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Mabel Ballin

MABEL BALLIN was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and received her education in that city. In youth she was left without parents and became the ward of her grandmother. At 6 years of age, she was playing the tambourine on the platform of a Salvation Army Hall. Finishing school, she secured a position as assistant to a local dressmaker. She then attended night school, studying to be an illustrator. When dreams of becoming an artist took wings a new interest in the stage awakened within her. In New York fortune smiled upon the fair Mabel and she did a "bit" when Hugo Ballin, the artist, became interested in her and finally wed her. Vitagraph offered her screen fame and accepting she made good, since winning screen stardom. She is 5 feet 3 inches in height, weighs 120 lbs., and has brown hair and brown eyes.