Alma Tell

Born: 1898-03-27

From Wikipedia Alma Tell (March 27, 1898 - December 29, 1937) was an American stage and motion picture actress whose career in cinema began in 1915 and lasted into the talkie era of the early 1930s. She began her career as an actress on the stages of New York before making her screen debut in the Edward José-directed drama Simon, the Jester, released in September 1915. Tell was most often cast in films as the second leading lady. Throughout the 1920s, she appeared opposite such leading silent film actresses as Mae Murray, Corinne Griffith and Madge Kennedy and would achieve leading lady status in 1923's J. Gordon Edwards-directed film The Silent Command, opposite actors Edmund Lowe, Martha Mansfield and Béla Lugosi. She made her last film appearance in the 1934 John M. Stahl-directed romantic-drama Imitation of Life, which starred Claudette Colbert. Tell died in 1937.


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Imitation of Life

as Mrs. Craven (uncredited)
Released: 1934-11-23

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter....

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The Silent Command

as Mrs. Richard Decatur
Released: 1923-08-18

A distinguished young Naval officer from a celebrated military falls prey to a terrorist and his...

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The Smugglers

as Mrs. Watts
Released: 1916-07-06

While honeymooning in Paris, wealthy John Battleby Watts is persuaded to purchase a $20,000...

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The Right to Love

as Lady Edith
Released: 1920-09-05

An adulterous aristocrat plans to murder his American wife.

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On with the Dance

as Lady Tremelyn
Released: 1920-02-15

Sonia, a Russian dancer, comes to New York seeking her fortune. She marries Peter Derwynt, a...

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Love Comes Along

as Carlotta
Released: 1930-01-05

An American sailor comes to a seedy banana republic, and finds a fellow yank, a stranded girl,...

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Broadway Rose

as Barbara Royce
Released: 1922-09-22

Rosalie Lawrence, a dancing star on Broadway, falls for rich Hugh Thompson. His parents...

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The Iron Trail

as Eliza Appleton
Released: 1921-10-29

Alaskan railroad magnate Curtis Gordon hires engineer Dan Appleton to design a railroad route up...

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Saturday's Children

as Florrie
Released: 1929-03-10

Youthful sweethearts, Bobbi and Jim, plan to get married but Bobbi wants them to settle down in...

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San Francisco Nights

as Ruth
Released: 1928-05-01

Young lawyer John Vickery is in love with his wife, but he thinks she is in love with another man...

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Nearly Married

as Gertrude Robinson
Released: 1917-11-18

Silent comedy, based on a 1913 stage play of the same title.

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Paying the Piper

as Marcia Marillo
Released: 1921-01-16

Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience....

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