Photo: Picture-Play Magazine / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Lucille Ricksen's story stops me cold every time. A child of the silent era from Chicago who was already working on screen, she died of tuberculosis at just fourteen. Fourteen. I find myself unable to read her name as a mere database entry; it feels like an unfinished sentence. What strikes me is how the films freeze her forever as a young girl, while the world she might have grown into never arrived. I admire her not for a long career but for the sheer fullness she packed into a vanishingly short life, and I want to give that quiet, fragile legacy the respect it deserves.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lucille Ricksen
- Name (Japanese)
- ルシル・リクセン
- Reading
- るしる・りくせん
- Born
- August 22, 1910 – March 13, 1925
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dog
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / model / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille%20Ricksen
Frequently asked questions
When was Lucille Ricksen born?
August 22, 1910 – March 13, 1925.
Where is Lucille Ricksen from?
Lucille Ricksen is from Chicago, Illinois, United States.
What does Lucille Ricksen do?
Lucille Ricksen works as actor, model, film actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.