#silentactress

Duane Thompson, 1920s.

Duane Thompson (born Lura Duane Malony, July 28, 1903 – August 15, 1970) was a prominent American film actress during Hollywood’s silent film era. When Talkies pushed silent films into the background, she worked in stock theater for a time before moving to radio drama, where she became well known in the repeated role of a telephone operator. She was married twice, to comedian Buddy Wattles and to radio producer William T. Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Thompson

Photo of actress Ann Christy, 1927.

Ann Christy (born Gladys Cronin; May 31, 1905 – November 14, 1987) was an American motion picture actress, whose screen career was relatively brief, spanning only five years, from 1927 in the late silent era to the early years of sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Christy

Portrait of American actress Dorothy Devore (1899 –1976) by American photographer Fred Hartsook.

Dorothy Devore (born Alma Inez Williams; June 22, 1899 – September 10, 1976) was an American silent film actress and comedian in her time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Devore

Actress Teddy Sampson, on page 14 of the February 1922 Photoplay.

Nora Sampson, better known by her stage name Teddy Sampson (August 8, 1895 – November 24, 1970), was an American stage and silent film actress who appeared in at least forty-one motion pictures between 1914 and 1923 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Sampson

Movie Souvenir Card Co., Cincinnati, Ohio - M.J. Moriarty Playing Cards.

Katherine Duffy (February 13, 1872 – January 4, 1943), known professionally as Kate Price, was an Irish-American actress. She is known for playing the role of Mrs. Kelly in the comedy series The Cohens and Kellys, made by Universal Pictures between 1926 and 1932. Price appeared in 296 movies from 1910 to 1937 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Price_(actress)

Advertisement (1916), unknown author.

The Vim Comedy Company was a short-lived movie studio in Jacksonville, Florida and New York City. Vim bought out Siegmund Lubin’s Lubin Manufacturing Company Jacksonville, Florida facilities at 750 Riverside Avenue in 1915 after that company went bankrupt. It was founded by Louis Burstein and Mark Dintenfass. Vim specialized in two-reel comedies, producing hundreds of them in the short time it existed. Notable Vim actors were Oliver Hardy, Ethel Marie Burton, Walter Stull, Billy Ruge, Rosemary Theby, Billy Bletcher and his wife Arline Roberts, and Kate Price. At its peak Vim had a workforce of nearly 50 people. The Vim Comedy Company went out of business in 1917 after Oliver Hardy discovered that both Burstein and Dintenfass were stealing from the payroll. Vim was bought out by the King-Bee Films studio started by Burstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_Comedy_Company

Harry C. Myers (September 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938) was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers. He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby. Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 and 1938, and directed 54 films between 1913 and 1917 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_C._Myers

Rosemary Theresa Theby (born Rose Masing, April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Theby

Eva Nil (25 June 1909 – 15 August 1990), born Eva Comello, was an Egyptian-born Brazilian film actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Nil

To know more about her, click here: https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/eva-nil/

Thanks to the website of Women Film Pioneers Project for the cool article about her. Highly appreciated. Their website is: https://wfpp.columbia.edu/

Circa 1910-1915 publicity photograph of Russian expatriate ballet dancer and actress Vera Karalli. Taken from The Danish Ballet Journal, which is a private journal. Photo was published before 1923 and for mass circulation. Copyright expired.

Vera Alexeyevna Karalli (Russian: Вера Алексеевна Каралли; 27 July 1889 – 16 November 1972) was a Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and silent film actress during the early years of the 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Karalli

Gerda Christophersen, ca 1913

Gerda Amalie Holst Christophersen (1870–1947) was a Danish stage and film actress, singer, theatre director and writer. From 1911, she starred in numerous early Danish films, including 15 from Nordisk Film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Christophersen