Nella Walker

Born: 1886-03-04

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nella Walker (March 6, 1886 – March 22, 1971) was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and in her teens became half of the husband and wife vaudeville team "Mack and Walker", with her husband Wilbur Mack. By 1929 she had launched a film acting career, her first film role being in Tanned Legs alongside Sally Blane, Dorothy Revier, June Clyde, and Arthur Lake. She appeared in three films in 1929, and easily transitioned to "talking films", appearing in another four films in 1930, possibly making the smooth transition because she was never an established silent film actress. In 1931 her film career took off, with her appearing in ten films that year, five of which were uncredited. Her marriage ended not long after her film career was on the rise, and from 1932-33 she appeared in fifteen films, only five of which were uncredited. In 1935, her career improved, and between that year and 1938 she had 23 film appearances. Her biggest film appearance during that period was in Young Dr. Kildare alongside Lionel Barrymore and Lew Ayres. Throughout the 1930s her career was strong, and, despite her never being a premier "star", she repeatedly had solid acting roles. She finished that decade strong in 1939 with nine film roles, only three of which were uncredited. The 1940s mirrored her success of the previous decade in many ways, with her appearing in 37 films from 1940 to 1947. Now later in her career, and over 60 years of age, she slowed her career for a time, not having another role until 1950 when she appeared in Nancy Goes to Rio alongside Ann Sothern and Carmen Miranda. She appeared in another two films in 1952, then had her last film acting role in 1954, in the film Sabrina alongside Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn.


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Sabrina

as Maude Larrabee
Released: 1954-09-10

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily...

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Stella Dallas

as Mrs. Grosvenor
Released: 1937-08-06

After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.

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Hellzapoppin'

as Mrs. Rand
Released: 1941-12-25

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...

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Trouble in Paradise

as Mme. Bouchet (uncredited)
Released: 1932-10-30

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume...

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20,000 Years in Sing Sing

as Mrs. Long (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-24

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward...

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In Name Only

as Mrs. Walker
Released: 1939-08-18

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has...

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Made for Each Other

as Dr. Langham's Nurse-Receptionist (uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-10

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

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I Love You Again

as Kay's Mother
Released: 1940-08-09

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and...

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Buck Privates

as Mrs. Parker II
Released: 1941-01-31

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The...

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Kitty Foyle

as Aunt Jessica
Released: 1940-12-27

A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his...

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As You Desire Me

as Lucia Marco
Released: 1932-05-28

Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with...

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Daughter of the Dragon

as Lady Petrie (uncredited)
Released: 1931-09-24

At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard...

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Is My Face Red?

as Aunt Vickie
Released: 1932-06-17

William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and...

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Fashions of 1934

as Mrs. Van Tyle
Released: 1934-02-14

When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner...

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Captain January

as Mrs. Mason
Released: 1936-04-17

A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents...

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The Locket

as Mrs. Wendell
Released: 1946-12-20

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

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Reaching for the Sun

as Nurse
Released: 1941-05-01

Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by...

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Small Town Girl

as Mrs. Dakin
Released: 1936-04-10

Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear....

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Magic Town

as Grandview Citizen (uncredited)
Released: 1947-10-07

Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of...

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The Woman in Red

as Aunt Bettina
Released: 1935-02-16

A professional jockey struggles to fit in with her new husband's upper-crust family in this...

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No Time for Comedy

as First-Nighter (uncredited)
Released: 1940-09-14

An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

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Irene

as Mrs. Marshall (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-23

Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs...

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Espionage Agent

as Mrs. Peyton
Released: 1939-09-30

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the...

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Variety Girl

as Mrs. Webster
Released: 1947-08-29

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...

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McFadden´s Flats

as Mrs. Hall
Released: 1935-03-12

Dan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side...

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In Society

as Mrs. Elizabeth Van Cleve
Released: 1944-08-16

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets...

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An American Tragedy

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1931-08-22

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

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Swanee River

as Mrs. McDowell
Released: 1939-12-29

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who...

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Reunion in Vienna

as Countess Von Stainz
Released: 1933-06-16

An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard)...

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The Rage of Paris

as Mrs. Duncan
Released: 1938-06-09

Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to...

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Two Sisters from Boston

as Mrs. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
Released: 1946-06-06

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in...

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A Dog of Flanders

as Frau Vanderkloot
Released: 1935-03-22

Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose...

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The House on 56th Street

as Eleanor Van Tyle
Released: 1933-12-23

A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits...

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Big Town

as Mrs. Johannsen, victim's mother
Released: 1946-08-23

A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

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The Right to Live

as Mrs. Pride
Released: 1935-01-26

A man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother.

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Lady with a Past

as Aunt Emma
Released: 1932-02-19

A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours...

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Hers to Hold

as Dorothy Craig
Released: 1943-07-16

Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls"...

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The Crime of Doctor Hallet

as Mrs. Carpenter
Released: 1938-03-12

Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.

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Behold My Wife!

as Mrs. Copperwaithe
Released: 1934-12-06

After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy...

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The Saint Strikes Back

as Mrs. Betty Fernack
Released: 1939-03-08

Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a...

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Air Raid Wardens

as Millicent Norton
Released: 1943-04-04

Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi...

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Three Smart Girls

as Dorothy Craig
Released: 1936-12-20

The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father...

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Four Frightened People

as Mrs. Ainger
Released: 1934-01-26

Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where...

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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Mrs. Grange
Released: 1941-03-14

Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera...

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Change of Heart

as Mrs. Frieda Mockby
Released: 1934-05-18

Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college...

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Manpower

as Floor Lady (uncredited)
Released: 1941-08-09

Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident...

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Young Dr. Kildare

as Mrs. Chanler
Released: 1938-10-14

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a...

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We Were Dancing

as Mrs. Janet Bentley
Released: 1942-04-30

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by...

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Alias French Gertie

as Morton's Wife
Released: 1930-04-20

A safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a...

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Klondike Annie

as uncredited
Released: 1936-02-21

A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.

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What a Widow!

as Marquise
Released: 1930-09-12

A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes...

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A Child Is Born

as Mrs. Twitchell
Released: 1939-12-07

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.

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Indiscreet

as Mrs. Woodward
Released: 1931-04-25

A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her...

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The Saint Takes Over

as Lucy Fernack
Released: 1940-06-07

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring...

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Back Street

as Corinne Saxel
Released: 1941-02-07

Previously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie...

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The 9th Guest

as Margaret Chisholm
Released: 1934-01-31

Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find...

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Ladies of Washington

as Mrs. Crane (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-25

The new boarder at a Washington, D.C. rooming house for women likes the fast life, but her...

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What a Woman

as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
Released: 1943-12-29

An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.

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Rain or Shine

as Mrs. Conway
Released: 1930-08-15

Young Mary Rainey takes the reins of her deceased father's failing circus. With the help of the...

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I Live My Life

as Ruth's Mother (Uncredited)
Released: 1935-10-04

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.

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Dangerously Yours

as Lady Gregory
Released: 1933-02-24

A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.

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Ace of Aces

as Mrs. Adams
Released: 1933-10-20

A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into...

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These Glamour Girls

as Carol's Mother Mrs. Christy (uncredited)
Released: 1939-08-18

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he...

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Professor Beware

as Railroad Information Clerk
Released: 1938-07-29

Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to...

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Kid Glove Killer

as Mrs. Daniels
Released: 1942-04-17

Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor...

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Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Irene Rhodes
Released: 1929-12-25

A writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six...

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Undercover Maisie

as Mrs. Georgia Lorrison
Released: 1947-03-01

Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department...

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The Vagabond Lover

as Mrs. Whittington Todhunter
Released: 1929-12-01

A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.

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When Tomorrow Comes

as Betty Dumont
Released: 1939-08-11

A famous concert pianist unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness falls in...

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Three Smart Girls Grow Up

as Dorothy Craig
Released: 1939-03-24

Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together,...

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The Common Law

as Yacht Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1931-07-17

When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent...

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Little Men

as Truant Officer
Released: 1940-11-29

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a...

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Young Man with Ideas

as Mrs. Jethrow (uncredited)
Released: 1952-05-02

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.

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That Hagen Girl

as Molly Freneau
Released: 1947-11-01

Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has...

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Hard to Get

as Mrs. Emmy Atwater (uncredited)
Released: 1938-11-05

When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by...

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They Call It Sin

as Mrs. Hollister
Released: 1932-11-05

An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted,...

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All of Me

as Mrs. Darrow
Released: 1934-02-01

A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend...

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Hush Money

as Mrs. Stockton (uncredited)
Released: 1931-07-05

Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by...

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The Bargain

as The Patroness
Released: 1931-07-23

A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.

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Going Highbrow

as Mrs. Marsh
Released: 1935-07-06

A ditzy wife yearns to join "high society" when she and her husband become suddenly wealthy. Comedy.

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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1931-10-10

A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in...

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The Hot Heiress

as Mrs. Hunter
Released: 1931-03-28

Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much...

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Take It or Leave It

as Mrs. Preston
Released: 1944-07-17

A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his...

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Murder in the Blue Room

as Linda Baldrich
Released: 1944-10-27

A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house...

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Flesh and Fury

as Mrs. Hackett
Released: 1952-06-26

Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired...

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Big Hearted Herbert

as Mrs. Goodrich
Released: 1934-10-06

After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective...

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Kathleen

as Mrs. Farrell
Released: 1941-12-18

Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother...

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Desirable

as Eve - aka Madame Françoise
Released: 1934-09-08

A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

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Follow That Woman

as Mrs. Henderson
Released: 1945-12-14

A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.

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Ever in My Heart

as Cousin Martha Sewell
Released: 1933-10-28

World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.

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Coronado

as Mrs. Gloria Marvin
Released: 1935-11-27

Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social...

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Don't Turn 'em Loose

as Helen Webster
Released: 1936-09-18

A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an...

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Their Mad Moment

as Suzanne Stanley
Released: 1931-07-12

Dorothy Mackaill stars in this old-fashioned melodrama set in the Basque country of Spain. She...

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45 Fathers

as Mrs. Carter
Released: 1937-11-26

An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them....

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Fugitive Lady

as Mrs. Brooks
Released: 1934-12-10

In this thriller, a young woman marries a dashing young man who, unbeknownst to her, is a jewel...

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The Public Defender

as Aunt Matilda
Released: 1931-08-01

A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who...

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Nancy Goes to Rio

as Mrs. Harrison
Released: 1950-03-10

Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.

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Red Salute

as Aunt Betty
Released: 1935-09-12

The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to...

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Extravagance

as Mrs. Kendall
Released: 1930-10-09

Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although...

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Sensation Hunters

as Mrs. Grayson
Released: 1933-08-30

Dale Jordan is first accepted by the aristocratic first-cabin passengers on a south-bound...

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Repent at Leisure

as Sally Baldwin
Released: 1941-04-04

Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's...

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Sauce for the Gander

as Mrs. Bentley
Released: 1940-02-10

Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute....

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Tanned Legs

as Mrs. Sophie Reynolds
Released: 1929-11-10

Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy...

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Humanity

as Mrs. James Pelton
Released: 1933-03-03

A doctor in New York City, who has had to raise his son without a mother since his wife died,...

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Blame It on Love

as Virginia Francis
Released: 1940-06-18

A short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges.

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