Yvonne Pavis

Yvonne Pavis (12 May 1890-??) was an English-born actress, writer, and producer.^[1] She began acting in Hollywood in 1910 with the Vitagraph Company, occasionally acting under the name Marie Pavis. In 1922, she went to Australia and formed a production company with Lawson Harris. After a brief time as The Yvonne Pavis Production Company, the company changed its name to Harris Austral Super Films and produced three features.^[1][2] She returned to the United States in 1924. She and Harris married, but divorced in 1925.^[1]

Yvonne Pavis
Born	Marie Posener (1890-05-12)12 May 1890
Died	Unknown
Other names	Marie Pavis
Occupation	Actress
Spouses	Lawson Harris ​ ​ (m. 1924; div. 1925)​ John William Murray

In 1921, Pavis was granted a divorce from John William Murray, who had wed two women while still married to her.^[3]

Partial filmography

• The Trail of the Octopus (1919)
• Tony America (1918)
• The Walk-Offs (1920)
• An Arabian Knight (1920)
• Silk Hosiery (1920)
• The First Born (1921)
• Circumstance (1922) - actor, writer, producer
• A Daughter of Australia (1922) - actor, producer
• Sunshine Sally (1922) - actor, producer.^[4]

References

1. Blonski, Annette; Creed, Barbara; Freiberg, Freda, eds. (1987). Don't Shoot Darling: Women's Independent Filmmaking in Australia. Greenhouse Publications. p. 27. ISBN 9780864360588. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
2. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 111-112.
3. "Leaves For Australia With Divorce Granted". Los Angeles Evening Express. 19 November 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 11 June 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Silent Movie Shot at Coogee in 1922". Coogee Media. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

External links

• Yvonne Pavis at IMDb