Acting
Elsie Ferguson
Born August 19, 1883 · New York City, New York, USA
Died November 5, 1961 · aged 78
From Wikipedia Elsie Louise Ferguson (August 19, 1883 – November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. At the peak of her popularity, several film studios offered her a contract but she declined them all until widely respected New York-based French director, Maurice Tourneur, proposed she appear in the lead role as a sophisticated patrician in his 1917 silent film, Barbary Sheep. She…
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Under the Greenwood Tree · 1918Under the Greenwood Tree
1918
MovieDrama
Acting on her love of nature and loathing of titled fortune hunters, heiress Mary Hamilton leaves home with her secretary, Peggy Ingledew, to join a band of roving gypsies. One of Mary's suitors, Sir Kenneth Graham, follows the two young women into the woods, dressed in gypsy garb, but when Jack Hutton decides to rid his forested land of gypsies, Sir Kenneth is thrown into jail.
Footlights · 1921Footlights
★ 7.01921
MovieDrama
Exotic Russian actress Lisa Parsinova tires of her glamorous life on the New York stage and returns, under her actual identity as Lizzie Parsons, to her small New England hometown. But she is pursued by a young man who is in love with the famed Russian alter ego.
The Witness for the Defense · 1919The Witness for the Defense
★ 7.01919
MovieDrama
Stella Derrick and Dick Hazelwood love each other, but their families want them to make better financial matches.
Scarlet Pages · 1930Scarlet Pages
★ 7.01930
MovieActionRomance
Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does not know can find a way to save her.
A Doll's House · 1918A Doll's House
1918
MovieDrama
Differing considerably from Henrik Ibsen's classic play, the basic story of a woman who forges her father's name and comes to grief therefore is retained.
Barbary Sheep · 1917Barbary Sheep
1917
MovieDrama
Arriving with her husband in Arabia, Katherine Wyvrne is ready for romantic times in the exotic Middle East, but her aristocratic husband prefers to be out hunting "Barbara sheep" than fulfilling his wife's desires. She soon meets up with the dashing Arab chief Benchaalai and falls for his charms, but he has a much more sinister goal in mind for her than romance.
Sacred and Profane Love · 1921Sacred and Profane Love
★ 7.01921
MovieDramaRomance
Carlotta Peel, who though sheltered from the facts of life by her Victorian aunt has acquired some knowledge from indiscriminate reading, meets Diaz, a celebrated pianist, at a concert and spends the evening with him. Later, in London, she acquires fame as a novelist and is followed to France by married publisher Frank Ispenlove, who commits suicide when she spurns him. In Paris, Carlotta finds Diaz a physical wreck from drinking absinthe and devotes herself to his regeneration.
Rose of the World · 1918Rose of the World
1918
MovieDrama
In India, Rosamond English learns that her husband, Capt. Harry English, has been killed in battle. After a time, she marries Sir Arthur Gerardine but is unable to forget her first husband, and gradually her love for him is rekindled, especially when she contrasts him to the pompous and elderly Sir Arthur.
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The Avalanche · 1919The Avalanche
1919
MovieDramaMystery
A woman with a gambling addiction finds that her daughter is threatened by the same tendencies.
Chichita / Madame Delano / Helene
Lady Rose's Daughter · 1920Lady Rose's Daughter
★ 10.01920
MovieDrama
Julie le Breton is the illegitimate daughter of Lady Rose, whose own background resembles that of her daughter. Julie is buffeted by the ill treatment of her mother's family and nearly ruined by a fortune hunter, but her own resources and goodness stand her in good stead.
Julie le Breton / Lady Rose / Lady Maude













