Lillian Worth

Acting

Lillian Worth

Born June 24, 1884 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died February 23, 1952 · aged 67

Lillian Worth (stage name), born Lillian Burgher Murphy, (June 24, 1884 – February 23, 1952) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1913 and 1937. Lillian Murphy was born on June 24, 1884, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Katherine Stahler and John B. Murphy. After she married in 1905, she began using her husband's surname as her stage name; and by 1909 she, as Lillian Wi…

Known For

Other Men's WomenOther Men's Women · 1931
Other Men's Women
5.71931
MovieDramaRomance
The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife.
The Docks of New YorkThe Docks of New York · 1928
The Docks of New York
6.91928
MovieDramaRomance
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
Stars Over BroadwayStars Over Broadway · 1935
Stars Over Broadway
5.61935
MovieDramaRomance
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Private NumberPrivate Number · 1936
Private Number
6.71936
MovieDramaRomance
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.
Dangerous ParadiseDangerous Paradise · 1930
Dangerous Paradise
4.21930
MovieCrimeDrama
Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...
The Foolish AgeThe Foolish Age · 1921
The Foolish Age
9.01921
MovieComedy
After graduating from college, rich girl Margery Carr decides to do some good in the world. Much to the chagrin of her father, she decides to open an office to help derelicts. For her secretary, she picks an ex-gangster named Bubbs out of the throng.
The White AngelThe White Angel · 1936
The White Angel
7.21936
MovieDrama
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.
StrandedStranded · 1935
Stranded
6.01935
MovieRomanceDrama
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.

Movies

Other Men's WomenOther Men's Women · 1931
Other Men's Women
5.71931
MovieDramaRomance
The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife.
The Docks of New YorkThe Docks of New York · 1928
The Docks of New York
6.91928
MovieDramaRomance
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
Stars Over BroadwayStars Over Broadway · 1935
Stars Over Broadway
5.61935
MovieDramaRomance
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Private NumberPrivate Number · 1936
Private Number
6.71936
MovieDramaRomance
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.
Dangerous ParadiseDangerous Paradise · 1930
Dangerous Paradise
4.21930
MovieCrimeDrama
Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...
The Foolish AgeThe Foolish Age · 1921
The Foolish Age
9.01921
MovieComedy
After graduating from college, rich girl Margery Carr decides to do some good in the world. Much to the chagrin of her father, she decides to open an office to help derelicts. For her secretary, she picks an ex-gangster named Bubbs out of the throng.
The White AngelThe White Angel · 1936
The White Angel
7.21936
MovieDrama
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.
StrandedStranded · 1935
Stranded
6.01935
MovieRomanceDrama
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
Tarzan the TigerTarzan the Tiger · 1929
Tarzan the Tiger
4.71929
MovieAdventure
After Tarzan's estate is destroyed by Arabs Jane is sold into slavery by a man posing as a friendly scientist. Tarzan develops amnesia after a blow to the head. When he recovers his memory (from a later blow) he defeats the villain, recovers the fabulous jewels of Opar, and rescues Jane.
Race MemoriesRace Memories · 1913
Race Memories
10.01913
MovieDrama
Denton, an anthropologist of note, meets by accident a new neighbor, an attractive girl, whose father insists upon her marriage to a man whom he favors because of his wealth. Denton and the girl are mutually attracted and to Denton comes a vague but haunting belief that they have met before. Worn out by overstudy, he becomes seriously ill with rain fever and the mind pictures he has of his fair neighbor fade into a vision of a prehistoric existence, where he wanders as a stone age savage, meets and loves the girl of his heart, who also lives in that strange world. There also is the conflict between wealth and poverty, the father's choice opposed to the daughter's. The prehistoric Denton finally wins out after struggling with a savage rival and wild beasts as well. Just so the modern Denton finally conquers over his modem rival.
Her AtonementHer Atonement · 1915
Her Atonement
1915
MovieWestern
Owner of a fashionable gambling den John De Forrest seeks out wealthy people and lures them to his gambling den with the help of Lil, a beautiful but heartless blonde once there they trick the moneyed suckers into losing their fortunes. When the joint is raided and a policeman accidently killed the pair take it on the lam and head towards very different destinies.
Maybe It's LoveMaybe It's Love · 1935
Maybe It's Love
7.01935
MovieRomanceComedy
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
The Fatal FortuneThe Fatal Fortune · 1919
The Fatal Fortune
9.01919
MovieActionAdventure
A young newspaperwoman travels to a South Seas island to search for buried treasure.
CarnivalCarnival · 1935
Carnival
8.01935
MovieRomanceComedy
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His father-in-law and the baby's grandfather sues him for custody of the baby and Chick takes his son and hides out for a couple of years. He joins his former assistants, Daisy and "Fingers", in a circus act only to find that the persistent grandfather is still on his trail.
Stairs of SandStairs of Sand · 1929
Stairs of Sand
1929
MovieRomanceWestern
An outlaw with a Heart of Gold sacrificing his own life for the happiness of two young people in love.
The Adventures of TarzanThe Adventures of Tarzan · 1921
The Adventures of Tarzan
6.61921
MovieAdventureAction
Tarzan spurns the love of La, Queen of Opar. When he isn't trying to keep the Bolshevik Rokoff and Clayton (pretender to the Greystoke estate) from reaching Opar, he is attacked simultaneously by two lions, dropped into a pit when a volcano splits the ground, nearly sacrificed by sun worshipers, and so on.
UpstreamUpstream · 1927
Upstream
6.11927
MovieComedyDrama
A silent comedy set in an actor's boardinghouse. Some plot points are seemingly inspired by the Barrymore dynasty.
The Fighting SheriffThe Fighting Sheriff · 1931
The Fighting Sheriff
10.01931
MovieWestern
A dying Jack makes Bob and Flash promise not to tell his sister that he was an outlaw. When Bob confronts Flash with his muffler found at the stage holdup, Flash tells Mary that Bob killed her brother. Believing he can now marry Mary, he plans one more robbery. But the jealous Tiana overhears and runs for the Sheriff.
The Girl with the Jazz HeartThe Girl with the Jazz Heart · 1921
The Girl with the Jazz Heart
10.01921
MovieComedy
When Miriam Smith's devoutly religious aunt and uncle insist that she marry pious Simeon Althoff, she answers an ad in a matrimonial newspaper and runs away to New York to meet her correspondent. Upon learning that Miles Sprague, the man in the ad, is coming to claim her, Miriam gets cold feet and begs her experienced friend Kittie Swasher, the hotel telephone operator, for help. When Miles arrives, Kittie pretends that she is Miriam and the three go to a cabaret. Meanwhile, the detectives employed by Miriam's aunt and uncle to bring her home appear and arrest Kittie, thinking that she's Miriam. Simeon arrives soon after and identifies the real Miriam, who is then taken home and locked in her room. Kittie and Miles follow and rescue Miriam, who realizes that she has fallen in love with the man from her ad.
The Shadow of Rosalie ByrnesThe Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes · 1920
The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes
10.01920
MovieCrimeDrama
Leontine Maddern is a self-centered, unscrupulous actress, while her twin sister Leona is a serious and compassionate artist. Because of a scandal in which Leontine was involved, Leona uses her mother's maiden name of Rosalie Byrnes. Rosalie meets and falls in love with Lt. Gerald Cromwell and after they marry, Cromwell is sent overseas. His family, desiring that Gerald marry wealth, approaches Leontine and, mistaking her for Rosalie, offers to buy her off, and she accepts.
In Search of a SinnerIn Search of a Sinner · 1920
In Search of a Sinner
7.01920
MovieComedyRomance
Georgiana Chadbourne is a young widow. Her dead husband was such a straight arrow that it bored her, and after a proper enough mourning period, she goes out in search of adventure. She gets in trouble for picking flowers in Central Park, but is rescued by Jack Garrison, who she mistakes for an artistic, bohemian type of character.
Rustlers' RanchRustlers' Ranch · 1926
Rustlers' Ranch
8.01926
MovieWestern
Lee Crush, an out-of-work cowhand, gets into a fight with Bull Dozier and knocks him through a railing. Thinking he has killed the man, Lee takes to his heels and finds work on the Shawn ranch. Lee prevents Clem Allen from swindling the Widow Shawn and falls in love with her daughter, Mary.
The Lady from LongacreThe Lady from Longacre · 1921
The Lady from Longacre
7.01921
MovieDrama
To escape a loathsome marriage to the king of a neighboring principality, Princess Isabel flees her kingdom for England, where she is rescued by Lord Anthony Conway. His friends are distressed by his gay escapades, and they rebel when he encourages them to entertain the princess, assuming her to be an actress whom she strongly resembles. Returning to her country with the Englishman, she realizes that she must marry the neighboring king to save her country.
Won by LawWon by Law · 1925
Won by Law
9.01925
MovieComedy
Wanda Wiley stars as a very slow and lazy daughter in this excellent Century short. She gets servants to feed her and even plays tennis sitting in a chair. One day she decides to wake up to win the man she loves by going on an outdoor adventure that involves skunks and moonshiners!