Actors Who Died On A Movie Set, And In Action (With Pictures)

8. Martha Mansfield – Passerby Tossed Cigarette Into Her Car

Martha Mansfield simultaneously stole the vaudeville stage and appeared in successful silent films including The Perfect Lover (1919), Civilian Clothes, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), and The Silent Command (1923). On November 29, 1923, while shooting The Warrens of Virginia, Mansfield was sitting in a car between takes when a passerby carelessly tossed a match through the window after lighting a cigarette. Her costume, a Civil War-era dress, ignited immediately and she sustained severe burns on various parts of her body. She was rushed to the hospital, but died of her injuries twenty-four hours later.