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Nella Walker
Born: 4th Mar 1886 Chicago, Illinois, USA - Died 22nd Mar 1971
Dept: Acting
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Nella Walker (March 6, 1886 – March 22, 1971) was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and in her teens became half of the husband and wife vaudeville team "Mack and Walker", with her husband Wilbur Mack. By 1929 she had launched a film acting career, her first film role being in Tanned Legs alongside Sally Blane, Dorothy Revier, June Clyde, and Arthur Lake. She appeared in three films in 1929, and easily transitioned to "talking films", appearing in another four films in 1930, possibly making the smooth transition because she was never an established silent film actress.
In 1931 her film career took off, with her appearing in ten films that year, five of which were uncredited. Her marriage ended not long after her film career was on the rise, and from 1932-33 she appeared in fifteen films, only five of which were uncredited. In 1935, her career improved, and between that year and 1938 she had 23 film appearances. Her biggest film appearance during that period was in Young Dr. Kildare alongside Lionel Barrymore and Lew Ayres. Throughout the 1930s her career was strong, and, despite her never being a premier "star", she repeatedly had solid acting roles. She finished that decade strong in 1939 with nine film roles, only three of which were uncredited.
The 1940s mirrored her success of the previous decade in many ways, with her appearing in 37 films from 1940 to 1947. Now later in her career, and over 60 years of age, she slowed her career for a time, not having another role until 1950 when she appeared in Nancy Goes to Rio alongside Ann Sothern and Carmen Miranda. She appeared in another two films in 1952, then had her last film acting role in 1954, in the film Sabrina alongside Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 109
Film: 109 (100%)
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Filmography
1954
After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but ... view
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Maude Larrabee
1952
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the ... view
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Mrs. Hackett
1952
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children. ... view
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Mrs. Jethrow (uncredited)
1950
Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man. ... view
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Mrs. Harrison
1947
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her re ... view
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Molly Freneau
1947
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. ... view
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Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
1947
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful ... view
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Mrs. Webster
1947
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to ... view
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Mrs. Georgia Lorrison
1946
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters. ... view
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Mrs. Wendell
1946
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away. ... view
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Mrs. Johannsen, victim's mother
1946
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house ... view
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Mrs. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
1945
A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army. ... view
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Mrs. Henderson
1944
A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house long-considered to be haunted. ... view
Character:
Linda Baldrich
1944
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree i ... view
Character:
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Cleve
1944
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor. ... view
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Mrs. Preston
1944
The new boarder at a Washington, D.C. rooming house for women likes the fast life, but her recreational activities lead to her involvement in murder. ... view
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Mrs. Crane (uncredited)
1943
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book. ... view
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Senator's Wife (uncredited)
1943
Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the s ... view
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Dorothy Craig
1943
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant. ... view
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Millicent Norton
1942
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American s ... view
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Mrs. Janet Bentley
1942
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence. ... view
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Mrs. Daniels
1941
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth ... view
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Mrs. Rand
1941
Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She drea ... view
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Mrs. Farrell
1941
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tens ... view
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Floor Lady (uncredited)
1941
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression. ... view
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1941
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line. ... view
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Nurse
1941
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband. ... view
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Sally Baldwin
1941
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as h ... view
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Mrs. Grange
1941
In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. I ... view
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Corinne Saxel
1941
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A ... view
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Mrs. Parker II
1940
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval. ... view
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Aunt Jessica
1940
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's h ... view
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Truant Officer
1940
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success. ... view
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First-Nighter (uncredited)
1940
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife. ... view
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Kay's Mother
1940
A short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges. ... view
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Virginia Francis
1940
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the ... view
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Lucy Fernack
1940
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charm ... view
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Mrs. Marshall (uncredited)
1940
Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute. Asked for his opinion on male/female relations, Tom tell ... view
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Mrs. Bentley
1939
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, t ... view
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Mrs. McDowell
1939
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward. ... view
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Mrs. Twitchell
1939
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an esp ... view
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Mrs. Peyton
1939
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get ... view
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Carol's Mother Mrs. Christy (uncredited)
1939
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Walker
1939
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married. ... view
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Mrs. Dumont
1939
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, a ... view
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Dorothy Craig
1939
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after b ... view
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Mrs. Betty Fernack
1939
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship. ... view
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Dr. Langham's Nurse-Receptionist (uncredited)
1938
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making b ... view
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Mrs. Emmy Atwater (uncredited)
1938
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his k ... view
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Mrs. Chanler
1938
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the po ... view
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Railroad Information Clerk
1938
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of he ... view
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Mrs. Duncan
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Mrs. Carpenter
1937
An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them. She sings and dances and helps out where she can. ... view
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Mrs. Carter
1937
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future. ... view
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Mrs. Grosvenor
1936
The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and reunite hi ... view
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Dorothy Craig
1936
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast th ... view
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Helen Webster
1936
A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding s ... view
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Mrs. Mason
1936
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dak ... view
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Mrs. Dakin
1936
Singer Rose Carlton, otherwise known as 'The San Francisco Doll', accidentally kills her controlling boyfriend when he tries to prevent her from leavi ... view
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1935
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San ... view
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Mrs. Gloria Marvin
1935
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist. ... view
Character:
Ruth's Mother (Uncredited)
1935
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and ... view
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Aunt Betty
1935
A ditzy wife yearns to join "high society" when she and her husband become suddenly wealthy. ... view
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Mrs. Marsh
1935
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter. ... view
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Frau Vanderkloot
1935
Dan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side called "McFadden's Flats." At the same time, Dan and hi ... view
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Mrs. Hall
1935
A professional equestrian marries a polo player from a once-wealthy family, only to face the scorn of his snobbish relatives. When she becomes entangl ... view
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Aunt Bettina
1935
A man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother. ... view
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Mrs. Pride
1934
In this thriller, a young woman marries a dashing young man who, unbeknownst to her, is a jewel thief. ... view
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Mrs. Brooks
1934
After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives across th ... view
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Mrs. Copperwaithe
1934
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme ... view
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Mrs. Goodrich
1934
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love. ... view
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Eve - aka Madame Françoise
1934
A milquetoast trucker is bullied by his domineering wife. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Eva Kincaid
1934
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work. ... view
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Mrs. Frieda Mockby
1934
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide disco ... view
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Mrs. Van Tyle
1934
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied. ... view
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Mrs. Darrow
1934
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's v ... view
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Margaret Chisholm
1934
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave t ... view
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Mrs. Ainger
1933
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suici ... view
Character:
Eleanor Van Tyle
1933
World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German. ... view
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Cousin Martha Sewell
1933
A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergo ... view
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Mrs. Adams
1933
Dale Jordan is first accepted by the aristocratic first-cabin passengers on a south-bound Panama-Pacific liner until they discover she is a member of ... view
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Mrs. Grayson
1933
An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan). ... view
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Countess Von Stainz
1933
A doctor in New York City, who has had to raise his son without a mother since his wife died, struggles and sacrifices to be able to send the boy to a ... view
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Mrs. James Pelton
1933
A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend. ... view
Character:
Lady Gregory
1933
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the ... view
Character:
Janet Reynolds (uncredited)
1933
A daughter and devious ex-wife complicate an executive's marriage to his secretary. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Cavendish
1932
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him. ... view
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Mrs. Long (uncredited)
1932
A young, innocent small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a cru ... view
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Mrs. Hollister
1932
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide t ... view
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Mme. Bouchet (uncredited)
1932
William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of ... view
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Aunt Vickie
1932
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's es ... view
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Lucia Marco
1932
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all ... view
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Aunt Emma
1931
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome enginee ... view
Character:
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1931
At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective. ... view
Character:
Lady Petrie (uncredited)
1931
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder. ... view
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1931
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds. ... view
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Aunt Matilda
1931
A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake. ... view
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The Patroness
1931
When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress? ... view
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Yacht Guest (uncredited)
1931
Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She is Emily Stanley, betrothed to foppish Englishman Sir H ... view
Character:
Suzanne Stanley
1931
Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old associate foiled by friendly detective. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Stockton (uncredited)
1931
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up. ... view
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Mrs. Woodward
1931
Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much to the shock of her friends and family. ... view
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Mrs. Hunter
1930
Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide Al ... view
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Mrs. Kendall
1930
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a ric ... view
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Marquise
1930
Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the Inimitable Smiley Johnson, she hopes to bring fortune ... view
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Mrs. Conway
1930
A safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a nocturnal search for a cache of valuables, she is int ... view
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Morton's Wife
1929
A writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six other people show up one-by-one, each for reasons of ... view
Character:
Irene Rhodes
1929
A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Whittington Todhunter
1929
Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her waywar ... view
Character:
Mrs. Sophie Reynolds