Jetta Goudal

Acting

Jetta Goudal

Born July 11, 1891 · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Died January 14, 1985 · aged 93

Jetta Goudal (July 12, 1891 – January 14, 1985) was a Dutch-born American actress, successful in Hollywood films of the silent film era. Goudal was born as Juliette Henriette Goudeket in 1891, the daughter of Geertruida (née Warradijn; 1866–1920) and Wolf Mozes Goudeket (1860–1942), a wealthy diamond cutter, in Amsterdam. She first appeared on Broadway in 1921, using the stage name Jetta Goudal.…

Known For

The SpaniardThe Spaniard · 1925
The Spaniard
8.01925
MovieDrama
In England, Don Pedro de Barrego meets Dolores Annesley, and he decides he must have her. Dolores, however, refuses to have anything to do with him. Later, when she visits Spain, she discovers he is a famous bullfighter.
The Bright ShawlThe Bright Shawl · 1923
The Bright Shawl
7.01923
MovieAdventureCrime
Charles Abbott is implicated in the death of his friend Escobar, brother to the woman he loves.
The Road to YesterdayThe Road to Yesterday · 1925
The Road to Yesterday
6.81925
MovieFantasyDrama
Malena's apparent frigidity toward her husband Kenneth is a result of injustice done in an earlier incarnation when he was a knight and she was a gypsy headed for burning at the stake. This becomes evident when their unconscious minds travel back from a train wreck in the American plains to Elizabethan England.
Salome of the TenementsSalome of the Tenements · 1925
Salome of the Tenements
10.01925
MovieDramaRomance
A young East Side Jewish reporter gets into a sticky situation when she finds that her new beau is indicting a banker she owes money to.
The Great ChaseThe Great Chase · 1962
The Great Chase
6.41962
MovieDocumentary
A rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences
Lady of the PavementsLady of the Pavements · 1929
Lady of the Pavements
5.21929
MovieDrama
Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him. He tells her that he would rather marry a "girl of the streets" than her. Outraged, Diane decides to grant his wish, and enlists the services of a Spanish singer/dancer from a disreputable nightclub to pose as a sophisticated, convent-educated singer, and surreptitiously arranges for her to meet Karl.
White GoldWhite Gold · 1927
White Gold
6.51927
MovieDramaWestern
A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father's ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to her.
The Green GoddessThe Green Goddess · 1923
The Green Goddess
7.01923
MovieAdventureDrama
The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it stars George Arliss as the Rajah of Rukh, into whose land arrive three British subjects, played by Alice Joyce, David Powell, and Harry T. Morey.

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Open All NightOpen All Night · 1924
Open All Night
8.51924
MovieComedy
Therese Duverne (Viola Dana) is bored with her even-tempered husband, Edmond (Adolphe Menjou). Isabelle Fevre (Gale Henry) suggests that Edmond go to the bicycle races and stay out all night. Then she takes Therese there and introduces her to manly Petit Mathieu, one of the racers (Maurice B. Flynn). Since he has just quarreled with his sweetheart, Lea (Jetta Goudal), he is glad to have Therese's attention and offers to run away with her after he wins the six-day race. Lea, meanwhile, is spending her time with Edmond. Therese eventually decides she doesn't care for brutes like Mathieu, and Edmond gains a temper and wins his wife back. Lea and Mathieu are reunited, while Isabelle goes back to helping her own alcoholic sweetheart, Igor (Raymond Griffith), break into the movies.

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