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The Understudy

The Understudy

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 28, 1913

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Understudy

Production Companies

Selig Polyscope Company

Director

Lorimer Johnston

Description

Stella Le Vere, an ambitious but struggling actress, is abandoned by her husband and is forced to leave her baby girl, Grace, in the care of an orphan asylum. Later, the child is adopted by a well-to-do and kindly family named Thornton, who bring Grace up in ignorance of her identity.