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Norma Marie Talmadge [1] (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.
Pages in category "American silent film actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,144 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Olive Mary Borden (July 14, 1907 – October 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actress who began her career during the silent film era. [1] She was nicknamed "the Joy Girl", [2] after playing the lead in the 1927 film of that same title. [3]
Theda Bara (/ ˈ θ iː d ə ˈ b ær ə / THEE-də BARR-ə; [1] born Theodosia Burr Goodman; July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema's early sex symbols.
Silent film actors The following is a list of actors and actresses whose careers began in the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s. This list includes international performers who were well known throughout the world, and those who may have only achieved a degree of success in their native countries.
In February 1928, the picture was published in the magazine Vanity Fair, to coincide with the release of Sadie Thompson, a film where Swanson was the leading actress. [ 1 ] Richard Brilliant describes this way the picture: "The silent film star appears as a magical creature, composed of eyes and mystery, an image imprintend behind a flowered ...
Unfortunately the movie-going public did not accept a woman in the lead role of a western. Ride 'Em Cowgirl was released next, that same year, and fared even worse than the first. Later that same year, The Singing Cowgirl was released, [5] in which Page again starred with O'Brien. It would be the last film by Grand National Pictures, and ...
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-71896-3. Rhodes, Gary D. (2001). White Zombie: Anatomy of a Horror Film. McFarland. ISBN 1-476-60491-6. Slide, Anthony (2010). Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. University Press of ...