# Beatrice Van

Beatrice Van (born Beatrice Abbott; August 8, 1890 – July 4, 1983) was an American silent film actress. She was also a screenwriter for both silent and sound films.

## Biography

Beatrice was born to Joseph and Beatrice Abbott in Omaha, Nebraska; she had an older sister, Genevieve. She grew up in Nebraska and Oklahoma, where she was educated in a convent. Beatrice's first marriage was to Cornelius Vander-Pluym; they had one child together, Kreigh Vander-Pluym, in 1912. The pair eventually divorced in 1915.
She was a leading woman at Universal for a time in the 1910s, and later worked as a scenarist for FBO. Beatrice married writer-actor James Gruen in 1927, and later, an Australian national, Charles Collman.

## Filmography
### Actress

* The Saint and the Singer (1914)
* One of the Finest (1914)
* Such a Villain (1914)
* The Hills of Silence (1914)
* The Awakening (1914/I)
* Lost by a Hair (1914)
* The Barnstormers (1914)
* This Is the Life (1914/III)
* Helping Mother (1914)
* Her Bounty (1914) as Bessie Clay
* Her Life's Story (1914) as The Wife
* The Senator's Lady (1914)
* The Vagabond (1914)
* Traffic in Babies (1914)
* Lights and Shadows (1914)
* The Heart of a Magdalene (1914)
* The Magic Mirror (1915)
* Changed Lives (1915)
* The Black Box (1915) as Ashleigh's daughter
* The Nightmare of a Movie Fan (1915)
* The Soul of the Vase (1915) as Wife
* A Woman Scorned (1915)
* Detective Blinn (1915)
* The Great Ruby Mystery (1915)
* The Mighty Hold (1915)
* The Girl from His Town (1915) as Duchess of Breakwater
* Love and Labor (1915)
* What's in a Name? (1915)
* Uncle Heck, by Heck! (1915)
* A Bully Affair (1915/I)
* When His Dough Was Cake (1915)
* A Friend in Need (1915)
* Mixed Males (1915)
* The End of the Road (1915)
* Almost a Widow (1915)
* The Wraith of Haddon Towers (1916)
* The Hills of Glory (1916)
* The First Quarrel (1916)
* Inherited Passions (1916)
* The Pearl of Paradise (1916) as Denise, his fiancée
* Told at Twilight (1917) as The Mother
* Hands Up! (1917) as Elinor Craig
* Who Was the Other Man? (1917) as Wanda Bartell
* Flirting with Death (1917)
* A Devil with the Wimmin (1917)
* My Unmarried Wife (1918)
* Painted Lips (1918) as Mrs. Silver
* There Goes the Bride (1918)
* Good Night, Paul (1918) as Rose Hartley
* The Tiger Lily (1919) as Dorothy Van Rensselaer
* The Dangerous Talent (1920) as Mildred Shedd

### Writer

* A Small Town Girl (1915) (scenario)
* Miss Jackie of the Army (1917) (story)
* Molly Go Get 'Em (1918) (scenario)
* Jilted Janet (1918) (story)
* Ann's Finish (1918) (story)
* Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921)
* Eden and Return (1921)
* Boy Crazy (1922) (story)
* The Understudy (1922)
* Their First Vacation (1922) (scenario)
* Crashin' Thru (1923) (adaptation)
* The Fast Worker (1924)
* Any Woman (1925)
* California Straight Ahead (1925)
* A Knight Before Christmas (1926) (scenario)
* A Trip to Chinatown (1926)
* Along Came Auntie (1926)
* Raggedy Rose (1926)
* Blisters Under the Skin (1927) (scenario)
* Beware of Widows (1927)
* Silk Stockings (1927)
* The Irresistible Lover (1927)
* Companionate Marriage (1928)
* Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928)
* Finders Keepers (1928)
* Good Morning, Judge (1928)
* Sinner's Parade (1928) (also adaptation)
* Modern Love (1929) (also story)
* No, No, Nanette (1930) (dialogue)
* Take the Heir (1930)
* He Loved Her Not (1931)
* Take 'em and Shake 'em (1931)
* Easy to Get (1931)
* Only Men Wanted (1932)
* Gigolettes (1932)
* Night of Terror (1933)