Colleen Moore

Born: 1899-08-18

Colleen Moore (born Kathleen Morrison, August 19, 1899 – January 25, 1988) was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era. Moore became one of the most fashionable and highly-paid stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut. A huge star in her day, approximately half of Moore's films are now considered lost, including her first talking picture from 1929. What was perhaps her most celebrated film during her lifetime, Flaming Youth (1923), is now mostly lost as well, with only one reel surviving. Moore took a brief hiatus from acting between 1929 and 1933, just as sound was being added to motion pictures. After the hiatus, her four sound pictures released in 1933 and 1934 were not financial successes. Moore then retired permanently from screen acting.


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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1925-12-25

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with...

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The Power and the Glory

as Sally Garner
Released: 1933-10-06

A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose...

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Lilac Time

as Jeannine
Released: 1928-10-18

In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good...

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Why Be Good?

as Pert Kelly
Released: 1929-02-28

A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss' son.

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The Little American

as Maid (uncredited)
Released: 1917-07-12

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral...

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Ella Cinders

as Ella Cinders
Released: 1926-06-06

Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local...

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The Scarlet Letter

as Hester Prynne
Released: 1934-09-18

In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on...

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Oh Kay!

as Lady Kay Rutfield
Released: 1928-08-26

On the eve of her wedding Lady Kay Rutfield runs off aboard her sloop. A storm carries her out...

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The Busher

as Mazie Palmer
Released: 1919-05-17

A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his...

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We Moderns

as Mary Sundale
Released: 1925-11-15

A 1925 film directed by John Francis Dillon.

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Dinty

as Doreen O'Sullivan
Released: 1920-11-21

Dinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the...

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Twinkletoes

as Twink 'Twinkletoes' Minasi
Released: 1926-11-28

"Twinkletoes" Minasi wants to be a great dancer like her deceased mother. Twink meets Chuck...

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Success at Any Price

as Sarah Griswold
Released: 1934-03-16

A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market...

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The Huntress

as Bela
Released: 1923-08-20

Bela, reared by Indians, learns that she is a white orphan and runs away from the Indian village...

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Flirting with Love

as Gilda Lamont
Released: 1924-08-17

When Wade Cameron, chairman of the Better Plays Society, stops the production of actress Gilda...

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Happiness Ahead

as Mary Randall
Released: 1928-06-24

Happiness Ahead is a persumed lost 1928 silent film drama directed by William A. Seiter and...

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So Big

as Selina Peake
Released: 1924-12-28

After graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina...

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Synthetic Sin

as Betty Fairfax
Released: 1929-01-06

A young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises...

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Sally

as Sally
Released: 1925-03-29

Sally is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film starring Colleen Moore.

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Slippy McGee

as Mary Virginia
Released: 1923-06-11

The title is also the moniker of a renowned safe-cracker, Slippy McGee, who has always managed...

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2007-05-23

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was,...

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Irene

as Irene O'Dare
Released: 1926-01-24

Irene, a feisty Irish girl in Philadelphia, clashes with her family and walks out, heading to...

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The Bad Boy

as Ruth
Released: 1917-02-18

Small town youth Jimmie Bates is a well-intentioned, but troubled youth. Jimmie is a rowdy boy...

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Footlights and Fools

as Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray
Released: 1929-11-08

Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus...

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Forsaking All Others

as Penelope Mason
Released: 1922-12-10

Jealous of her son Oliver's interest in Penelope Mason, Mrs. Newell takes him to a resort where...

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The Wilderness Trail

as Jeanne Fitzpatrick
Released: 1919-07-06

Set in the Northwoods of Canada, Tom Mix stars as Donald MacTavish, the newly appointed head...

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Hands Up!

as Marjorie Houston
Released: 1917-04-28

A 1917 film directed by Tod Browning & Wilfred Lucas.

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Flaming Youth

as Patricia Fentriss
Released: 1923-11-12

When Mona Frentiss dies, she has her confidante "Doctor Bobs" watch over her family, especially...

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Orchids and Ermine

as 'Pink' Watson
Released: 1927-03-06

Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson works a telephone operator at a cement factory who...

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The Sky Pilot

as Gwen
Released: 1921-04-16

Arthur Moore, a missionary preacher, attempts to fit into the cowboy community so he can set up...

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Naughty But Nice

as Bernice Sumners
Released: 1927-06-25

Naughty But Nice was based on The Bigamists, a story by Lewis Alen Brown. Gawky country girl...

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Her Bridal Night-Mare

as Mary
Released: 1920-01-30

Mary, a bride-to-be, has a troublesome wedding day.

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Painted People

as Ellie Byrne
Released: 1924-01-28

A 1924 film directed by Clarence G. Badger.

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A Roman Scandal

as Mary
Released: 1919-11-30

Mary and her steady, Jack, have differing opinions on "the stage"-- Mary wishes to devote her...

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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as Herself (archive footage)
Released: 2011-04-03

Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith...

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The Savage

as Lizette
Released: 1917-11-19

When Marie Louise, the daughter of the town factor, returns home from school, Julio Sandoval, a...

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A Hoosier Romance

as Patience Thompson
Released: 1918-08-18

Pretty Patience Thompson, a "girl with a singing soul," lives with her cold-hearted and...

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The Devil's Claim

as Indora
Released: 1920-05-02

A Persian novelist living in New York throws aside the woman who loves him, and she gets an...

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The Perfect Flapper

as Tommie Lou Pember
Released: 1924-05-25

A 1924 film directed by John Francis Dillon.

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April Showers

as Maggie Muldoon
Released: 1923-10-21

This silent romantic melodrama is believed to be lost.

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The Cyclone

as Sylvia Sturgis
Released: 1920-01-20

A Tale of The Canadian North-West Mounted Police

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Social Register

as Patsy Shaw
Released: 1934-03-10

Chorus girl Patsy Shaw crashes a high-society party, meets playboy Charlie Breen, they fall in...

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The Prince of Graustark

as Maid (uncredited)
Released: 1916-11-06

Graustark needs thirty million dollars to satisfy a Russian loan. The Prince of Dawsbergen,...

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His Nibs

as The Girl
Released: 1921-10-21

Shenanigans at a small town movie theater.

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The Ninety and Nine

as Ruth Blake
Released: 1922-12-17

Melodramatic thriller, presented in 9.5mm format

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Little Orphant Annie

as Annie
Released: 1918-12-31

Annie, left orphaned after the death of her mother, goes to live in an orphanage where she tells...

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The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

as Self
Released: 1922-03-15

The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western...

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The Egg Crate Wallop

as Kitty Haskell
Released: 1919-09-28

Assistant to freight express agent Dave Haskell in the town of Pitt's Junction, Jim Kelly...

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The Nth Commandment

as Sarah Juke
Released: 1923-03-18

A department store clerk decides to marry a withdrawing colleague with tuberculosis, over...

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Through the Dark

as Mary McGinn
Released: 1924-01-06

Through the Dark is a 1924 silent mystery drama produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and...

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Come on Over

as Moyna Killiea
Released: 1922-03-11

Shane O'Mealia leaves Ireland, promising to send for his sweetheart, Moyna. In the mean time the...

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The Wall Flower

as Idalene Nobbin
Released: 1922-05-01

Idalene Nobbin attends a village dance but, due to the constant nagging of her mother, she...

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Broken Chains

as Mercy Boone
Released: 1922-12-10

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Smiling Irish Eyes

as Kathleen O'Connor
Released: 1929-07-28

A 1929 film directed by William A. Seiter.

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Life in Hollywood No. 2

as Herself
Released: 1927-08-25

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

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The Man in the Moonlight

as Rosine Delorme
Released: 1919-07-28

Two mysterious strangers arrive uninvited at the wedding of Sergeant O'Farrell of the Royal...

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The Desert Flower

as Maggie Fortune
Released: 1925-06-21

A mining camp girl attempts to reform a young derelict addicted to drink. Colleen Moore broke...

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The Lotus Eater

as Mavis
Released: 1921-11-27

Naive Jacques Lenoi marries money-hungry Madge Vance. When Madge realizes he isn't as moneyed as...

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It Must Be Love

as Fernie Schmidt
Released: 1926-08-22

Fernie Schmidt (Colleen Moore) lives with her parents in the rear of their delicatessen. The...

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So Long Letty

as Grace Miller
Released: 1920-10-17

Harry Miller is a "natural-born mixer" while his wife Grace is a homebody, distressed by her...

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When Dawn Came

as Mary Harrison
Released: 1920-04-01

A doctor serving the slums questions his faith after transitioning to a position with more...

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Broken Hearts of Broadway

as Mary Ellis
Released: 1923-07-01

The story of a young actress trying to attain stardom on Broadway.

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Her Wild Oat

as Mary Brown
Released: 1927-12-25

In this feature comedy, silent film star Colleen Moore plays a woman who owns a small lunch...

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Look Your Best

as Perla Quaranta
Released: 1923-02-18

Perla Quaranta, a half-starved "daughter of Little Italy," is given the place in Carlo Bruni's...

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Affinities

as Fanny Illington
Released: 1922-09-24

A Colleen Moore film directed by Ward Lascelle which is now considered lost.

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Hollywood

as Self
First aired: 1980-01-08

A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios...

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self
First aired: 1973-04-02

In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...

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