Mary Philbin

Acting

Mary Philbin

Born July 16, 1902 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died May 7, 1993 · aged 90

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Loretta Philbin (July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993) was an American film actress of the silent film era, who is best known for playing the roles of Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite Lon Chaney, and as Dea in The Man Who Laughs. Both roles cast her as the beauty in Beauty and the Beast type stories.

Known For

The Phantom of the OperaThe Phantom of the Opera · 1925
The Phantom of the Opera
★ 7.11925
MovieHorror
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
The Man Who LaughsThe Man Who Laughs · 1928
The Man Who Laughs
★ 7.31928
MovieDramaRomance
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
Hollywood StoryHollywood Story · 1951
Hollywood Story
★ 6.71951
MovieMysteryThriller
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.
Foolish WivesFoolish Wives · 1922
Foolish Wives
★ 6.51922
MovieDramaThriller
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
Merry-Go-RoundMerry-Go-Round · 1923
Merry-Go-Round
★ 6.21923
MovieDramaRomance
A nobleman posing as a necktie salesman falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, although he's already wed to the daughter of his country's war minister.
Universal HorrorUniversal Horror · 1998
Universal Horror
★ 7.11998
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
The Last PerformanceThe Last Performance · 1929
The Last Performance
★ 6.51929
MovieDramaHorror
A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is in love with the magician's young protege, who turns out to be a bum and a thief.
The Shannons of BroadwayThe Shannons of Broadway · 1929
The Shannons of Broadway
★ 8.01929
MovieComedy
The Shannons, a vaudeville act, are performing in a New England town when the local hotel owner barges in and yanks his daughter Tessie, who is in the audience with her boyfriend Chuck, out of the theater. Young Mickey Shannon confronts the father, and the upshot is that Chuck's wealthy father threatens to foreclose on the hotel. The Shannons wind up buying the hotel, but it turns out not to be quite the deal they thought it was.

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