Silent Film Actresses

Elegant and nostalgic portraits of silent film actresses, displaying classic fashion and timeless beauty from the early cinema era.

Portrait of Ivy Sawyer, actress, singer, dancer

Dolores Costello (1903-1979) - American Actress who won fame in the silent movie era - nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen". Married to the American Actor John Barrymore between 1928-34 and the Grandmother of current movie star Drew Barrymore. Date: circa 1910s

Silent Film Actress Zalla Zarana, born Rozalija Srsen in Zuzemberk, Slovenia, Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Silent Film Actress Corinne Griffith (1894-1979), Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait

American Silent Film Actress Alyce Miller, Half-Length Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Vera Byles Cole in ""Bombo"" at Jolson's 59th Street Theatre

Elisabeth Margarete Biermann Brink, (1905 - 1985), known professionally as Elga Brink, was a German film actress. Brink rose to prominence in the early 1920s, when she starred in many silent films. Her last silent film was Marriage in Trouble in 1928. After silent films, Brink continued acting in sound films until her retirement in 1951.

MARIAN NIXON.

Portrait of Ivy Sawyer, actress, singer, dancer

ENID BENNETT.

British-American Actress, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, Keystone View Company, 1920's

Portrait of Leonora Hughes in ""See You Later""

Lyubov Chernyshova in the ballet Les Sylphides by Anonymous /Private Collection/1916/Phototypie/Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Madge Bellamy (1899-1990), actriz de cine mudo estadounidense.

Norma Shearer (1902 1983), American film actress of the 20s and 30s

Rhea Mitchell, Silent Film Actress, circa 1911

Dorothy Knapp, famous beauty with Ziegfeld's Follies, July 28 1924, Miss Knap won the prize at the professional beauty contest at Atlantic City, and the prize as the American Venus at the Madison Square Garden contest

USA, New York, Fania Marinoff of ""The Love Habit"" at Bijou Theatre, 1923

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, February 4, 1927Pretty little Martha Sleeper, Hal Roach comedienne, was recently unanimously elected a 1927 Wampus Baby Star..

FLORENCE LAWRENCE.

NORMA TALMADGE American silent film actress Date: 1897 - 1957

NORMA SHEARER. 1926.

MARY PICKFORD.

Priscilla Dean (1896-1987), actriz de cine mudo estadounidense.

American Silent Film Actress Shirley, Mason, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Ouida Bergere. 1924. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Rathbone, Ouida Bergere, 1887-1974

American Actress Eleanor Boardman (1898-1993), Half-Length Publicity Portrait, 1920's

A portrait photograph by Nicola Perscheid printed on silver gelatin (Bromsilbergelatine) paper and preserved in its original box.

Gladys Cooper (1888 - 1971), English actress of stage and screen, in a rainhat and raincoat.

Zasu Pitts (1894 - 1963), American film actress, later in television

Portrait of Louise Huntington, 19 October 1932

Portrait of Estelle Winwood in ""Too many husbands"" - Hudson Theatre, 11 Aug

Portrait of Eileen Van Biene

Natalie Kingston, Half-Length Portrait for the Silent Film, "The Silent Lover", First National Pictures, 1926

USA, Vermont, Williston, Studio shot of Ruby Norton in ""Nothing but Love"" with song ""Ask the Stars"" at Lyric Theater, 1919

Dorothy Mackaill (1903 1990), British-American actress and silent films

Ekaterina Balashova (Shuvalova) (1848-1931) by Anonymous /Private Collection/Photograph/Russia/Portrait

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Bronja Perlmutter , 1926, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Portrait Alice Verden

Silent Film Actress Mary Thurman, Publicity Portrait, late 1910's

MARION DAVIES in LIGHTS OF OLD BROADWAY (1925), directed by MONTA BELL.

Mrs. Menuhin Formerly Nola Nicholas.Nola Nicholas to marry Yehudi Menuhin. May 24, 1938. (Photo by Ronald Esler Studio).

Actress Rene Adoree, Publicity Portrait inside The New Movie Magazine, May 1930

Brigitte Helm (Gisele Eve Schittenhelm) (1906 - 1996), German film actress of the 1920s

American Actress Julanne Johnston, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, early 1920's

Angela Maria 'Geli' Raubal (June 1908 1931) was Adolf Hitler's half-niece. Born in Linz, Austria-Hungary, she was the second child and eldest daughter of Leo Raubal Sr. and Hitler's half-sister, Angela Raubal. Raubal lived in close contact to her uncle from 1925 until her presumed suicide in 1931.

Portrait of Miss Frances McCann, New York's most beautiful model who is appearing at the Illustraters Show at the Central Theatre

Portrait of an Hollywood Actress. Arthur F. Kales, photographer (American, 1881 - 1936) about 1920

Julie Suedo (1901 - 1978), British film actress Date: 20th century

Portrait of woman (EV004639_H)

Nadezhda Teffi (1872-1952) by Anonymous /Private Collection/Photograph/Portrait

Barbara La Marr (1896-1926) was known as 'The Girl who is too Beautiful'.

Sylvia Field

USA, New York, Studio shot of Jean Thomas from Winter Garden Theatre

CLARA BOW.

Nadezhda Teffi (1872-1952), Anonymous

Silent Film Actress Ruth Taylor, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Ruth Chatterton (1893 - 1961), American actress of stage and screen.

LUANA ALCAÑIZ. 1930.

CLARA BOW. 1927.

ANNY ONDRA (A Ondrakova) (1903 1987), Polish actress in British silent films

Photographic portrait titled 'Sorrano' by Henri Manuel (1874-1947) a Parisian photographer. Dated 20th Century

Madge Bellamy (1899-1990), actriz de cine mudo estadounidense.

USA, New York, Studio shot of Patricia Barclay in ""Lally"" at Greenwich Village Theatre, 1927

Sue Carol (1906-1982), actriz estadounidense.

American actress Jewel Carmen (1897-1984), Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait by Albert Witzel, 1918

THELMA TODD.

Claudette Colbert, French-American actress, 1933. Artist: Unknown

Lady Evelyn Herbert, the only daughter of Lord George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnavon. First woman to see the interior of Tutankhamen's tomb. 1923

EDNA PURVIANCE.

LADY PAMELA SMITH younger daughter of the 1st earl of Birkenhead. In 1936 she married Hon. William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell, and was later styled Baroness Hartwell. Date: 1915 - 1982

AGNES AYRES. 1922.

Raquel Meller. Francisca Márqués López (1888-1962). Cantante, cupletista y actriz española. Años 1910.

Barbara Bedford, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the Silent Film, "Cinderella of the Hills",

Marjorie Rambeau (1889 1970), American film and stage actress. Date: 1889 -

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Sophie Victor, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Barbara Kent (1907 - 2011), Canadian-born, American-based film actress of the 1920s and 30s. Playing in a comedy film called 'Welcome Danger'. Date: 1930

The new Duchess of Leinster, having married the Duke of Leinster at the Savoy Chapel on 1st December 1932. She was previously Mrs Clare Van Neck, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. H. Paterson of Park Avenue, New York. Date: 1932

CLARA BOW. 1932.

Miss Zena Dare -- New and charming study of Miss Zena Dare, the famous actress, who is playing the part of "Mrs. Darling" in this years's production of "Peter Pan". It is the second year in succession in which she has taken the part.Zena Dare played the title role in this play in 1906.Miss Dare was one of our most popular musical comedy actresses, when she retired from the stage in 1911 on her marriage to Lt-Col. The hon.Maurice Brett, the late Lord Esher's second son. In 1927, she returned and played the name part in "The last of Mrs. Cheyney," on Tour. January 1, 1933.

Actress Pauline Garon (1900-1965), Half-Length Publicity Portrait, Paramount Pictures, 1923

Helen Stanley

'Daphne Wayne', the off-screen pseudonym of the silent era movie film star Blanche Sweet (1896-1986). First appeared on the screen aged 14. circa 1914

German Actress Lil Dagover, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, German Post card, 1920's

MARY MILES MINTER.

Marion Shilling, Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Shadow of the Law", 1930

MARIA FERNANDA LADRON DE GUEVARA.

A silver gelatin photograph by Franz Löwy showing Gabriele Pasqual, capturing facial features, attire, and posture in a formal studio portrait.

Lady Londonderry

Studio shot of Catalina Barcena

Portrait of Helen Marshall, 1935

Portrait of Kathleen Kirkham supporting Bessie Barriscale in ""Josselyn's Wife""

Elisabeth Boehm van Endert as Agathe

American Actress Alice Joyce, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Actress Lillian Gish, Portrait, Bain News Service, 1921

Butt Dame Clara (Late)Dame Clara Butt Whose season will commence at the Sydney town hall next Saturday Nov. 18th. January 01, 1933.

Joan Crawford (1904-1977), actriz de cine y television estadounidense.

Studio shot of Edna Hibbard

Portrait of an elegant woman with a tiara (EV005084_H)

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