Jane Winton
From Wikipedia Jane Winton (October 10, 1905 - September 22, 1959) was a movie actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, and painter. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the 1920s she began her stage career as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies. After coming to the west coast Winton became known as the green-eyed goddess of Hollywood. Her film appearances include roles in Tomorrow's Love (1925), Why Girls Go Back Home (1926), Sunrise, The Crystal Cup and The Fair Coed (1927), Burning Daylight, Melody of Love and The Patsy (1928), Scandal and Show Girl in Hollywood (1929), and The Furies and Hell's Angels (1930). Winton played Donna Isobel, the mother of the title character, in Don Juan (1926). The film starred John Barrymore and Mary Astor. The movie was billed as the first film made in Vitaphone, a new invention which synchronized sound with motion pictures. Modern talking pictures began with the Vitaphone. After leaving Hollywood, Winton performed various operatic roles both in the United States and abroad. In 1933 she was with the National Grand Opera Company for their production of I Pagliacci. She sang Nedda. She starred in the operetta Caviar. In England she became noted for her singing and work in radio. Jane Winton died in 1959 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.
Hell's Angels
as Baroness Von KranzWhen World War I breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford university,...
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Manicure GirlA married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to...
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Don Juan
as Donna IsobelIf there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that...
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Show Girl in Hollywood
as Frank Buelow's Premiere GuestBroadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...
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His Supreme Moment
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)John Douglas, a down-on-his-luck engineer, takes his sweetheart, Sara Deeping, to a play...
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Melody of Love
as Flo ThompsonHistorically significant as Universal's first 100% all-talkie, the production suffered from...
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Across the Pacific
as Claire MarshFollowing the Spanish-American War, a soldier is given the assignment of finding the leader of a...
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The Beloved Rogue
as The AbbessFrançois Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an...
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The Crystal Cup
as Polly PleydenA beautiful young girl has been raised by her bitter mother to hate all men, but her beauty...
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My Official Wife
as DemimondaineA glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of...
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The Patsy
as Grace HarringtonJealous that her older sister Grace has landed handsome and successful Tony Anderson, Patricia...
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Doña CarlaThis first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving...
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The Monkey Talks
as MasisieIn 1927 Olive Borden starred in Fox drama The Monkey Talks directed by Raoul Walsh. She played a...
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The Week End Mystery
as uncreditedDuring a rainstorm at a remote manor house, Richard Crayell plays host to several guests. At...
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Upstream
as The SoubretteA silent comedy set in an actor's boardinghouse. Some plot points are seemingly inspired by the...
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A Notorious Affair
as One of Paul's Admirers (uncredited)A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
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The Furies
as Gwendolyn AndrewsFifi Sands, whose husband is constantly unfaithful, is prevented from obtaining a divorce by...
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The Love Toy
as The BrideThe Love Toy is a lost 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring...
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Three Women
as Charity Ball GuestA frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her...
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Why Girls Go Back Home
as ModelTrusting country girl Marie Downey falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley. As he...
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Captain Lash
as BabeLash is the head coal stoker on a steam ship whose shipmates have nicknamed "Captain". Lash...
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Footloose Widows
as Mrs. DrewDepartment-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J....
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The Passionate Quest
as uncreditedThe Passionate Quest is a 1926 American drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and written by...
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Burning Daylight
as Martha FairbeeElam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson,...
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Bare Knees
as Jane LongworthA young married woman in a small town is visited by her sister, a single "flapper" who causes a...
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The Fair Co-Ed
as BettyMarion go off to college where she joins the basketball team to be near the coach, Bob. She...
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Limelight
as Ray MadisonA chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her...
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Millionaires
as LottieMeyer Rubens and his wife, Esther, own a pressing-shop in New York's Lower East Side. Esther...
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Nothing to Wear
as Irene HawleyDirected by Erle C. Kenton. With Jacqueline Logan, Theodore von Eltz, Bryant Washburn, Jane Winton.
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