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Pages in category "American silent film actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,156 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Normand is credited as being the first film star to receive a pie thrown in the face. [18] Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914), the first film in which Chaplin plays the Tramp. Normand opened her own film company in partnership with Sennett in 1916, [14] based in Culver City, California. She lost the company in 1918 when its parent company ...
Colleen Moore (born Kathleen Morrison; August 19, 1899 – January 25, 1988) [1] was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era. [2] Moore became one of the most fashionable (and highly-paid) stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut.
Corinne Griffith (née Griffin; November 21, 1894 – July 13, 1979) was an American film actress, producer, author and businesswoman.Dubbed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen," [1] she was widely regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses of the silent film era.
Black women in the silent film era This page was last edited on 9 January 2025, at 22:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Marie Prevost (born Mary Bickford Dunn; November 8, 1896 [1] – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121 silent and sound films. Prevost began her career during the silent film era. She was discovered by Mack Sennett who signed her to contract and made her one of his "Bathing Beauties" in the late ...