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  1. Sarah Whitley (née Robinson, 1816 – 24 October 1888) is credited as the earliest-born woman known to have appeared in a film. She was the mother-in-law of cinematic pioneer Louis Le Prince and was filmed by him 10 days before her death, aged 72.

  2. Sarah Whitley was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. She was the mother-in-law of cinematic pioneer Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince and was filmed by him in Roundhay Garden Scene (1888), 10 days before her death, which help to substantiate Roundhay Garden Scene as the oldest surviving film in existence.

  3. Joseph (1817–1891) and Sarah (née Robinson, 1816–1888) were the parents of Elizabeth, Louis Le Prince's wife, and Hartley is believed to have been a friend of the Le Princes. Sarah Whitley died ten days after the scene was filmed.

  4. Four figures—Le Prince’s elderly in-laws Joseph and Sarah Whitley, his sixteen-year-old son Adolphe, visiting from New York, and a family friend, Annie Hartley—mill about on the lawn by a bay window; Adolphe circling his elders at a young man’s lick; Joseph taking a smaller turn with a rakish flap of his mackintosh; poor Annie ...

  5. Sarah Whitley was Le Prince's mother-in-law being the mother of John Whitley and Le Prince's wife Elizabeth Whitley LePrince. Sarah Whitley died ten days after the scene was taken" (Wikipedia article on Roundhay Garden Scene, accessed 01-19-2014).

  6. Aug 4, 2015 · The woman is Sarah Robinson Whitley, who was born almost 200 years ago, in 1816. I was suddenly struck with astonishment that I was seeing someone born before Queen Victoria, less than 30 years...

  7. www.imdb.com › name › nm1792947Sarah Whitley - IMDb

    Sarah Whitley was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. She was the mother-in-law of cinematic pioneer Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince and was filmed by him in Roundhay Garden Scene (1888), 10 days before her death, which help to substantiate Roundhay Garden Scene as the oldest surviving film in existence.