Gonda Durand American actress
Gonda Durand
Durand, dressed as Miss Liberty, from a 1917 newspaper
Born Lillian Geraldine Fulton
(1896-07-28 ) July 28, 1896Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died August 16, 1960(1960-08-16) (aged 64)San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Other names Gonda Lillian Wilson, Gonda Kortman Occupations Actress, model Spouse Bob Kortman
Gonda Durand Kortman (July 28, 1896 – August 16, 1960), born Lillian Geraldine Fulton, was an American actress and model in silent films . She was a member of Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties in the 1910s.
Personal life
Durand was born in Louisville, Kentucky , the daughter of William H. Fulton and Mary E. Duncan Fulton. She graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1913, and soon married Peter James Wilson in Los Angeles; they divorced in 1922. She married her second husband, actor Bob Kortman , in 1924. She died in 1960, at the age of 64, in California.
Career
Durand was one of Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties in the 1910s, and appeared in a few dozen short comedies between 1916 and 1919, usually in a supporting role as a pretty young woman. She also sold Liberty Bonds , and posed for publicity photos with her Maxwell car.
Filmography
A Social Cub Hula Hula Land (1917)The Sultan's Wife Thirst (1917)Hobbled Hearts (1917)His Speedy Finish (1917)Caught in the End (1917)Taming Target Center (1917)A Bedroom Blunder (1917)Roping Her Romeo (1917)Watch Your Neighbor Whose Little Wife Are You? (1918)Sheriff Nell's Tussle (1918)His Smothered Love (1918)His Last False Step (1919)His Wife's Friend References
1 2 Schmucker, Kristine (2016-11-18). " . Harvey County Historical Society . Retrieved 2026-04-08 . ↑ "Diplomas All Passed Out" . The Los Angeles Times . 1913-06-28. p. 21. Retrieved 2026-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.↑ Heffernan, Harold (December 22, 1950). "Sissy, Singing Cowboys Rile Veteran Sagebrusher" . Valley Times . p. 15 – via Newspapers.com. ↑ "Marriage Licenses" . Ventura Free Press . May 31, 1924. p. 1 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Walker, Brent E. (2010-01-13). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel 90, 92, 342, 348– 349, 352, 353, 363. ISBN 978-0-7864-5707-6 ↑ "Fifty Thousand Dollars in Prizes to be Awarded in Economy Contest" . The Los Angeles Times . 1917-06-10. p. 78. Retrieved 2026-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.↑ "Bonds Prizes in Maxwell Contest" . Los Angeles Herald . June 9, 1917. p. 10 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.↑ Welsch, Tricia (2013-07-27). Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up 438. ISBN 978-1-61703-749-8 ↑ "Newslets for your Program" . Motography . 18 (26): 1358. December 29, 1917.↑ "At the Movies" . New Washington Herald . 1920-02-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.↑ "New Fillmore" . San Francisco Chronicle . 1918-04-14. p. 24. Retrieved 2026-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.↑ Fields, Armond (2009-09-08). Eddie Foy: A Biography of the Early Popular Stage Comedian 244. ISBN 978-0-7864-4328-4 ↑ "Enid Bennett in 'When Do We Eat?' at the Bijou" . The Springfield Daily Republican . 1918-11-04. p. 3. Retrieved 2026-04-09 – via Newspapers.com.
