List of actors and actresses whose careers began in the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s.
Categories: Silent Film Actors
Person Profiles (47)
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Peggy (Aarup) Wells 03 Sep 1898 Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA - 24 Aug 1959
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Lulu (Bailey) Peake 26 Mar 1883 Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States - 11 Mar 1964
Maggie (Birtwistle) Bert 04 Jun 1896 Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 01 May 1971
Edna (Bloedt) Mueller 02 Jan 1893 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 11 Nov 1987
Marie Boland 28 Jan 1882 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 23 Jun 1965
John Boles 27 Oct 1895 Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States - 27 Feb 1969
Clara Bow 29 Jul 1905 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 27 Sep 1965
William Boyd 05 Jun 1895 Hendrysburg, Belmont, Ohio, United States - 12 Sep 1972
Mary Burke 07 Aug 1884 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 14 May 1970
Francis Bushman 10 Jan 1883 Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 23 Aug 1966
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Barbara (Chalupec) Negri 03 Jan 1897 Janowa, Poland - 01 Aug 1987
Leonidas Chaney 01 Apr 1883 Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States - 26 Aug 1930
Charles Chaplin 16 Apr 1889 Walworth, London, England, United Kingdom - 25 Dec 1977
Elinor (Crowe) Martin 21 Dec 1903 Richmond City, Virginia, USA - 26 Apr 1957
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Marion (Douras) Davies 03 Jan 1897 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 22 Sep 1961
Olive (Duffy) Pickford 20 Oct 1894 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 10 Sep 1920
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Ruth (Elder) Camp 08 Sep 1902 Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States - 09 Oct 1977
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Dorothy Gish 11 Mar 1898 Massillon, Stark, Ohio, United States - 04 Jun 1968
Lillian Gish 14 Oct 1893 Springfield, Clark County, Ohio - 27 Feb 1993
Greta Lovisa (Gustafsson) Garbo 18 Sep 1905 Katarina, Stockholm, Sverige - 15 Apr 1990
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Harold Huth 20 Jan 1892 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Oct 1967
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Ralph Ince 16 Jan 1887 Boston, Massachusetts - 10 Apr 1937
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Alice (Joyce) Brown 01 Oct 1890 Kansas City, Missouri, United States - 09 Oct 1955
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Joseph Keaton 04 Oct 1895 Piqua, Woodson, Kansas, United States - 01 Feb 1966
Dorothy (Kelly) Hevenor 12 Feb 1894 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 31 May 1966
George Kerrigan 22 Jul 1881 New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States - 09 Jun 1947
Clara (Kimball) Young 06 Sep 1890 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 15 Oct 1960
Eugenia (Knapp) Enders 18 Nov 1902 East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States - 08 Dec 1978
Marie (Koenig) Murray 10 May 1885 Manhattan, New York (City), New York - 23 Mar 1965
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Mabel Lee 02 Aug 1921 Atlanta, Georgia - 07 Feb 2019
Harold Lloyd 20 Apr 1893 Burchard, Nebraska, United States - 08 Mar 1971
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Ruth Miller 19 Mar 1903 Illinois, U.S.A. - 13 Jun 1981
Thomas Mix 06 Jan 1880 Mix Run, Gibson Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States - 12 Oct 1940
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Alexander Philby 1872 Nebraska
Margaret (Philpott) Bellamy 30 Jun 1899 Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas - 24 Jan 1990
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William Rogers 04 Nov 1879 Oologah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory - 15 Aug 1935
Helene (Rosson) Terry 14 Jun 1897 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States - 05 May 1985
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Stella (Sabiston) Shapiro 26 Apr 1903 Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA - 08 Apr 1957
Joseph Schildkraut 22 Mar 1896 Vienna, Austria-Hungary - 21 Jan 1964
Gladys (Smith) Pickford 08 Apr 1892 Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada - 29 May 1979
Anita Stewart 07 Feb 1895 Brooklyn, New York, USA - 04 May 1961
Gloria Swanson 27 Mar 1899 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - abt 04 Apr 1983
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Constance (Talmadge) Giblin 19 Apr 1899 Brooklyn, New York, United States - 23 Nov 1973
Norma Talmadge 26 May 1894 Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States - 24 Dec 1957
Minnie (Tittle) Brune Browne 1875 San Francisco - 12 Sep 1974
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Douglas (Ullman) Fairbanks 23 May 1883 Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States - 12 Dec 1939
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Rodolfo Valentino 06 May 1895 Castellaneta, Taranto, Puglia, Italia - 23 Aug 1926