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Actress | Little Old New York. Marion Davies was one of the great comedic actresses of the silent era and into the 1930s. Marion Cecelia Douras was born in the borough of Brooklyn, New York on January 3, 1897, the daughter of Rose (Reilly) and Bernard J. Douras, a lawyer and judge. Her parents were both of Irish descent.
Musidora was a French actress, film director, and writer. She is particularly remembered for portraying the vamp villainess Irma Vep in the crime serial film "Les Vampires" (1915-1916) and the gang leader Diana Monti/Marie Verdier in the revenge-themed film serial film "Judex" (1917).
Apr 2, 2014 · Mary Pickford was a legendary silent film actress and was known as "America’s Sweetheart." She was a founder of United Artists and helped establish the Academy. Updated: Apr 21, 2021
Nov 6, 2011 · Greta Garbo. (1905-90)The most discussed film at Cannes this year, Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist, a pastiche of a monochrome Hollywood movie of the 20s, has created a welcome new interest in ...
The 15 best actors/actresses of silent cinema. 1. Conrad Veidt. Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium (secondary school) in the Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in 1912, last in his class of 13. Conrad liked animals, theater, cinema, fast cars, pastries, thunderstorms, gardening, swimming and golfing.
Grete Ly. Categories: Silent film actors. Film actresses. 20th-century actresses. Hidden categories: Commons category link is on Wikidata. CatAutoTOC generates no TOC.
Norma Marie Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen.A specialist in melodrama, her most famous film was Smilin’ Through (1922), but she also scored artistic triumphs ...
