Octavia Handworth
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 6
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- December 24, 1887
- Died
- October 3, 1978
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Octavia Boas
Biography
Octavia Handworth (December 24, 1887 – October 3, 1978) was an American actress of Danish heritage during the silent film era. She was born Octavia Boas and was married to Harry Handworth (1878/or1882-1916) an actor, producer and film director who headed Excelsior Feature Film Co. and Gordon De Main(1886–1954) an actor. Most of her career was appearing in short films i.e. for Pathe, then Lubin however she made half a dozen feature films.
