Miriam Cooper
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Miriam Cooper (November 7, 1891 – April 12, 1976) was a silent film actress who is best known for her work in early film including Birth of a Nation and Intolerance for D.W. Griffith and The Honor System and Evangeline for her husband Raoul Walsh. She retired from acting in 1923 but was rediscovered by the film community in the 1960s, and toured colleges lecturing about silent films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miriam Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Birth of a Nation
as Margaret CameronTwo families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons,...
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Friendless OneThe story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven...
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I Am Not a Racist
as MargaretA parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes...
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Home, Sweet Home
as The FianceeJohn Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his...
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a...
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The Mother and the Law
as The Friendly OneAfter the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his...
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Serenade
as Maria del CarmenIn the Spanish town of Magdalena live María and her sweetheart, Pancho, son of the governor....
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Evangeline
as EvangelineIn the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their...
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The Broken Wing
as Inez VilleraAn American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the...
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The Deep Purple
as Doris MooreDoris Moore is a country girl who is conned by two crooks, Harry Leland and Pop Clark. They...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Topsy - Aunt Ophelia's SlaveUncle Tom and Eliza's child are sold to Haley, a slave dealer. When Eliza learns that her son is...
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The Honor System
as EdithA potentially lost film, this film tells the story of a man is convicted unjustly of a crime and...
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Kindred of the Dust
as Nan of the Sawdust PileDiscovering that her husband is a bigamist, Nan returns with her child to her Puget Sound...
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The Darling of the CSA
as uncreditedAnna Q. Nilsson is the title character, Agnes Lane, a daring spy for the South during the Civil...
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Is Money Everything?
as Marion BrandA farmer, unhappy with his life, decides to go the city to try and make his fortune. He takes a...
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A Railroad Wooing
as Alice Holmes - Jim's SweetheartA short romantic comedy about two women whose canoe capsizes; they are then rescued by two train...
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The Woman and the Law
as Blanquetta La SalleJack La Salle marries South American heiress Blanquetta Del Castillo, and the two settle into a...
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The Prussian Cur
as Rosie O'GradyA German spy who is married to Lillian, the sister of Rosie O'Grady.
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The Confederate Ironclad
as RoseDuring the Civil War, Elinor, a pretty Northern girl, comes south to visit her aunt-- Little...
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