658) Alice Howell

Alice Howell (1886 – 1961). Silent film comedy actress from New York City.
Early reviews of her movies describe her as the scream of the screen. One reviewer likened her to a "sort of Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and Max Linder." All of this was compressed into "one more or less diminutive package of femininity." She was sometimes called "the girl Charlie Chaplin." She worked for Mack Sennett and later L-KO Kompany and her early comedies were often produced by Universal Pictures.

- "Her image was quite unique; piled-up frizzy red hair and a permanently surprised expression made look rather like a manic doll." https://thelostlaugh.com/2018/04/23/every-one-a-howell/
 
- "Of Irish stock, Alice was red-haired and feisty." https://thelostlaugh.com/alice-howell/

- "She seemed to me to be a loving, red-haired grandmother-business-woman with a lively sense of humor." https://books.google.it/books…

657) Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan (born William Bevan Harris, 1887 – 1957). Australian-born vaudevillian, who became an American film actor. He appeared in 254 American films between 1916 and 1950.

- "With a height of 5'8", a weight of 185 pounds, auburn hair and brown eyes..." https://books.google.it/books…

656) Nancy Carroll

Nancy Carroll (born Ann Veronica Lahiff, 1903 – 1965). American actress of Irish parentage. She began her acting career in Broadway musicals. She became a successful actress in "talkies" because her musical background enabled her to play in movie musicals of the 1930s. Her film debut was in Ladies Must Dress in 1927.

- "Nancy Carroll was a red-haired, wide-eyed movie queen of the 1920s and early 1930s." http://projects.latimes.com/hollyw…/star-walk/nancy-carroll/

- "Bubbly and button-cute, Nancy was a red-haired former chorus girl who was making it big in the early sound era." https://books.google.it/books…

- "She missed out on great roles that could have helped her career, often because with her red hair, beautiful blue eyes and round face, she was too "cute" to be considered for serious, dramatic parts." http://martingrams.blogspot.com/…/images-of-nancy-carroll.h…

- "This red-haired, cupid-bow-mouthed star entertained movie audiences during the 1930s mouthed star gained a large fan following with her singing and dancing abilities." https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007216/bio

655) Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler (1888 – 1943). American film actor. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943. He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.

- "Red-haired and burly, with a pugnaciously dignified face and a crisply authoritative but pleasant voice that he could easily embellish with a convincing Irish brogue, Wade Boteler spent much of his movie career playing policemen of ranks." https://filesofjerryblake.com/serial-sidekicks/wade-boteler/

- "Born in Santa Ana, California, 6'0", 180 punds, with red hair and blue eyes..." https://books.google.it/books…

654) Grace Cunard

Grace Cunard (born Harriet Mildred Jeffries,1893 – 1967). American actress, screenwriter and film director. Her sister was actress Mina Cunard.
In an era when the fledgling film industry saw actors and other film studio personnel frequently pitch in to do multiple tasks, Cunard was no exception, and wrote close to one hundred screenplays. As well, between 1914 and 1921, she directed 11 films and produced two others. With age, her career shifted to leads in B-movies and secondary roles or bit parts in others. Nonetheless, she worked regularly until the mid-1940s, mostly at her home studio, Universal.

- "Just 5′4″ with auburn hair and green eyes, she was athletic and fearless, and insisted on doing her own stunts though it occasionally landed her in the hospital." https://www.encyclopedia.com/…/enc…/cunard-grace-c-1891-1967

- "Teamed with Grace Cunard - his red-haired, green-eyed leading lady, co-writer and lover - ..." https://books.google.it/books…

- "... Grace Cunard was five feet four inches, 120 pounds with auburn hair and dark gray eyes." https://books.google.it/books…

- "Grace Cunard, née Harriet Mildred Jeffries, born April 8, 1893, was five-foot-four, with red hair and grey eyes." http://sensesofcinema.com/…/fe…/brother-feeney-francis-ford/

653) Gladys Brockwell

Gladys Brockwell (born Gladys Lindeman, 1894 – 1929). American actress whose career began during the silent film era.
By the mid-1920s she was past the age of thirty and although still given top female billing, Brockwell performed mainly in supporting roles. Regarded as one of the finest character actresses of the day who not only adapted to the new talkies but excelled in them, her first appearance in a "talkie" came in 1928 in Lights of New York. Her performance received strong reviews at the time of the film's release and as well by present-day critics of the preserved film.

- "She was striking rather than beautiful, with large, dark eyes and strong brows, a large nose, a determined chin and red hair." https://books.google.it/books…

652) Giovanni Battista Vivaldi

Giovanni Battista Vivaldi (1655-1736). Father of composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi. A man of many talents, Giovanni was a barber before becoming a professional violinist. He taught the young Antonio to play the violin to a virtuosic standard, and even toured Venice with him.

- We don't have many information about him, but on Wikipedia in Italian we read "Contemporaneamente al lavoro di barbiere intraprese la carriera di violinista: il 23 marzo 1685 fu ingaggiato nella cappella di San Marco con il cognome Rossi (a causa probabilmente della pigmentazione dei suoi capelli)..." [Alongside the job as a barber, he undertook the violinist carrer: on the 23th May 1685 he was hired in the chapel of San Marco under the surname Rossi (probably because of his hair colour).] https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Vivaldi