List of surviving silent film actors
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This article lists the known surviving silent film actors, including those with uncredited roles. The first sound film was released in 1927 and the silent film era ended in about 1929.[1] All of the surviving silent actors were child actors.
Living
| Name | Date of birth and age | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Carlisle | February 3, 1914 | American actress who had a small role in the 1923 film Long Live the King with Jackie Coogan, her only silent film appearance.[2] |
| simple | June 4, 1914 | American bit actor and dancer whose fifty-year career began with small uncredited roles in two high-profile, Oscar-winning silent films: Underworld (1927) and The Last Command (1928).[3] |
| Fay McKenzie | February 19, 1918 | American actress who appeared in her first film in 1918, at the age of ten weeks. Was in five more silent films from the age of 3 to 8.[4] |
| Diana Serra Cary | October 29, 1918 | American child star under the name "Baby Peggy". Her first movie was in 1921. One of the two most popular child actors of her era, along with Jackie Coogan.[5] Had a less successful career as an adult actor.[6] |
| Dorothy Morrison | January 3, 1919 | American child actress who appeared in three Our Gang silent films, and one Charley Chase short. Her first movie was in 1923.[7] |
| Louise Watson | November 22, 1919 | American child actress who debuted in 1925 [1] along with Billy and Garry, the last of nine Watson siblings. |
| Lassie Lou Ahern | June 25, 1920 | American child actress who appeared in 23 silent films, including seven Our Gang shorts.[8] |
| Jack C. Edwards (IMDb) | September 26, 1920 | American silent film actor who appeared in three silent films, two of them with Harold Lloyd[9] |
| Billy Watson | December 25, 1923 | American child actor who debuted in 1925 [2] along with his siblings, Louise and Garry, the last of nine Watson siblings. |
| Kathleen O'Malley | March 31, 1924 | American actress who made her screen debut as an infant in the 1926 film My Old Dutch.[10] |
| Donnie Smith (IMDb) | September 17, 1924 | American child actor who appeared in the silent Our Gang films Fair and Muddy (1928), Little Mother and Cat, Dog & Co.[11] |
| Mildred Kornman | July 10, 1925 | American child actress who appeared in eighteen silent Our Gang films as an extra.[12] |
Possibly living
No known sources confirm or deny the following silent era actresses' deaths:
- Vonda Phelps (year of birth unknown), American child stage actress and dancer of the 1920s; appeared in two silent films in 1922.
See also
References
- ↑ Pierce, David. The Survival of American Silent Feature Films, 1896–1929. Library of Congress, 2005. ISBN 978-1932326390
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- ↑ http://breakingnewsday.org/article/the-return-of-baby-peggy
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- ↑ Donnie Smith at Lordheath
- ↑ Silent Stars Speak: Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers
External links
- "Living Silent Film Stars", accessed March 13, 2010.
