Nell Shipman is the only Canadian woman to find success writing, producing, directing, and starring in her own feature films. Though born and raised in Vancouver, Shipman moved to California when she was a teen where at fourteen she began to star in films. By 1912, she had begun writing some of the films she starred in. She became one of the first female directors in 1914, and by the '20s, she had...
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