Acting

Wilna Wilde

Born 3 October 1894 · Died 6 March 1982 at 87

Wilna Hervey was the only child of the marriage of William Russell Hervey and Anna Van Horn Traphagen. Her acting career began with a few silent movie roles at the Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn as early as 1916; for her artistic pursuits Hervey adopted the professional name "Wilna Wilde."