Silent Film Actresses Portraits

Black and white portraits of early 20th-century silent film actresses. Classic poses, elegant attire, and artistic lighting highlight their glamour.

May Usher - Singing Character Comedienne Co-Headlining with Ted Dooley at the Hippodrome Week of August 8th, 1931

Catherine Calvert. 1915 - 1920. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Calvert, Catherine, 1890-1971

Silent Film Actress Viola Dana, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, early 1920's

Portrait of Jo Merkelbach.

Mary Astor (1906 1987), American actress

Portrait of a woman with pearl necklace on the back, called Nora Garsten, Anonymous, 1929 photograph Germany (possibly) baryta paper gelatin silver print portrait of actor, actress. pearl; pearl necklace. historical persons Germany

Virginia Wilson in ""The Whirl of New York"" at Winter Garden

The photograph shows Arlette Jenny captured by Franz Löwy. The print is on silver gelatin paper presented in a box format.

Exhibit Supply Company Picture Post Card, Julia Sanderson. This item is a picture post card used as an exhibit in the case of J. Frank Meyer, Trading as the Exhibit Supply Company v. Louis Hurwitz, Trading as United Postcard Supply Company. Issued by Exhibit Supply Company, this post card features Julia Sanderson..

May Usher - Singing Character Comedienne Co-Headlining with Ted Dooley at the Hippodrome Week of August 8th, 1931

Studio shot of Laurette Taylor

Emily Stevens, ""The Unchastened Woman"", theatre play

Chrystal Herne in ""As a Man Thinks"", 39th Street Theatre

Lady Moira Combe, the daughter of the Lord and lady Clonmell, had married Major Henry Combe D.S.O in 1920. The portrait of Lady Moira Combe depicts her in a stereotypical 1920s cloche hat and fur coat. Date: 1923

Mab Paul, Actress Date: early 20th century

Pola Negri (Appolonia Chalupek) (1897 - 1987), Polish-born actress who went to Hollywood in the 1920s and was successful in silent films

Silent Film Actress and Model Olive Thomas, Publicity Portrait by Albert Witzel, 1910's

Portrait of Princess Marina (1906 - 1968), later Duchess of Kent (1906-1968), daughter of Princess Helen of Russia and Prince Nicholas of Greece, and wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent. Princess Marina is the mother of the current Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra and Prince Michael of Kent. Date: 1934

Miss Kathlene Martyn, 1921, Famous beauty, ex-Follies girl, and motion picture star, re-engaged for her original role in ""Sally"". New Amsterdam Theatre

Pearl Fay White (18891938) - American film actress, the "Stunt Queen" of silent films, most notably in 'The Perils of Pauline' (1914). circa 1914

Portrait of Florence Storm

Edith EVANS, 1888-1976, English actress, 20th century photograph

Madge Kennedy (1891 1987), actress of movie and stage and of the silent film era

Actress Madge Kennedy, Half-Length Seated Publicity Portrait, 1910's

Portret Van María Marín de Orozco. .

Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France Madame Rivory , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Madame Rivory). Woman, shipwrecked image, portrait, fashion, Human beings, clothing, France, Boulogne, Portraits, Mme Rivory (Bouillon) (null bad)

A flapper in the 1920s

Portrait of the Poetess Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966), Nappelbaum, Moisei Solomonovich (1869-1958)

Studio shot of Esther Bissett in long white dress

If you were only here -- a young woman (the actress Peggy Kurton) in a pensive pose with roses. Date: early 20th century

Italian actress and singer Mim Aylmer (Eugenia Spadoni) posing and smiling. 1920s.

Charlotte in ""Hip! Hip! Hoorey!""

MARY PICKFORD.

Lady Alexandra Curzon (1904-1995), the Youngest Daughter of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. Her second name was Naldera, the name of one of the spurs in the Simla hills (India) where she spent a significant portion of her childhood. Date: 1923

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

Actress Lois Wilson, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait wearing Cloche Hat, 1920's

Miss Winifred Shotter - Latest Studio Portrait of, Miss Winifred Shotter who is the latest wellknown London actress to be given a starring contract in British talking films. She was leading lady at the Aldwych Theatre for five years.Since she appeared in "Rookery Nook", Miss Shotter has appeared in some of the most successful taking pictures made in this country. Her next will be an English adaption of the German musical comedy "Antoinette". May 23, 1932.

Jeanette Loff (1906 - 1942) American motion picture actress and singer. Date: 1930

Studio shot of Nanette Guilford famous opera singer

RUTH ROLAND.

Portrait of a Woman. Fred Hartsook (American, 1876 - 1930)

Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth and then Queen Mother (to Queen Elizabeth II). Wife of King George VI. Pictured around the time of the Great War. Date: c.1918

MARLENE DIETRICH in THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (1935), directed by JOSEF VON STERNBERG.

Portrait of a woman (actress ) (bust). unknown, photographer

Lady Charles Cavendish, formerly Miss Adele Astaire (sister and dancing partner of Fred) pictured wearing a coat and skirt in green tweed trimmed with galliac, worn with a blouse of black jersey. The little peaked cap, tilted at a coquettish angle is made of felt and trimmed with the same fur as the coat. Date: 1934

Mary Nolan, under the name Imogene Wilson (1905 - 1948), American actress. Date: 1923

Maria Luisa Edwina, performing the opera Du Barry by Ezio Camussi on stage at Covent Garden in London, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 29, July 20, 1913.

FRANCE, PARIS - CIRCA 1920: portrait of young woman with rose flowers. Typical for this period womans look. Illustrative Image, subject of human interest

Studio shot of Ina Williams in ""Shubert Gaieties""

CARMEN VIANCE.

Silent Film Actress Blanche Sweet, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Vola Vale in ""A Son of his father""

Swedish actress Aino Taube. 1912-1990. Pictured in a dress and matching black hat with an attached feather. Sweden 1930s

Rosa, la madre biológica de Juan Marsé.

Portada de la revista popular "El Cine", con Dorothy Sebastian (1903-1957), actriz estadounidense en portada. Editada en Barcelona, agosto de 1929.

USA, New York, Clara Moores in ""Shavings"", comedy, Knickerbocker Theatre, 1921

MARLENE DIETRICH. 1934.

Dorothy Phillips, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Silent Film, "Man, Woman and Marriage", First National Pictures, 1921

Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress, early 20th century.Artist: Rotary Photo

Elsevier photo collection. Actress Charlotte Köhler "Filomentje" M. Matthijs. 1939

GRETA GARBO in THE JOYLESS STREET (1925) -Original title: DIE FREUDLOSE GASSE-, directed by GEORG WILHELM PABST.

Portrait Eva from the East

Portrait of Marie Saxon in ""Battling Buttler""

MARY PICKFORD.

Grete Natzler (1906-1999) an Austrian actress and operatic soprano. Dated 20th Century

Lina Prokofiev (1897-1989), Anonymous

Portrait of magda janssens, actress. .

USA, New York, Studio shot of Esther Bissett in ""A Certain Party"" at Wallack's Theatre

Portrait of Lenore Ulric, 1 Dec 1933

Mary Duncan (1895 - 1993) American stage and silent film actress

Paris 13.1.1931. Election of Mademoiselle Paris for / The year 1931. / Miss Viviane Ortmans who was elected Mademoiselle / Paris. Viviane Ortmans elected Mademoiselle Paris in 1931. Election of Mademoiselle Paris of the year 1931. "Viviane Ortmans elected" Mademoiselle Paris "in 1931". Photograph of Georges Devred for the Rol Agency. January 13, 1931.

Actress Betty Bronson (1906-1971), Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Bette Davis, American actress, 1933. Artist: Unknown

Woman; inscribed 'Miss Dunne' gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

A portrait of film actress Greta Garbo. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was 'spotted' whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz Stiller. Her first Hollywood film was 'The Temptress' 1926. Amongst her other successes were, 'Queen Christina' (1933), 'Anna Karenina' (1935) and 'Ninotchka' (1939). She retired from films in 1941, after receiving poor reviews for 'Two-Faced Woman.' She spent the rest of her life living as a recluse in New York. Date

'Miss Mabel Love' (1874-1953), c1930. Creator: Unknown.

LILLIAN GISH in THE ENEMY (1927), directed by FRED NIBLO.

Gabrielle Ray, English actress, dancer and singer, c1900s().Artist: Rotary Photo

JOAN CRAWFORD. 1925.

Vera Smirnova as Gypsy Singer, June 1933

CARMEN LARRABEITI. 1931.

Anna Pavlova in the ballet The Dying Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns, Anonymous

Olga Glebova-Sudeikina, Anonymous

BILLIE DOVE.

Portrait photograph of Ilse by Rudolf Koppitz, printed on silver gelatin paper around 1913, showing facial features and studio composition.

Ora Carew (1893-1955), silent film actress, ca. 1920-1925

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

Camera Work: Portrait - Mrs. Philip Lydig, 1905. Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852-1934). Photogravure;

Hollywood, California: c. 1926 A portrait of Cecil B. De Mille actress Elinor Fair.

ELEANOR BOARDMAN. 1925.

Alma Mahler-Werfel, Anonymous

Paris, France: c. 1925. Mademoiselle Nicolesco, Romanian dancer appearing at the Opera Comique in Paris.

Woman; inscribed 'Mrs Billington' Nitrate negatives, gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits, copies

Portrait of Miss Margaret Burne-Jones (Mrs. Mackail). From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones., 1886, Great Britain, by Edward Burne-Jones, The Berlin Photographic Company.

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Mme Paul Claudel, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Rachael Howard, 1920s-1930s, Wellington, by Marie Dean.

Elisa Stünzner as Eva

Elisabeth Boehm van Endert as undine

Portrait of soprano erika businessman. Dresden, around 1920. Photograph of Adolf Dous (World postcard with studio embossing stamp, verso designated)

Zelda Santley in ""Little Miss Nobody"", 1933

French Actress, Bianca Lierre 1903

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