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The 7-month old child who starred as a grown woman in 1903's "Life of an American Fireman" (and other fascinating stories)
I wanted to make the title of this post even longer, but sadly, there was a character limit. Here's what it should have said:
The 7-month old child who starred as a grown woman in 1903's "Life of an American Fireman" (and other fascinating stories about contributions which should have never been declined as "unable to verify")
Anyway, let's start with the worst offender.
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As I explained in the contribution to Vivian Vaughan's name page,
The only credit for this name on IMDb is for the short film Life of an American Fireman (1903), which was filmed in November 1902 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000447/locations/). If this birthdate is correct, that would mean Vivian Vaughan starred in that film when she was less than a year old. Having just watched the film, I can assure you there are no newborn babies starring in it. Apart from the male firefighters, the only characters appearing in the short are a woman (who appears to be in her 20s) and child (who appears to be around the age of 6 or 7). I'm not sure which of those characters is supposed to be played by Vivian Vaughan, but neither of them are less than 7 months old, so this birthdate has got to go.
For context, the short was released in January 1903 and filmed in November 1902, according to IMDb's own data. The name page for actress Vivian Vaughan lists her date of birth as April 23, 1902, which would make her between 6-7 months old at the start of filming. The short is in the public domain and can easily be found in its entirety on Wikipedia or YouTube. I can assure you there are no 6-7 month old actors playing major roles in that short, but if you don't believe me, go watch it yourself.
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These two are more self-explanatory. I found missing birth/death date data for these two names and submitted them simultaneously. For whatever reason, the birth dates were approved, but the death dates were not, despite coming from the exact same source. I resubmitted the death dates and they were still declined.
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Bethanny
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Hi @timothy_gray_el34lojg1aih1 -
I have resubmitted all on your behalf and approved.
Cheers!
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