Background
Her father, Doctor Licentiate in Midwifery Leisenring, was a physician of the San Francisco Bay District who was superintendent of a Vallejo, California sanitarium.
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Jean Stuart
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Her real name was Margaret Leisenring. She was an officer of the senior class. Stuart played in eight silent films beginning with a role as Sonia Mercer in The Flash of an Emerald (1915).
Later she appeared in The Scarlet Runner (1916), The Libertine (1916), Strife (1917), The Rainbow (1917), The Accomplice (1917), God"s Manitoba (1917), and Madame Sherry (1917).
A committee then chose her to play a role in The Campus Flirt, which co-starred Charles Paddock. Her selection came after it was suggested by actress Bebe Daniels.
Stuart played with Daniels in the film and left school to sign a contract with Universal Pictures. Her horse slipped on wet pavement and threw her on her head
Her injuries were not considered serious at first but she developed a cerebral hemorrhage and died at 6 a.m. the following day at Hollywood Hospital.
The Los Angeles Coroner"s office decided that an inquest into her death was necessary. She was working on a series of collegiate films when she died. A newspaper account said ended yesterday what promised to be a brilliant career in the silent drama.
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She was a popular student at the University of California, Berkeley and was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority.
