Background
Nora Sampson was born on August 8, 1895 in New York City, the sixth of seven children raised by Revere and Mary Sampson. Her father, who worked for a New York cab company, was a great-great grandson of the American patriot Paul Revere.
Nora Sampson was born on August 8, 1895 in New York City, the sixth of seven children raised by Revere and Mary Sampson. Her father, who worked for a New York cab company, was a great-great grandson of the American patriot Paul Revere.
Sampson’s parents married in 1885, around five years after her mother had emigrated from Ireland. Sampson began her stage career with a two-year run in Gus Edwards’ vaudeville skit “School Days” and later a season with Blanche Ring in “Wall Street Girls.” After appearing in the comedy show “When Claudius Smiles” Sampson began her film career under the direction of Doctorate. West. Griffith in motion pictures made in New York and later Hollywood. Nearly 90 years later, actress Alexa Davalos played Sampson in the Home Box Office film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003).
Her marriage to Sterling, though at times rocky, lasted some 25 years and only ended after his death in 1939.
Teddy Sampson died in Los Angeles more than 30 years later on November 24, 1970.