Ada Williams
Williams as "Miss Florida" 1927
Born
Ada Williams

(1913-06-02)June 2, 1913
Louisville, Kentucky
DiedAugust 12, 1975(1975-08-12) (aged 62)
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Years active1929–1935
Spouse(s)William Thomas Ince (1929-1934)
Ray Dodge (1935-1975)

Ada Williams (June 2, 1913 – August 12, 1975) was an American film actress.

Biography

She was the daughter of Calvin Williams of Knoxville, Kentucky.[1]

Williams in Los Angeles, 1929

In 1927, she won the Miss Florida beauty contest,[2] and became first runner-up in the Miss United States contest.[3]

Her film career began with a role was in Joy Street (1929) for the William Fox Film corporation. As she was 16 at the time, her contract needed to be validated by the California court system. She was chaperoned by her mother, A. G. Williams. In 1929, at the age of 18, she was married to William Thomas Ince, a son of a movie producer. She took the name Ada Ince, which appeared in her subsequent film credits.[4][5][6]

William T. and Ada Williams Ince on the day of their divorce, Friday, April 13, 1934

They were divorced in 1934.[7] The following year, she was married to Ray Dodge, a middle-distance runner who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[8] Their daughters were named Diana Ada and Darlene Rae Dodge.[1]

Filmography

Ince with Bill Cody in Frontier Days (1934)

References

  1. 1 2 "Ray Edgar Dodge". The Dodge Family Association. 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  2. ↑ "'Miss Florida' plans victory at Galveston". Miami Daily. May 16, 1927. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  3. ↑ "Ada Williams is Runner-up in Beauty Race". Miami Daily News. May 24, 1917. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  4. ↑ "Ada Williams Signs 5-Year Film Contract". Miami Daily News. August 26, 1928. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  5. ↑ "Former Miami Beauty, Son of Movie Producer File Intention Notice". Miami Daily News. June 29, 1929. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  6. 1 2 "Ada Ince". AllMovie. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  7. ↑ "Ada Ince Gets Divorce; Winner of Four Beauty Contests Wins Decree From T.H. Ince's Son". The New York Times. April 14, 1934. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  8. ↑ "Beauty Married Again". Daily Boston Globe. May 8, 1935. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  9. ↑ Munden, Kenneth White; American Film Institute (1997). Kenneth White Munden (ed.). The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States, Issues 1931-1940. University of California Press. p. 141. ISBN 0-520-20969-9. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Ada Ince, Filmography". TCM. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  11. ↑ "Ada Ince: Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
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