Top Nine Silent Actresses
by classicchocolate00 | created - 20 Sep 2013 | updated - 20 Sep 2013 | PublicThese actresses are my favorites. Especially, La Badie and Borgstrom are the best. I will add more actresses if have my new favorites.
1. Florence La Badie
Actress | The Million Dollar Mystery
Early information on Florence La Badie is sketchy. She is thought to have been born in New York City in 1888, and was either taken away from or given up for adoption by her birth mother. Florence was adopted by a married couple named LaBadie, who legally gave the child their last name. Her adoptive...
She was one of the most beautiful and talented actresses in her generation. My favorite her silen film is Crossed Wire.
2. Anna Q. Nilsson
Actress | Sunset Boulevard
Anna Quirentia Nilsson, popularly known as "Anna Q", who was born on March 30th, 1888, in Ystad, Sweden, emigrated to the United States in 1905. The 5'7" Nilsson used her blonde beauty to become a famous model for well-known fashion photographers and fine artists. In 1907 she was chosen the most ...
She was a Swedish born American actress. Was called 'Beautiful Woman in the America' in her generation. My favorite her silent film is Regeneration.
3. Mary Pickford
Actress | Coquette
Mary Pickford was born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Elsie Charlotte (Hennessy) and John Charles Smith. She was of English and Irish descent. Pickford began in the theater at age seven. Then known as "Baby Gladys Smith", she toured with her family in a number of theater ...
I need not to explain. She is already, still well-known these days. My favorite her silent film is A Romance of Redwoods.
4. Francesca Bertini
Actress | Assunta Spina
Francesca Bertini was undoubtedly one of the first divas of cinema, a lady not only on screen but also in real life. She made her film debut in La dea del mare (1907) and after that producers fought for her services. In 1921 she married European nobleman and banker Alfred Cartier. She tried her ...
She was one of the most successful Italian actresses in her generation. My favorite her film is Assunta Spina.
5. Colleen Moore
Actress | So Big
Colleen Moore was born Kathleen Morrison in Port Huron, Michigan. Her father was an irrigation engineer and his job was good enough to provide the family a middle-class environment. She was educated in parochial schools and studied at the famed Detroit Conservatory. Colleen's family moved to ...
She was one of the most popular flapper actresses in her generation such as Clara Bow. I do not find my favorite her film, but she is interesting in the films which I have watched.
6. Clara Bow
Actress | Wings
Clara Gordon Bow, destined to become "The It Girl", was born on July 29, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in poverty and violence. Her often absentee and brutish father could not or did not provide and her schizophrenic mother tried to slit Clara's throat when the girl spoke of becoming ...
She was as well-known as Colleen Moore in her generation. Popular as a flapper star such like her. My favorite her film is IT.
7. Norma Talmadge
Actress | Camille
Norma Talmadge was born on May 26, 1895, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The daughter of an unemployed alcoholic and his wife, Norma did not have the idyllic childhood that most of us yearn for. Her father left the family on Christmas Day and his wife and three daughters had to fend for themselves. Her...
She was one of the beautiful and talented actresses in her regeneration. My favorite her film is Forbidden City.
8. Musidora
Actress | Les vampires
Musidora was a French actress, film director, and writer. She is particularly remembered for portraying the vamp villainess Irma Vep in the crime serial film "Les Vampires" (1915-1916) and the gang leader Diana Monti/Marie Verdier in the revenge-themed film serial film "Judex" (1917). Her screen ...
She was a well-known French actress in her regeneration. Her most famous films are Judex and Les Vampires. My favorite her film is Les vampires: Episode 03.
9. Hilda Borgström
Actress | Körkarlen
Hilda Borgström was born on October 13, 1871 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for The Phantom Carriage (1921), Ingeborg Holm (1913) and Striden går vidare (1941). She died on January 2, 1953 in Stockholm, Sweden.
She was one of the most legendary Swedish silent film actresses. My favorite her film is Ingeborg Holm.
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