Nell Shipman(1892-1970)

Actress
Writer
Producer

Shipman in "Back to God's Country", from the Idaho Film Collection's new DVD, "The Nell Shipman Collection" Volume 1.

Canadian-born actress, writer, producer and animal trainer Nell Shipman was best known for writing and acting in several James Oliver Curwood stories and for her portrayals of strong, adventurous women, with many of her productions being filmed in Canada. Her son, Barry Shipman, became a prolific screenwriter, mostly of westerns.

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Known for

The Grub Stake

7.0

Faith Diggs

1923

Something New

5.7

A Young Woman Writer

1920

The Girl from God's Country

Neeka Le Mort
Marion Carslake

1921

Back to God's Country

6.3

Dolores LeBeau

1919

Credits

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Actress

Day Dreams
Short
- 1926
White Water
6.8
Short
- Dreena
- 1926
Wolf's Brush
Short
- 1926
The Light on Lookout Mountain
6.8
Short
- Dreena
- 1926
Trail of the North Wind
6.5
Short
- Dreena, the 'Story'-Girl
- 1924
The Grub Stake
7.0
- Faith Diggs
- 1923
A Bear, a Boy and a Dog
5.4
Short
- Rich woman who gives reward, back to camera
- 1921
The Girl from God's Country
- Neeka Le Mort
- Marion Carslake
- 1921
Something New
5.7
- A Young Woman Writer
- 1920
The Trials of Texas Thompson
Short
- 1919
The Washerwoman's War
Short
- 1919
Toad Allen's Elopement
Short
- 1919
Back to God's Country
6.3
- Dolores LeBeau
- 1919
A Gentleman's Agreement
- Theresa Kane
- 1918
Baree, Son of Kazan
- Nepeese
- 1918

Writer

Wings in the Dark
6.4
- story "Eyes of the Eagle"
- 1935
White Water
6.8
Short
- Writer
- 1926
Trail of the North Wind
6.5
Short
- scenario
- 1924
The Grub Stake
7.0
- story
- 1923
A Bear, a Boy and a Dog
5.4
Short
- Writer
- 1921
The Girl from God's Country
- screenplay
- story
- 1921
Something New
5.7
- written by
- 1920
Back to God's Country
6.3
- scenario (uncredited)
- 1919
A Rough Shod Fighter
- story
- 1917
The Melody of Love
Short
- scenario
- 1916
Son o' the Stars
Short
- scenario
- 1916
The Widow's Secret
Short
- scenario
- 1915
The Pine's Revenge
Short
- scenario
- screenplay
- story "The King's Keeper"
- 1915
Under the Crescent
- written by
- 1915
The Shepherd of the Southern Cross
- scenario
- 1914

Producer

Personal details

Born
- October 25, 1892
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Died
- January 23, 1970
- Cabazon, California, USA(undisclosed)
Spouses
Children
- Barry Shipman
Relatives
Other works
Her autobiography, "The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart" was published posthumously by Boise State University Press in 1987.
Publicity listings
- 4 Print Biographies
- 14 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
She was the first actress in legitimate-film history to ever do a full frontal nude scene on film. It was in Back to God's Country (1919), which coincidentally (or perhaps because of the scene) became the most financially successful silent film ever made in Canada. The tagline in one of the posters for the movie was, "Is the Nude Rude?".