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Elizabeth Boyer


Elizabeth Boyer who started in the screen game as a leading lady. She is an engaging little heroine in the Reol Production Company's release of Paul Laurence Dunbar's story, "The Sport of Gods."
Elizabeth Boyer was born on June 16, 1902 in Jacksonville, Florida. She was an actress, known for starring in The Sport of the Gods (1921). She was married to Bob Sawyer, an actor, singer and musician. He was best known as the leader of the Bobby Sawyer Trio which appeared at the Cotton Club in Harlem during the 1930s. Ms. Boyer was the older sister of actress and dancer, Anise Boyer.
Ms. Boyer sadly committed suicide by jumping eleven stories from the bathroom window of her Harlem apartment on Christmas Day in 1946.
On July 16, 2008 the US Postal Service issued a series of commemorative stamps celebrating vintage black cinema. One of the stamps featured the poster from the silent film, The Sport of the Gods with Ms. Boyer and actor Edward R. Abrams illustrated on the cover.
Sources: IMD; The Competitor, vol. 2 - 3, 1921
Elizabeth Boyer was born on June 16, 1902 in Jacksonville, Florida. She was an actress, known for starring in The Sport of the Gods (1921). She was married to Bob Sawyer, an actor, singer and musician. He was best known as the leader of the Bobby Sawyer Trio which appeared at the Cotton Club in Harlem during the 1930s. Ms. Boyer was the older sister of actress and dancer, Anise Boyer.
Ms. Boyer sadly committed suicide by jumping eleven stories from the bathroom window of her Harlem apartment on Christmas Day in 1946.
On July 16, 2008 the US Postal Service issued a series of commemorative stamps celebrating vintage black cinema. One of the stamps featured the poster from the silent film, The Sport of the Gods with Ms. Boyer and actor Edward R. Abrams illustrated on the cover.
Sources: IMD; The Competitor, vol. 2 - 3, 1921
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