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Greenwood was born in Connecticut, the daughter of Mai [[Louise Richardson]]. Her stepfather was Roland Merrick Greenwood.<ref>1900 and 1910 United States censuses, via Ancestry.</ref> Early in her life Reeva Greenwood wanted to be a newspaper writer. She stated in a San Francisco Examiner Newspaper article written on May 27th 1914 “I have always always had the ambition to become a newspaper writer.” <ref name=”:3″ />

Greenwood was born in Connecticut, the daughter of Mai [[Louise Richardson]]. Her stepfather was Roland Merrick Greenwood.<ref>1900 and 1910 United States censuses, via Ancestry.</ref> Early in her life Reeva Greenwood wanted to be a newspaper writer. She stated in a San Francisco Examiner Newspaper article written on May 27th 1914 “I have always always had the ambition to become a newspaper writer.” <ref name=”:3″ />

==Career==

==Career==

Greenwood was a member of the Savoy Stock Company.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1910-02-23 |title=Reeva Greenwood Big Favorite in ‘Savoy Stock Co.’ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-reeva-greenwood-b/180246763/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Press of Atlantic City |pages=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She appeared in several silent films. She toured nationally in ”Excuse Me” (1912–1913),<ref>{{Cite news |date=1912-12-24 |title=Bullet Breaks Glass Above Actress’ Head |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-bullet-breaks-gla/180248220/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 1912 |title=Reeva Greenwood Signs |url=https://archive.org/details/per_new-york-clipper_new-york-clipper_1912-07-27_60_24/mode/2up?q=%22Reeva+Greenwood%22 |work=New York Clipper |pages=1 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> ”The Road to Happiness” (1913–1914)<ref>Chapple, Joe Mitchell. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_National_Magazine/Xs1OAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Reeva%20Greenwood&pg=PA799&printsec=frontcover “On the Road to Happiness”] ”National Magazine” (February 1914): 799.</ref><ref name=”:3″>{{Cite news |date=1914-05-27 |title=Chose Stage Instead of Pen; Actress Wanted to be Writer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-chose-stage-i/180247115/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and ”[[The Naughty Wife]]” (1918–1920).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1919-10-18 |title=A Riotous Race of Long Lingering Laughs in Three Fast Laps |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-a-riotous-race-of-l/180247396/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=”:2″>{{Cite news |date=1918-10-02 |title=Reeva Greenwood, Belle D’Arcy, and William Sumner in a Scene from ‘The Naughty Wife’ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrisburg-telegraph-reeva-greenwood-be/180246933/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Harrisburg Telegraph |pages=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-02-21 |title=There’s Good Philosophy in These Few Paragraphs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen-theres-good-philosop/180250813/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |pages=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She acted on Broadway in ”The Jeweled Tree” (1926),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pier |first=Garrett Chatfield |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJw0AAAAMAAJ&dq=Reeva+Greenwood&pg=PA173 |title=The Jeweled Tree: An Egyptian Dramatic Phantasy |date=1927 |publisher=G. P. Putnam’s sons |pages=173 |language=en}}</ref> which she also produced.<ref name=”:0″ /> [[Burns Mantle]] called ”The Jeweled Tree” a “sad waste of time and money”.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mantle |first=Burns |date=1926-10-09 |title=”The Jewelled Tree” Bears Bitter Fruit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-jewelled-tree-bears-bit/180251085/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Daily News |pages=119 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Greenwood was a member of the Savoy Stock Company.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1910-02-23 |title=Reeva Greenwood Big Favorite in ‘Savoy Stock Co.’ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-reeva-greenwood-b/180246763/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Press of Atlantic City |pages=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She appeared in several silent films. She toured nationally in ”Excuse Me” (1912–1913),<ref>{{Cite news |date=1912-12-24 |title=Bullet Breaks Glass Above Actress’ Head |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-bullet-breaks-gla/180248220/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 1912 |title=Reeva Greenwood Signs |url=https://archive.org/details/per_new-york-clipper_new-york-clipper_1912-07-27_60_24/mode/2up?q=%22Reeva+Greenwood%22 |work=New York Clipper |pages=1 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> ”The Road to Happiness” (1913–1914)<ref>Chapple, Joe Mitchell. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_National_Magazine/Xs1OAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Reeva%20Greenwood&pg=PA799&printsec=frontcover “On the Road to Happiness”] ”National Magazine” (February 1914): 799.</ref><ref name=”:3″>{{Cite news |date=1914-05-27 |title=Chose Stage Instead of Pen; Actress Wanted to be Writer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-chose-stage-i/180247115/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and ”[[The Naughty Wife]]” (1918–1920).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1919-10-18 |title=A Riotous Race of Long Lingering Laughs in Three Fast Laps |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-a-riotous-race-of-l/180247396/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=”:2″>{{Cite news |date=1918-10-02 |title=Reeva Greenwood, Belle D’Arcy, and William Sumner in a Scene from ‘The Naughty Wife’ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrisburg-telegraph-reeva-greenwood-be/180246933/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Harrisburg Telegraph |pages=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-02-21 |title=There’s Good Philosophy in These Few Paragraphs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen-theres-good-philosop/180250813/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |pages=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She acted on Broadway in ”The Jeweled Tree” (1926),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pier |first=Garrett Chatfield |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJw0AAAAMAAJ&dq=Reeva+Greenwood&pg=PA173 |title=The Jeweled Tree: An Egyptian Dramatic Phantasy |date=1927 |publisher=G. P. Putnam’s sons |pages=173 |language=en}}</ref> which she also produced.<ref name=”:0″ /> [[Burns Mantle]] called ”The Jeweled Tree” a “sad waste of time and money”.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mantle |first=Burns |date=1926-10-09 |title=”The Jewelled Tree” Bears Bitter Fruit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-jewelled-tree-bears-bit/180251085/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Daily News |pages=119 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Greenwood was considered pretty,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=James M. |date=1917-11-28 |title=Murphy Pleases in ‘Pals First’ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader-murphy-pleases-i/180247734/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |pages=2}}</ref> funny,<ref name=”:2″ /> athletic,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=April–June 1915 |title=Reeva Greenwood Joins Lariat |url=https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor24newy/page/1928/mode/2up?q=%22Reeva+Greenwood%22 |journal=Moving Picture World |pages=1929 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and a good horsewoman, the last trait especially useful in Western films.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite book |last1=Blevins |first1=Tim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2utCbUZepIC&dq=Reeva%20Greenwood&pg=PA181 |title=Film & Photography on the Front Range |last2=Daily |first2=Dennis |last3=Dean |first3=Sydne |last4=Nicholl |first4=Chris |last5=Olsen |first5=Michael L. |last6=Rudolph |first6=Katie |date=2012 |publisher=Pikes Peak Library District |isbn=978-1-56735-297-9 |pages=181 |language=en}}</ref> Later in life, she ran a dress shop in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]].<ref>1950 United States federal census, via Ancestry.</ref>

Greenwood was considered pretty,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=James M. |date=1917-11-28 |title=Murphy Pleases in ‘Pals First’ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader-murphy-pleases-i/180247734/ |access-date=2025-09-02 |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |pages=2}}</ref> funny,<ref name=”:2″ /> athletic,<ref>{{Cite journal |date=April–June 1915 |title=Reeva Greenwood Joins Lariat |url=https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor24newy/page/1928/mode/2up?q=%22Reeva+Greenwood%22 |journal=Moving Picture World |pages=1929 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and a good horsewoman, the last trait especially useful in Western films.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite book |last1=Blevins |first1=Tim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2utCbUZepIC&dq=Reeva%20Greenwood&pg=PA181 |title=Film & Photography on the Front Range |last2=Daily |first2=Dennis |last3=Dean |first3=Sydne |last4=Nicholl |first4=Chris |last5=Olsen |first5=Michael L. |last6=Rudolph |first6=Katie |date=2012 |publisher=Pikes Peak Library District |isbn=978-1-56735-297-9 |pages=181 |language=en}}</ref> Later in life, she ran a dress shop in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]].<ref>1950 United States federal census, via Ancestry.</ref>

Revision as of 22:37, 30 November 2025

American actress

Reeva Greenwood

Reeva Greenwood, from a 1914 publication
Born November 1893

Connecticut, U.S.
Died May 1st, 1972 (age 78)

Florida, U.S.
Other names Reva Greenwood, Reeva Pier
Occupation Actress

Reeva Greenwood (November 1893 – May 1st, 1972) was an American actress on stage and in silent films in the 1910s and 1920s.

Early life and education

Greenwood was born in Connecticut, the daughter of Mai Louise Richardson. Her stepfather was Roland Merrick Greenwood.[1] Early in her life Reeva Greenwood wanted to be a newspaper writer. She stated in a San Francisco Examiner Newspaper article written on May 27th 1914 “I have always always had the ambition to become a newspaper writer.” [2]

Career

Greenwood was a member of the Savoy Stock Company.[3] She appeared in several silent films as well as plays while being an employee of the Savoy Stock Company. She toured nationally in Excuse Me (1912–1913),[4][5] The Road to Happiness (1913–1914)[6][2] and The Naughty Wife (1918–1920).[7][8][9] She acted on Broadway in The Jeweled Tree (1926),[10] which she also produced.[11] Burns Mantle called The Jeweled Tree a “sad waste of time and money”.[12]

Greenwood was considered pretty,[13] funny,[8] athletic,[14] and a good horsewoman, the last trait especially useful in Western films.[15] Later in life, she ran a dress shop in St. Petersburg, Florida.[16]

Filmography

Personal life

Greenwood married twice. Her first husband was actor Rollin T. Holden Jr.; they divorced. She married her second husband, novelist and Egyptologist Garrett Chatfield Pier, in 1928.[11] Garrett Pier died in 1943,[22] and she died in Pinellas, Florida on May 1st, 1972 at the age of 78.

References

  1. ^ 1900 and 1910 United States censuses, via Ancestry.
  2. ^ a b “Chose Stage Instead of Pen; Actress Wanted to be Writer”. The San Francisco Examiner. 1914-05-27. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ “Reeva Greenwood Big Favorite in ‘Savoy Stock Co.’“. Press of Atlantic City. 1910-02-23. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ “Bullet Breaks Glass Above Actress’ Head”. Daily Arkansas Gazette. 1912-12-24. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ “Reeva Greenwood Signs”. New York Clipper. July 27, 1912. p. 1 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Chapple, Joe Mitchell. “On the Road to Happiness” National Magazine (February 1914): 799.
  7. ^ “A Riotous Race of Long Lingering Laughs in Three Fast Laps”. Tallahassee Democrat. 1919-10-18. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b “Reeva Greenwood, Belle D’Arcy, and William Sumner in a Scene from ‘The Naughty Wife’“. Harrisburg Telegraph. 1918-10-02. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ “There’s Good Philosophy in These Few Paragraphs”. The Ottawa Citizen. 1920-02-21. p. 13. Retrieved 2025-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Pier, Garrett Chatfield (1927). The Jeweled Tree: An Egyptian Dramatic Phantasy. G. P. Putnam’s sons. p. 173.
  11. ^ a b “Garrett C. Pier, Egyptologist, Marries Reva Greenwood, Who Appeared in His Play”. 1928-01-08. p. 38. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  12. ^ Mantle, Burns (1926-10-09). “‘The Jewelled Tree’ Bears Bitter Fruit”. Daily News. p. 119. Retrieved 2025-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Ross, James M. (1917-11-28). “Murphy Pleases in ‘Pals First’“. Lexington Herald-Leader. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  14. ^ “Reeva Greenwood Joins Lariat”. Moving Picture World: 1929. April–June 1915 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ a b Blevins, Tim; Daily, Dennis; Dean, Sydne; Nicholl, Chris; Olsen, Michael L.; Rudolph, Katie (2012). Film & Photography on the Front Range. Pikes Peak Library District. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-56735-297-9.
  16. ^ 1950 United States federal census, via Ancestry.
  17. ^ “The Kid from the Klondyke”. The Edison Kinetogram. 4 (7): 7. January 15, 1912 – via Internet Archive.
  18. ^ “Love and Hatred”. The Edison Kinetogram. 4 (5): 3. December 15, 1911 – via Internet Archive.
  19. ^ “Associated Film Sales; Corporation Specials”. The Moving Picture World. 26 (5): 794. October 30, 1915.
  20. ^ Langman, Larry (1992-10-20). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
  21. ^ “The Embarrassment of Riches”. Variety. 52 (5): 42. September 27, 1918 – via Internet Archive.
  22. ^ “Garrett Pier, 68, An Archaeologist; Ex-Curator of the Decorative Arts for the Metropolitan Museum Dies in Florida”. The New York Times. December 31, 1943. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-09-02.

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