Constance Talmadge
Acting
Biography
Constance Alice Talmadge (April 19, 1898 – November 23, 1973) was an American silent movie star born in Brooklyn, New York. She was the sister of actresses Norma and Natalie Talmadge. Description above from the Wikipedia article Constance Talmadge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 17, 1898
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Seven Chances
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Her Night of Romance
An impoverished British lord (Paul Menford) impersonates a doctor in order to woo an ailing American heiress (Dorothy Adams). The lord is in it for love, but his business associate (Joe Diamond) smells money.
The Matrimaniac
A young couple attempts to elope, with the bride's irate father in hot pursuit. The train stops briefly and the young man dashes off to find a minister, but before he can get himself and the minister onto the train, it leaves, carrying his bride-to- be away. Now the young man, minister in tow, pursues his bride while her father and a horde of lawmen pursue them both.
Her Sister from Paris
Helen has a twin sister, who is a famous actress named "La Perry". Helen and her sister decide to trick Helen's husband to prove his love.
A Virtuous Vamp
A flirtatious young woman takes a job in a busy office, where her presence is terribly disruptive. None of the men in the office can concentrate on their jobs while her charms are on display. Of course, she sets her eye on the one man who seems oblivious to her.
The Egyptian Mummy
In order to make money, a man hires a bum to pretend to be a mummy, so he can sell the "body" for scientific experiments.
The Fall of Babylon
After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The first of the two was 'The Fall of Babylon', which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.
The Primitive Lover
A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome adventurer.
The Duchess of Buffalo
An American dancer on a tour of pre-Boleshevik Russia falls for a young army officer, and the feeling is mutual. However, the officer's father is the Grand Duke of Russia, and he has designs on the girl himself--not letting a minor detail like his already being married bother him--and refuses to let his son marry her.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Princess Beatrice Doriani
as Madeleine
as Carlotta
as Marian Duncan
as Helen / La Perry
as Girl in Car (uncredited)
as Patricia Stanhope
as Dorothy Adams
as Herself
as Jennie Wetherby
as Barbara Winslow
as Dulcy
as Self
as Ming Toy
as Phyllis Tomley
as Polly Meacham
as Josephine Gerson
as Rosalie Wayne
as Leila Calthorpe
as Eve Orrin
as Mary Wayne
as Mary Blake
as Barbara “Babs” Hardcastle
as Georgianna Chadbourne
as Billie Billings
as The Mountain Girl
as Geraldine Barker
as Barbara Townsend
as Suzanne Ercoll
as Arabella Cadenhouse
as Joan Ludlow
as Mabel Vere
as Mrs. Leffingwell
as Kitty Constable
as Mrs. Molly Thornhill
as Mrs. Richard
as Helen Drayton
as Sallie Waters
as Bettina Vandepoel
as Celia Laird
as Susan Lane
as Beatrix Vanderdyke
as Betsy Harlow
as Jessie West
as Marna Lewis
as Jessie Barton
as Marguerite de Navarre / The Mountain Girl
as Laura Haskins
as Constance
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Florence Hicks
as Winifred Osborne
as One of the Sisterhood