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- Birth nameMyrtle Lillian Gonzalez
- Myrtle Gonzalez was born on September 28, 1891 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Level (1914), The Little Sheriff (1914) and The Chalice of Courage (1915). She was married to Allen Watt and J. Parks Jones. She died on October 22, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesAllen Watt(December 1, 1917 - October 22, 1918) (her death)J. Parks Jones (divorced, 1 child)
- Married Universal actor/director Allen Watt on December 1, 1917, and retired. He was subsequently joined the U.S. Army and she returned with him to Camp Lewis, in Washington State. Her health (heart ailment) was too frail for the climate, however, and Capt. Watt was placed on the retirement list so he could return her to Southern California. He went back to work at Universal and began directing.
- Victim of the worldwide "Spanish flu" pandemic of 1918.
- She had a son with her first husband, J. Parks Jones: James Parks Jones, Jr. (c. 1911-1970).
- Started as a singing soprano and appeared in various local concerts and benefits and sang in church choirs in Los Angeles.
- Daughter of Manuel George Gonzalez, a grocer, and Lillian L. Cook (1874-1932), a one-time opera singer. Her siblings were Stella and Manuel Jr. Her father's family was Spanish and her mother's was Irish.
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