Portrait of Esther Ralston

Esther Ralston

Acting

Biography

Esther Ralston (September 17th, 1902- January 14th, 1994) was an American silent film star. She began her career as a child actress in a family vaudeville act named "The Ralston Family with Baby Esther, America's Youngest Juliet". She then went on to appear in a few small silent film roles, including one alongside her brother in the 1920 film adaptation of Huckleberry Finn. Ralston gained attention as Mrs. Darling in the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan. Her most well known sound picture was To the Last Man in 1933.

Born: September 17, 1902

Place of Birth: Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

Filmography

1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as Self (archive footage)

1946
Jungle Terror

as Valarie Shields

1940
San Francisco Docks

as Frances March

1940
Tin Pan Alley

as Nora Bayes

1938
Slander House

as Ruth De Milo

1938
Letter of Introduction

as Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited)

1938
The Spy Ring

as Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton)

1937
The Mysterious Pilot

as Vivian McNain

1937
Jungle Menace

as Valerie Shields

1937
As Good as Married

as Miss Danforth

1936
We're in the Legion Now

as Louise Rillette

1936
Reunion

as Janet Fair

1936
Hollywood Boulevard

as Flora Moore

1936
1935
Forced Landing

as Ruby Anatole

1935
Streamline Express

as Elaine Vincent

1935
1935
Shadows of the Orient

as Viola Avery

1935
1935
Mister Dynamite

as Charmian Dvorjak

1934
1934
The Marines Are Coming

as Dorothy Manning

1934
Romance in the Rain

as Gwen de la Rue

1934
Sadie McKee

as Dolly

1933
By Candlelight

as Baroness von Ballin

1933
To the Last Man

as Ellen Colby

1933
Black Beauty

as Leila Lambert

1932
After the Ball

as Elissa Strange

1932
Rome Express

as Asta Marvelle

1931
The Prodigal

as Antonia Farraday

1931
Lonely Wives

as Madeline Smith

1929
The Mighty

as Louise Patterson

1929
The Wheel of Life

as Ruth Dangan

1929
Betrayal

as Vroni

1929
1928
Half a Bride

as Patience Winslow

1928
Something Always Happens

as Diana Mallory

1928
Love and Learn

as Nancy Blair

1927
The Spotlight

as Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova

1927
Figures Don't Lie

as Janet Wells

1927
1927
Children of Divorce

as Jean Waddington

1927
Fashions for Women

as Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry

1926
1926
The Quarterback

as Louise Mason

1926
The Blind Goddess

as Moira Devens

1926
The American Venus

as Mary Gray

1925
Womanhandled

as Molly Martin

1925
A Kiss for Cinderella

as Fairy Godmother

1925
The Best People

as Alice O'Neil

1925
The Lucky Devil

as Doris McDee

1925
Beggar on Horseback

as Cynthia Mason

1925
The Goose Hangs High

as Dagmar Carroll

1925
The Little French Girl

as Toppie Westmacott

1924
Peter Pan

as Mrs. Darling

1924
$50,000 Reward

as Carolyn Jordan

1924
Wolves of the North

as Madge Chester

1924
1924
The Heart Buster

as Rose Hillyer

1924
Fight and Win

as Holly Malloy

1924
The Marriage Circle

as Miss Hofer

1923
Pure Grit

as Stella Bolling

1923
The Wild Party

as Bess Furth

1923
Blinky

as Mary Lou Kileen

1923
Railroaded

as Joan Dunster

1923
The Victor

as Chewing gum baron's daughter

1923
The Phantom Fortune

as Mary Rogers

1923
The Prisoner

as Marie

1922
Oliver Twist

as Rose Maylie

1922
Remembrance

as Beatrice

1922
Daring Danger

as Ethel Stanton

1921
Crossing Trails

as Helen Stratton

1921
The Kid

as Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

1920
Whispering Devils

as Rose Gibbard

1920
The Butterfly Man

as (uncredited)

1920
Huckleberry Finn

as Mary Jane Wilks