Acting
Winifred Allen
Born June 1, 1896 · New Rochelle, New York, USA
Died January 3, 1943 · aged 46
No biography available.
Known For
Seventeen · 1916Seventeen
1916
MovieComedyDrama
Seventeen year old William Sylvanus Baxter has fallen madly in love with young coquette, Lola Pratt. After spending all of his money on the fickle girl, she runs off with an older man. William now heartbroken, contemplates suicide, until a friend from childhood, May Parcher, pays a visit and William decides to fall in love with her.
When We Were Twenty-One · 1915When We Were Twenty-One
1915
MovieComedy
Richard "The Imp" Audaine is a clever but dissolute orphan whose guardian and friends are trying to lead him from the path of ruin and back to his senses.
Second Youth · 1924Second Youth
★ 10.01924
MovieComedyRomance
1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
For Valour · 1917For Valour
1917
MovieDramaWar
Melia Nobbs, a young Canadian woman, supports both her invalid father Ambrose and brother Henry. When Henry faces arrest for helping himself to his employer's cash, Melia steals the amount from the star of the theater where she has been dancing and offers it to her brother if he will enlist in the army. Henry agrees and goes off to war, making Ambrose proud of his son, but when Ambrose learns that his daughter has been arrested for theft, he disowns her. Melia does not reveal the reason for taking the money and is sent to prison. Meanwhile, Henry fights bravely in France and returns home minus an arm but wearing the Victoria Cross. He finds his sister, weak and worn from overwork, in the prison hospital. Seeing her brother with his medals, Melia realizes that her sacrifices for him and her country have not been in vain, and that in her own way, she has served her country.
From Two to Six · 1918From Two to Six
★ 7.01918
MovieComedyDrama
During World War I, John Stevens invents an anti-submarine device, but the plans are stolen by two German spies, the Baron von Wiederholtz and Madame Elsa, who flee to a New York hotel. Stevens' daughter Alice pursues the spies hoping to retrieve the plans.
The Man Hater · 1917The Man Hater
★ 8.01917
MovieComedyDrama
Phemie, an avowed man-hater, marries Joe, the village blacksmith.
A Successful Failure · 1917A Successful Failure
★ 10.01917
MovieComedy
The Woman and the Law · 1918The Woman and the Law
1918
MovieDrama
Jack La Salle marries South American heiress Blanquetta Del Castillo, and the two settle into a happy life in New York City. Following the birth of their son, Jack, Jr., however, Jack becomes involved in an affair with the notorious Josie Sabel and thereafter ignores his wife. Outraged upon learning that Jack has taken their son to Josie's apartment, Blanquetta files for divorce, the court finally ruling that the boy must live with each parent for a portion of the year. As the time of little Jack's departure from his father approaches, Jack, Sr. declares that he will never return the boy to his mother, whereupon the tortured Blanquetta shoots and kills her faithless husband.
Filmography
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Second Youth · 1924Second Youth
★ 10.01924
MovieComedyRomance
1924 silent comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
Phoebe Barney
The Man Hater · 1917The Man Hater
★ 8.01917
MovieComedyDrama
Phemie, an avowed man-hater, marries Joe, the village blacksmith.
Phemie Sanders
The Long Trail · 1917The Long Trail
1917
MovieDrama
Mitchette Dubois
