Rhea Mitchell(1890-1957)

Mitchell began her career in 1909 playing stock in Portland. Working in films, she appeared a number of times with Western star William S. Hart playing a leading role in those films. She then appeared in "Diamond from the Sky" in 1916, which proved to be a disaster for everyone concerned; with only four chapters completed, it was the shortest serial in history. After that, her roles became smaller; she appeared in a handful of films through the mid-1930s, and in several bit parts during the early 1950s. During her retirement she managed an apartment building in Los Angeles, and it was in her apartment that a disgruntled houseboy strangled and killed the former actress.