Edna Maison

Edna Maison was born on Aug 17, 1892 in USA. Edna Maison's big-screen debut came with Richelieu directed by Allan Dwan in 1914.

Edna Maison was born Carmen Edna Maisonave on August 17, 1892 (some sources say 1886) in San Francisco, California. Her father, Peter Maisonave, was a grocer who had immigrated from France. When she was a child her family moved to Los Angeles. Edna was educated the Immaculate Heart Academy. At the age of six she began her acting career with the Cooper Stock Company in Burbank. She was a very talented singer and performed with the California Opera Company and the Edgar Temple Opera Company. Edna also attended Woodbury business college and briefly worked as a stenographer. In September of 1911 she married Tom Poste, a clothing salesman. She was signed by Pathe Studios in 1912 and made her film debut in The Girl Sheriff. Over the next two yeas she appeared in more than thirty films including Misleading Evidence and A Double Reward (she was sometimes billed as Miss Mason).