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commented that Wehlen was "very pretty, very graceful, and extraordinarily clever as an actress, and she has learned how to use a naturally fine voice. Moreover, she has the indescribable charm of personality, of making audiences like her and want to have her on the stage all the time." Wehlen was
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ended its run, Wehlen abandoned the stage for film, only to return briefly in late 1918 to perform with the traveling Little
Theatre in New York to benefit the Stage Women's War Relief Organization. Wehlen first played Ruth King in the 1915 film
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wrote in May 1913, "Miss Emmy Wehlen used a distinctly pleasant voice to advantage". Her last
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