Charlotte Merriam born in Illinois in 1903. Her father was a Colonel in the
Army. She began her film career in 1919 when she was 16 in
The Flip of a Coin (1919). While visiting the Universal studios she was offered a part in a comedy series starring
Eddie Lyons and
Lee Moran, which she accepted.
Afterwards, she starred in many short and feature comedies, also with
the Vitagraph Film Company in 1924, and starred in adventure and drama
films, including the role of Mary Trail in
Captain Blood (1924). Later she worked for the Warner Brothers studios from 1929; she also
appeared in many talkies until her last,
Dancing Man (1934). She was
also a accomplished singer. Married to actor
Rex Lease in 1925; divorced in
1929. Died in Los Angeles in 1972, age of 69.