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- Birth nameAdelaide De Gard
- Adele DeGarde was born on May 3, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Lights of New York (1916), Within the Law (1917) and And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909). She was married to Harris N. Jespersen. She died on January 7, 1966 in Valley Stream, New York, USA.
- SpouseHarris N. Jespersen(May 25, 1918 - September 14, 1955) (his death, 1 child)
- Dark saucer eyes, which were particularly effective when she played children in peril.
- Silent screen actress who began as a child star at Biograph in 1908. She appeared in nearly 40 short films directed by D.W. Griffith. In 1911 DeGarde moved to Vitagraph, where she played ingenues for the rest of the decade.
- Retired from acting at age 19 to marry and start a family. Her last film, The Girl and the Graft (1918), was released two weeks after her wedding.
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