Edward Coxen


Albert Edward Coxen was an English-born American actor. He appeared in over 200 films during his career.

Personal life

On 31 March 1884 whilst settled in San Francisco, Sarah Coxen gave birth to Ed Coxen's only sibling, a sister, Rosa A Coxen. Rosa married William Arthur Corder in San Francisco some time before the 1920 US census. Rosa died on 30 March 1974. On 14 October 1914, at the age of 33, he married Edith Victoria Borella in Los Angeles, a 24-year-old film actress born in Switzerland of Swiss parents. Borella, who also used the screen names of Eda, Ada and Aida, had played minor parts alongside Coxen in films such as Restitution, where Winifred Greenwood played his love interest. Edith Borella Coxen died in Los Angeles on 6 March 1974

Death

On 21 November 1954, Coxen died at his longtime home, 464 N Manhattan Place, Los Angeles. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. This brief obituary for Albert Edward Coxen appeared shortly after his interment: 'Mr Coxen started his career at San Francisco and worked in both silent and talking motion pictures. He played with Rudolf Valentino, Ruth Roland and William S Hart. He leaves his widow Mrs Edith Victoria Coxen and a sister Mrs Rosa A Corder'.

Selected filmography