Eugenie Besserer
Eugenie Besserer was an American actress who appeared in supporting roles, typically portraying a mother or grandmother, in films of the Silent and early talkies eras.
Scarface
as Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way...
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The Jazz Singer
as Sara RabinowitzA young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family...
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Flesh and the Devil
as Leo's MotherWhen lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training,...
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To the Last Man
as Granny SpelvinIn Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to...
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Kiki
as Landlady (uncredited)Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a...
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Thunderbolt
as Mrs. MoranA criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed...
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The Greatest Question
as Mrs. HiltonYoung Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man...
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When a Man Loves
as The Landlady (uncredited)A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
as Aunt EmAn early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
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Madame X
as Rose, Floriot's ServantA young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney...
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Molly O'
as Antonia BacigalupiAn Irish washerwoman's daughter falls in love with one of America's most eligible bachelors,...
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The Circle
as Lady Catherine 'Kitty' CheneyElizabeth Cheney has a wealthy husband, social prominence and everything she could want in life...
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The Rosary
as Widow Kathleen WilsonAfter his uncle dies, founder of the fishing village of Sandy Bay, Kenwood Wright is cut off...
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Anna Christie
as MarthyA troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A...
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Scarlet Days
as Mrs. Nell Winters aka Rosie NellRosie Nell, a woman of disreputable dance halls in early lawless California, is wrongly charged...
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6 Hours to Live
as The MarquisaA murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only...
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Illusion
as Mrs. Jacob SchmittlapA vaudeville magician team is broken up when Carlee, an ex--circus performer, becomes infatuated...
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What Happened To Rosa?
as Madame O'DonnellyA fortune teller tells a store clerk with a romantic disposition that she was a Spanish...
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Mister Antonio
as Mrs. JornyAntonio Camaradino, florist and street musician, befriends a man robbed of his overcoat and...
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The Scoffer
as Boorman's WifeDr. Stannard Wayne -- like all "good" men of the times -- is a God-fearing soul. He marries the...
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Captain Salvation
as Mrs. BuxomA young divinity student helps and protects a down and out prostitute, at the cost of his own...
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The Skyrocket
as Wardrobe MistressIn the prologue Sharon Kimm and Mickey Reid are childhood friends in a tenement neighborhood but...
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Lilac Time
as Madame BerthelotIn France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good...
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In Gay Madrid
as Doña GenerosaRicardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves...
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The Strangers' Banquet
as Mrs. McPhersonIn managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems...
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Speedway
as Mrs. MacDonaldBill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds...
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Who Shall Take My Life?
as Mrs. MunroeA man is found guilty of murdering a woman by way of circumstantial evidence, and is executed....
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A Lady of Chance
as Mrs. CrandallA con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama.
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Little Orphant Annie
as Mrs. GoodeAnnie, left orphaned after the death of her mother, goes to live in an orphanage where she tells...
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Rosalie / Prison MatronJeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and...
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The Curse of Eve
as The MotherWhen young Eva Stanley comes home from college, she finds that her mother is deeply involved in...
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Seeds of Vengeance
as Judith CreeIn the mountains of West Virginia, Alderson Cree is mortally wounded in an ambush by Kip...
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The Fighting Shepherdess
as JezebelA young woman fights to keep her Wyoming sheep ranch from being overrun and destroyed by cattle...
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The Blacksmith's Love
as Mary Brewer SaundersThe Civil War has begun, and Mace Brewer goes to the front, leaving his young wife alone. His...
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Twisted Trails
as Martha, HousekeeperRanch foreman Tom Snow is being hounded by sheriff Luke Fisher and his deputy, Brad Foster. The...
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Bright Lights
as Patsy's MotherTom loves Patsy, but she lives in the city while he is every bit the country bumpkin. When an...
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The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon...
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A Royal Romance
as MotherA young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his...
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The Road Through the Dark
as Aunt JulieGabrielle Jardee, daughter of a conservative Parisian family, is in love with an American, John...
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Mother, I Need You
as uncreditedA young woman who became pregnant from an assault faces legal trouble and scandal after having...
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The Fire Brigade
as Mrs.O'NeilTerry O'Neill is the youngest of a family of Irish firefighters. He falls in love with Helen...
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Almonds and Raisins
as uncreditedThis documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States...
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Drums of Love
as Duchess de AlviaA princess is betrothed to a deformed monarch, but falls hard for his handsome brother.
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Confessions of a Queen
as ElanoraThe King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora....
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Friendly Enemies
as uncreditedAs youths, Carl Pfeiffer and Henry Block came to America from Germany. Pfeiffer became a...
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Beware of Strangers
as Mary DeLacyBeware of Strangers is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell
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Kindred of the Dust
as Mrs. McKayeDiscovering that her husband is a bigamist, Nan returns with her child to her Puget Sound...
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A Hoosier Romance
as The Squire's WifePretty Patience Thompson, a "girl with a singing soul," lives with her cold-hearted and...
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Indian Summer
as VirginiaA Confederate soldier battles with amnesia, vagrants, and tramps as he makes his way back home...
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45 Minutes from Broadway
as Mrs. David DeanKid Burns vicariously enjoys life with his wealthy playboy pal. But complications ensue when Kid...
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Turning the Tables
as Mrs. FeverillDoris Pennington is committed to an insane asylum by her aunt, who hopes to take over Doris's...
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A Just Punishment
as Mrs. Preston - Bob's WifeUncle Preston, a financial "wizard," discovers that his nephew, Bob Preston, is a rogue, a...
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The Eyes of Julia Deep
as Mrs. LoweThe Eyes of Julia Deep is a 1918 silent comedy-drama film starring Mary Miles Minter, directed...
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The Sea Flower
as KealaniA secret service agent disguises himself as a sailor.
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The Garden of Allah
as Lady RensWhen her mother elopes with a lover and her father dies cursing the name of God, Domini Enfilden...
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When the Night Call Came
as Nell DelaneyWhen the night call came, it found a young woman struggling with great emotions, the better...
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Thou Shalt Not Covet
as My WifeA scientist who is married to an amoral woman lives next door to a happily married couple. At...
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The Way of a Woman's Heart
as Rose March aka Rosalind AyreWhile on a tour a theatrical company meets with small success and is forced to close early in...
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