Maurice Costello

1877 - 1950  (73 years)    Has no ancestors but 7 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Maurice Costello
  Birth	22 Feb 1877	Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	USA
  actor
  Death	28 Oct 1950	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
  Person ID	I372808	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 1	Mae Altshuk,   b. 1884   d. 1929 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1902
  Divorce	1927
  Children	1. Helene Costello,   b. 21 Jun 1902, New York, New York, USA d. 26 Jan 1957, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA (Age 54 years) + 2. Dolores Costello,   b. 17 Sep 1903, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Mar 1979, Fallbrook, San Diego County, California, USA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F147757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth Reeves
  Marriage	1939
  Divorce	1941
  Family ID	F147761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002

  
  

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• Notes

  began his film career in 1908. He would become soon become the most popular matinee idol of his day. He gave Dolores and her sister Helene their screen debut in 1911. (1909) Discovered Moe Howard, later of the Three Stooges. Twelve-year-old Moe, who was hoping to get into movies, would hang around the American Vitagraph studio and run errands for the actors and crew. Costello was impressed with Moe because he didn't charge extra to run errands. He invited Moe into the studio. Moe, under the name Harry Howard, appeared in several Vitagraph dramas and comedies that summer. In the early days of movie making, everybody on the set (actors, directors, writers, cameramen, lighting crews, grips, etc.) was expected to build sets and paint scenery. Costello was the first actor to get away with refusing this duty. He claimed that he was hired as an actor and nothing else. He often sat in a chair, reading a newspaper and drinking coffee while the others did set work. In 1939 he sued his daughters Dolores and Helene for support.