Priscilla Dean

Acting

Priscilla Dean

Born November 25, 1896 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Died December 27, 1987 · aged 91

No biography available.

Known For

DriftingDrifting · 1923
Drifting
★ 7.01923
MovieDrama
An American girl who helps operate a Shanghai opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.
The Two-Soul WomanThe Two-Soul Woman · 1918
The Two-Soul Woman
1918
MovieDramaMystery
Two men, one of them a villainous hypnotist, contend for the same woman, unaware that she suffers from dual personality disorder.
Slipping WivesSlipping Wives · 1927
Slipping Wives
★ 5.21927
MovieComedy
Neglected by her husband, our heroine decides to make him jealous by getting the handyman to play a literary genius at a party and flirt with her.
The Siren Of SevilleThe Siren Of Seville · 1924
The Siren Of Seville
★ 10.01924
MovieDramaRomance
Young Gallito (Allan Forrest) wants very badly to become a matador. His sweetheart, Dolores (Priscilla Dean), does everything she can to help him and she wheedles Pedro, a renowned bullfighter (Matthew Betz), into helping him, too. Gallito becomes a success, but he is vamped by Ardita (Claire Delorez) after Pedro is killed in the ring.
Outside the LawOutside the Law · 1921
Outside the Law
★ 6.21921
MovieCrimeDrama
Silent Madden and his daughter Molly have left the criminal underworld of San Francisco thanks to the wise teachings of Chang Low, a Confucian master. But the evil Black Mike Sylva is determined to frame Madden to avenge a mistake from the past…
The Hand That Rocks the CradleThe Hand That Rocks the Cradle · 1917
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917
MovieDrama
A doctor's wife is arrested for educating impoverished women about birth control.
She Hired a HusbandShe Hired a Husband · 1918
She Hired a Husband
1918
MovieComedyDrama
Daphne Trowbridge, an impulsive and obstinate but nonetheless kindhearted young woman, lives with her aunt and uncle on their country estate. Daphne falls in love with Tom Dunstan, but when she learns that Mrs. Trowbridge favors the young man, she deserts him, whereupon he departs for the woods brokenhearted. Because her aunt dislikes Gerald, Daphne accepts his proposal, but on the day of the wedding, she discovers that Mrs. Trowbridge has liked him from the beginning. Furious at her aunt's scheming, Daphne hires the first man she meets, who happens to be a heavily bearded lumberman, to marry her and then leave. Later, however, her hired husband abducts her to his cabin in the woods, where he eventually succeeds in taming her. After he rescues her from two lecherous lumberjacks, Daphne discovers that her husband is Tom, whom she had loved all along.
White TigerWhite Tiger · 1923
White Tiger
★ 5.31923
MovieDramaCrime
International crooks Sylvia, Roy and 'Count Donelli' come to America and cooperate to rob wealthy homes by using a gimmick known as a chess-playing machine. Sylvia and Roy soon learn the truth about not only themselves but also their partner-in-crime.

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She Hired a HusbandShe Hired a Husband · 1918
She Hired a Husband
1918
MovieComedyDrama
Daphne Trowbridge, an impulsive and obstinate but nonetheless kindhearted young woman, lives with her aunt and uncle on their country estate. Daphne falls in love with Tom Dunstan, but when she learns that Mrs. Trowbridge favors the young man, she deserts him, whereupon he departs for the woods brokenhearted. Because her aunt dislikes Gerald, Daphne accepts his proposal, but on the day of the wedding, she discovers that Mrs. Trowbridge has liked him from the beginning. Furious at her aunt's scheming, Daphne hires the first man she meets, who happens to be a heavily bearded lumberman, to marry her and then leave. Later, however, her hired husband abducts her to his cabin in the woods, where he eventually succeeds in taming her. After he rescues her from two lecherous lumberjacks, Daphne discovers that her husband is Tom, whom she had loved all along.

Daphne Trowbridge

The Danger GirlThe Danger Girl · 1926
The Danger Girl
★ 8.01926
MovieDrama
Wilson Travers and his brother, Mortimer, live singular lives, interested only in their respective hobbies of collecting rare gems and even rarer tropical fish. The police learn that jewel thieves are planning to knock over the Wilson gem collection, and the brothers take precautions. One evening, Marie Duquesne, dressed as a bride, appeals to the brothers to help her avoid a distasteful marriage to an old man. The brothers let her stay the night; Mortimer resents her presence, but Wilson falls in love with her. The following morning, the butler tells Wilson that, suspicious of Marie's nocturnal prowling, he has called the police; and a policeman soon arrives and takes her into custody. That night the butler is prevented from looting the safe by Marie, who has returned to the house. Marie, who is a detective, sees to the arrest of the butler and then turns her attentions to Wilson.

Marie Duquesne