Louise Lovely

 Louise Lovely, born Nellie Louise Carbasse (February 28, 1895 – March 18, 1980)

She is credited by film historians for being the first Australian actress to have a successful career in Hollywood, signing a contract with Universal Pictures in the United States in 1914. Lovely became one of Universal's major early stars and a challenger to Mary Pickford's status as the golden girl of early silent cinema,but was dropped by the studio in 1918 following a contract dispute. Though she was subsequently picked up by 20th Century Fox, where she starred in a series of Westerns with William Farnum, her career never reached its earlier heights. Over a course of four years, she had appeared in fifty American films. She made her American debut alongside the legendary Lon Chaney in Father and the Boys in 1915, receiving strong reviews. She starred with Chaney again in several other films including her next release US film Stronger Than Death (1915) and The Gilded Spider and Tangled Hearts (both 1916). However, after the move to Fox, her career ceased to grow, and she retired in 1925. Lovely returned to Australia, where she remained for the rest of her life. She was married twice, and died on March 18, 1980 at age 85.