wanted (1932)
 * Gigolettes (1932)
 * Night of Terror (1933)