Alice Hollister

Born: 1886-09-28

From Wikipedia Alice Hollister (September 28, 1886 – February 24, 1973) was an American silent film actress who appeared in 85 films between 1911 and 1925. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she is believed to have been the daughter of French-Canadian immigrants. In 1903, at age seventeen, she married George K. Hollister who a few years later became a pioneer cinematographer with Kalem Studios in New York City. They had a daughter, Doris Ethel, born in 1906, and George Jr., born in 1908. When Kalem Studios began sending a film crew to Florida in the wintertime, Alice Hollister accompanied her husband. She began appearing in film in 1911, at first because of the small crew and the frequent need for a female in a bit part. However, she liked acting and went on to appear in many films, the last in 1925. One of Hollister's most important roles was that of Mary Magdalene in the film From the Manger to the Cross (1912). Filmed on location in Palestine, this film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The Vampire (1913) made her the first recognized vamp in cinema, predating Theda Bara in A Fool There Was (1915). For that role, she was dubbed "the original vampire". She reprised the character in The Vampire's Trail (1914) and The Lotus Woman (1916), her last film for Kalem. Alice Hollister's husband died in 1952 and she died in 1973, aged 86, in Costa Mesa, California. They are interred together in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Solace at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.


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The Forgotten Law

as Rosalie
Released: 1922-11-01

Margaret Jarnette discovers that her husband Victor has been cheating on her and confronts him....

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From the Manger to the Cross

as Mary Magdalene
Released: 1912-10-03

The life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land.

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The Great Lover

as Bianca
Released: 1920-11-15

Ethel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her debut in New York with the opera...

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The Brand

as Rose Hayden - a Girl of the Slums
Released: 1914-08-31

Mary's lot. always hard, becomes doubly so upon her father's death. Desiring to re-marry, the...

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The Destroyer

as Cherie - a Dancer
Released: 1915-04-30

An actress weaves her web, like a disgusting spider, around a susceptible young man, lures him...

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The Dancers

as Mrs. Mayne
Released: 1925-01-04

Young Tony, unable to make a living in crowded and fast-paced London, goes to South America in...

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The Knife

as Stella Hill
Released: 1918-02-01

Kate Tarleton grows up on a Southern plantation and becomes engaged to her guardian, Dr. Robert...

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The Little Gluers

as Nora Drew
Released: 1912-11-18

The Kerry Gow is a 1912 short

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The Devil's Dansant

as Valerie Farrar - the Wife
Released: 1914-09-07

"The Devil's Dansant" is the nickname given to a dansant of which Dominique, a Frenchman, is the...

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The Vampire

as Sybil
Released: 1913-10-15

The story hinges on the redemption of a country boy, an artist, who has fallen among evil...

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The Vampire's Trail

as Rita Caselli - a Cabaret Singer
Released: 1914-08-03

The second of three films featuring Alice Hollister as an evil vamp.

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The Colleen Bawn

as Anne Chute
Released: 1911-10-16

A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother...

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The Cabaret Dancer

as Martha - Don's Sweetheart
Released: 1914-04-06

Don Packard, an artist, forgets his country sweetheart, Martha, and falls in love with his...

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An Arabian Tragedy

as Hanifi (Slave Girl) Ayub's 2nd Wife
Released: 1912-06-19

Ayub Kashif becomes embittered toward his wife, Fatima, because their union has been childless....

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A Voice in the Dark

as Amelia Ellingham
Released: 1921-06-05

The solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.

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The Alien

as Josina - Paola's Wife
Released: 1913-05-07

Paolo, a skilled mechanic in a modler's factory in Italy, defends his friend Brocco, when the...

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By a Woman's Wit

as Pamela
Released: 1911-04-04

Captain Jasper, a Union officer, is sent on a secret service mission to the Confederate...

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Milestones

as Gertrude Rhead
Released: 1920-09-09

1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly...

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The Poacher's Pardon

as Dora - the Gamekeeper's Daughter
Released: 1912-09-30

A gamekeeper's daughter is shot while warning a poacher.

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The Siren's Reign

as Grace - a Soubrette
Released: 1915-04-02

An upright young man marries a siren, a drunken, unfaithful woman, who mothers his child, and...

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Don Caesar de Bazan

as Maritana
Released: 1915-06-26

Don Jose encourages the King in his infatuation for Maritana, a dancing girl, believing that...

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A Wise Fool

as Carmen Dolores
Released: 1921-06-26

Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty...

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The Prosecuting Attorney

as The Attorney's Wife
Released: 1913-02-03

The prosecuting attorney's impassioned address clinches the conviction of the criminal who,...

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Shenandoah

as Mrs. Constance Haverhill
Released: 1913-07-04

An American Civil War melodrama.

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Married Flirts

as Mrs. Callender
Released: 1924-10-27

Nelly is so intent on her writing career, that she neglects her appearance and her husband,...

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The Terror of Conscience

as Carmela - the Street Singer
Released: 1913-06-06

A noted actor, appearing in the role Richelieu, stands at the stage entrance one evening and...

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Her Better Self

as Aggie May
Released: 1917-05-21

Even though society debutante Vivian Tyler (Pauline Frederick) is engaged to Count Belloto...

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The Treasure Ship

as Beth Bascom - the Daughter
Released: 1914-05-25

The "Treasure Ship" is not a real ship, but a model constructed by Captain Bascom during ten...

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The Scorpion's Sting

as Lyda Marston - the Daughter
Released: 1915-01-06

Discovered by Marston in the act of robbing the safe, Mann, the crook, shoots and slays him. The...

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A Stolen Identity

as Mildred Anderson
Released: 1913-07-07

Steve Carnes, the son of a wealthy manufacturer, leads a useless life and is disowned by his...

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The Fatal Legacy

as Maud Halleck - Jack's Wife
Released: 1913-09-10

On his wedding eve Henry Halleck opens a sealed envelope which has been handed down to each...

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The Wartime Siren

as Rosalie Ashby
Released: 1913-03-29

When the Civil War breaks out Eric Warren, a young physician, enlists and is commissioned...

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Loaded Dice

as uncredited
Released: 1918-02-10

Richard Gordon's lack of religious conviction prompts him to live a life of crime. When he...

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The Show Girl's Glove

as Stella Desmond - the Show Girl
Released: 1914-06-22

Hampton, a broker, employs a detective to investigate Stella, a show girl, with whom his younger...

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The Sign of the Broken Shackles

as Irene Cross - a Tenant
Released: 1915-11-03

Basil, sent to a West Indian island to look after his brother's interests, so antagonizes the...

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The Man of Iron

as Margery Stanley - the Daughter
Released: 1914-11-16

A hard man is Lucius Stanley. Uncompromisingly upright, he lacks sympathy for characters weaker...

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The Scimitar of the Prophet

as Doris Harris - his wife
Released: 1913-04-11

While touring Egypt, Harris and his wife visit an old temple and are fascinated by a sacred...

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The Crooked Path

as Mary - an Orphan
Released: 1915-07-19

Lynn and Alan both love Mary. Because he deems it his duty to support his widowed mother, Lynn...

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The Lost Diamond

as Nancy - the Accomplice
Released: 1913-07-14

John Holden discovers a burglar in his house and shoots at the escaping thief. Warding, a...

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Frayed Fagin's Adventures

as uncredited
Released: 1913-12-19

Frayed Fagin is attacked by a particularly aggressive bulldog. Before the animal's desire for...

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Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler

as Mary Redding - Kit's Wife
Released: 1914-08-01

Mary Adams, about to visit relatives in a distant part of the country, is entrusted to the care...

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The Haunting Fear

as Katherine
Released: 1915-06-11

Lured by Diana, Katherine runs away from home. The foolish girl is soon drawn into the...

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The Barefoot Boy

as Eleanor Hastings - the Mother
Released: 1914-09-01

Eleanor Warren is loved by Harold Rives, a struggling artist. Although fond of the young man,...

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A Virginia Feud

as Rose McDonald
Released: 1913-08-02

When Rose McDonald and Frank Mosby became engaged it appears that the deadly feud which has long...

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Ireland, the Oppressed

as Peggy
Released: 1912-12-14

The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions by...

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The Lotus Woman

as Juana
Released: 1916-06-28

The vivid tale of a woman's passionate intrigue and a moan's loyal friendship blended in a tale...

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Man's Greed for Gold

as Mrs. Carter
Released: 1913-05-14

The old miser, living in a tenement, keeps his savings in an earthen idol. The janitor of the...

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Dust of the Desert

as uncredited
Released: 1912-06-03

Dust of the Desert is a 1912 short film

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Primitive Man

as Betty - a Girl of the Mountains
Released: 1913-11-22

Allan loves Betty, a mountain girl. Not sure that she loves the boy. Betty declines to marry...

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The Maker of Dreams

as Lorna Greene - the Daughter
Released: 1915-08-02

It is Mrs. Merwin's desire that her son, Harold, marry Rena, an heiress. To this end, she gives...

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The Blind Basket Weaver

as Anna - Paul's Crippled Sweetheart
Released: 1913-08-25

Paul, a blind basket weaver, plies his trade at a small seaside village. Anna, a cripple, is...

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The Message of the Palms

as Lovie Carlton - the Colonel's Daughter
Released: 1913-02-26

Henry Strong, a young civil engineer, is placed in charge of a party which makes a preliminary...

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Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec

as Katherine Lowther
Released: 1914-05-25

General Wolfe, appointed commander of the expedition against Quebec, comes to bid his mother...

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