Alice Terry
Acting
Biography
Alice Terry (born Alice Frances Taaffe) was an American screen actress, a star throughout most of the 1920s. She was the wife of acclaimed film director Rex Ingram.
Born: July 22, 1899
Place of Birth: Vincennes, Indiana, USA
Known For
Scaramouche
A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identity of Scaramouche the clown.
Confessions of a Queen
The King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora. Revolted, she turns to Prince Alexei for friendship. Turmoil increases as a revolution demands the abdication of the King and the Queen opposes this decision.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.
Old Wives for New
Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.
The Prisoner of Zenda
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
The Magician
A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine.
The Conquering Power
Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fortune. He and his cousin Eugenie fall in love, but his uncle sends him away and tries to arrange a marriage more to his liking (and profit!). Will true love triumph?
Mare Nostrum
The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.
The Three Passions
A Lord's son aids a seaman's mission but returns to save his sick father's shipyard from strikers.
The Valley of the Giants
Rival logging companies battle for the Valley of the Giants (redwood trees) when a young engineer returns home to help his father by building a new rail line to transport the logs to the sawmill. A romance between the engineer and the rival's niece complicates the situations.
Filmography
as Lady Victoria Burlington
as Domini Enfilden
as Felicia
as Margaret Dauncey
as Freya Talberg
as Ellen Linden
as Frederika / The Queen
as Joan Freeman
as Ruth Jordan
as Mary Hilbert
as Aline de Kercadiou
as Matilda Spener
as Princess Flavia
as Elsie Tillinger
as Eugenie Grandet
as Marguerite Laurier
as Mrs. Cardigan
as Elsie Strong
as Jocelyn Miller
as Charlotte Bernier
as Saleslady
as Penelope Winthrop
as Extra (uncredited)
as Anita Thomas
as Marjory Howe
as Daisy
as Extra (uncredited)