Vinnie Burns

Acting

Vinnie Burns

Born July 1, 1897 · Utah, USA

Died August 3, 1969 · aged 72

Vinnie Burns was an American stage and screen actress. She appeared in about 50 feature films from 1911 to 1921.

Known For

A House DividedA House Divided · 1913
A House Divided
5.81913
MovieComedy
A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."
Oliver TwistOliver Twist · 1912
Oliver Twist
1912
MovieDrama
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
Her Wayward SisterHer Wayward Sister · 1916
Her Wayward Sister
9.01916
MovieDrama
Greater Love Hath No ManGreater Love Hath No Man · 1911
Greater Love Hath No Man
6.71911
MovieDramaWestern
Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.
The DerelictThe Derelict · 1917
The Derelict
1917
MovieDrama
Loutish Teddy Brant feeling trapped by his marriage and family commitments to the sweet Rose and their infant daughter Helen fakes his suicide and embarks on a dissolute life. Thinking herself free Rose remarries, and time passes contently. Years later, Teddy, now a hopeless derelict, wanders the country straying one night into the waiting room of a train station. He sees a young girl being accosted by an elderly gentleman who tries to entice her home. Teddy thinks nothing of the incident until he finds a purse lying on the seat and learns that the girl is his daughter Helen. Teddy hastens after them and in the ensuing fight, strangles Helen's assailant and then flees. Helen is arrested for the murder but is acquitted when Teddy staggers into the police station and confesses to the crime.
The Dream WomanThe Dream Woman · 1914
The Dream Woman
1914
MovieDramaHorror
In this story the hero is haunted by a beautiful young woman who tries to stab him to death with a knife. This fantasy recurs on each of his birthdays, becoming more and more real as the years go on. He leaves home to secure a place as groom, but arrives at his destination too late. Forced to retrace his steps, he seeks shelter in a little inn, forgetting that the hour of his birth is approaching. In the middle of the night he awakens, terrified with fright… Based on Wilkie Collins' novel “The Dream Woman”.
The Lost BridegroomThe Lost Bridegroom · 1916
The Lost Bridegroom
1916
MovieComedy
Suffering from aphasia after being conked on the head, a man is coerced into robbing his fiancée's home.
Broken OathsBroken Oaths · 1912
Broken Oaths
5.01912
MovieDrama
Vinnie, Colonel Beggs' daughter, complains to her father that Lieutenant Sterling is paying her unwelcome attentions. The Colonel assures his daughter that she has no cause for fear. He immediately forgets the incident, as important military developments occupy his time. But soon Vinnie has a more serious complaint, and the Colonel is forced to act.

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The DerelictThe Derelict · 1917
The Derelict
1917
MovieDrama
Loutish Teddy Brant feeling trapped by his marriage and family commitments to the sweet Rose and their infant daughter Helen fakes his suicide and embarks on a dissolute life. Thinking herself free Rose remarries, and time passes contently. Years later, Teddy, now a hopeless derelict, wanders the country straying one night into the waiting room of a train station. He sees a young girl being accosted by an elderly gentleman who tries to entice her home. Teddy thinks nothing of the incident until he finds a purse lying on the seat and learns that the girl is his daughter Helen. Teddy hastens after them and in the ensuing fight, strangles Helen's assailant and then flees. Helen is arrested for the murder but is acquitted when Teddy staggers into the police station and confesses to the crime.

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Two Little RangersTwo Little Rangers · 1912
Two Little Rangers
6.01912
MovieWesternDrama
"Wild Bill" Gray is a renegade and a wife-beater. He is about to start on some expedition of crime and his wife implores him to stay at home. She receives a beating for her trouble. Jim, a cowboy, rides past the shack, hears Mrs. Gray's screams and interferes, and takes Mrs. Gray over to his friend, the postmaster, so that she may have a good home. "Wild Bill" plans vengeance. Paxton, the postmaster, starts for the station with money and gold, and is accompanied a short way by Jim. Gray sneaks after them. After going with Paxton a short distance, Jim takes a turn in the road and Paxton rides on alone. Gray closes up on the postmaster, gets the drop on him, but Paxton is quick and there's a hand-to-hand struggle. Bill, however, worsts Paxton, and finally sends him over a precipice. But in falling, Paxton falls into a tree and thus is saved from sure death.