Known For
Acting
Known Credits
92
Gender
Female
Birthday
September 28, 1886 (139 years old)
Place of Birth
Worcester - Massachusetts - USA
From Wikipedia
Alice Hollister (September 28, 1886 – February 24, 1973) was an American silent film actress who appeared in 85 films between 1911 and 1925.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she is believed to have been the daughter of French-Canadian immigrants. In 1903, at age seventeen, she married George K. Hollister who a few years later became a pioneer cinematographer with Kalem Studios in New York City. They had a daughter, Doris Ethel, born in 1906, and George Jr., born in 1908.
When Kalem Studios began sending a film crew to Florida in the wintertime, Alice Hollister accompanied her husband. She began appearing in film in 1911, at first because of the small crew and the frequent need for a female in a bit part. However, she liked acting and went on to appear in many films, the last in 1925.
One of Hollister's most important roles was that of Mary Magdalene in the film From the Manger to the Cross (1912). Filmed on location in Palestine, this film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
The Vampire (1913) made her the first recognized vamp in cinema, predating Theda Bara in A Fool There Was (1915). For that role, she was dubbed "the original vampire". She reprised the character in The Vampire's Trail (1914) and The Lotus Woman (1916), her last film for Kalem.
Alice Hollister's husband died in 1952 and she died in 1973, aged 86, in Costa Mesa, California. They are interred together in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Solace at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
| 1925 | The Dancersas Mrs. Mayne | |
| 1924 | Married Flirtsas Mrs. Callender | |
| 1922 | The Forgotten Lawas Rosalie | |
| 1921 | A Wise Foolas Carmen Dolores | |
| 1921 | A Voice in the Darkas Amelia Ellingham | |
| 1920 | The Great Loveras Bianca | |
| 1920 | Milestonesas Gertrude Rhead | |
| 1918 | Loaded Diceas | |
| 1918 | The Knifeas Stella Hill | |
| 1918 | A Son of Strifeas Xenia Vaskova | |
| 1917 | Her Better Selfas Aggie May | |
| 1916 | The Lotus Womanas Juana | |
| 1915 | The Money Gulfas Ruth Mason | |
| 1915 | The Sign of the Broken Shacklesas Irene Cross - a Tenant | |
| 1915 | The Net of Deceitas Gabrielle - an Adventuress | |
| 1915 | The Man in Hidingas Ruth - Tom's Sweetheart | |
| 1915 | The Maker of Dreamsas Lorna Greene - the Daughter | |
| 1915 | The Crooked Pathas Mary - an Orphan | |
| 1915 | Don Caesar de Bazanas Maritana | |
| 1915 | Honor Thy Fatheras Alma Fenway - Chick's Wife | |
| 1915 | The Haunting Fearas Katherine | |
| 1915 | A Sister's Burdenas Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter | |
| 1915 | The Destroyeras Cherie - a Dancer | |
| 1915 | The Siren's Reignas Grace - a Soubrette | |
| 1915 | The Stolen Rubyas Marcia Judson - an Adventuress | |
| 1915 | The Scorpion's Stingas Lyda Marston - the Daughter | |
| 1914 | The Hate That Withersas Iola Neville - a Flirt | |
| 1914 | The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnetas Jessica Spear - an Adventuress | |
| 1914 | Her Bitter Lessonas Mrs. Evelyn Dane | |
| 1914 | The Man of Ironas Margery Stanley - the Daughter | |
| 1914 | A Midnight Tragedyas Marjory Priestman - the Wife | |
| 1914 | The Menace of Fateas Ethel WIlton - the Daughter, age 19 | |
| 1914 | The False Guardianas Helen Graham - an Orphan | |
| 1914 | Seed and the Harvestas Ida McIntyre - Lawyer | |
| 1914 | Into the Depthsas | |
| 1914 | The Devil's Dansantas Valerie Farrar - the Wife | |
| 1914 | The Hand of Fateas Florence - a Stenographer | |
| 1914 | The Barefoot Boyas Eleanor Hastings - the Mother | |
| 1914 | The Brandas Rose Hayden - a Girl of the Slums | |
| 1914 | The Storm at Seaas Jane | |
| 1914 | The Vampire's Trailas Rita Caselli - a Cabaret Singer | |
| 1914 | Kit, the Arkansaw Traveleras Mary Redding - Kit's Wife | |
| 1914 | Through the Flamesas Marion Hall - Donald's Wife | |
| 1914 | The Show Girl's Gloveas Stella Desmond - the Show Girl | |
| 1914 | The Treasure Shipas Beth Bascom - the Daughter | |
| 1914 | Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebecas Katherine Lowther | |
| 1914 | A Celebrated Caseas | |
| 1914 | The Cabaret Danceras Martha - Don's Sweetheart | |
| 1914 | The Shadowas Jane Dean - the Daughter | |
| 1914 | Her Husband's Friendas Alice Lund - the Wife | |
| 1913 | Frayed Fagin's Adventuresas | |
| 1913 | The Padrone's Plotas Tony's Wife | |
| 1913 | Primitive Manas Betty - a Girl of the Mountains | |
| 1913 | The Vampireas Sybil | |
| 1913 | The Hobo and the Mythas | |
| 1913 | The Fatal Legacyas Maud Halleck - Jack's Wife | |
| 1913 | The Bribeas Dora Malcolm | |
| 1913 | The Blind Basket Weaveras Anna - Paul's Crippled Sweetheart | |
| 1913 | A Virginia Feudas Rose McDonald | |
| 1913 | The Lost Diamondas Nancy - the Accomplice | |
| 1913 | A Stolen Identityas Mildred Anderson | |
| 1913 | The Hidden Witnessas Bernice Hamilton - the Governess | |
| 1913 | Shenandoahas Mrs. Constance Haverhill | |
| 1913 | The Wheel of Deathas Mary Brown - the Wife | |
| 1913 | The Terror of Conscienceas Carmela - the Street Singer | |
| 1913 | A Victim of Heredityas Jane - the Thief's Daughter | |
| 1913 | Man's Greed for Goldas Mrs. Carter | |
| 1913 | The Alienas Josina - Paola's Wife | |
| 1913 | The Scimitar of the Prophetas Doris Harris - his wife | |
| 1913 | A Mississippi Tragedyas | |
| 1913 | The Wartime Sirenas Rosalie Ashby | |
| 1913 | The Message of the Palmsas Lovie Carlton - the Colonel's Daughter | |
| 1913 | The Peril of the Dance Hallas Pepita Florenti | |
| 1913 | The Prosecuting Attorneyas The Attorney's Wife | |
| 1913 | A Desperate Chanceas Ruth - the Telegraph Operator | |
| 1913 | A Sawmill Hazardas Alice Hollister | |
| 1912 | The Shaughraunas Moyra | |
| 1912 | Ireland, the Oppressedas Peggy | |
| 1912 | The Little Gluersas Nora Drew | |
| 1912 | From the Manger to the Crossas Mary Magdalene | |
| 1912 | The Poacher's Pardonas Dora - the Gamekeeper's Daughter | |
| 1912 | A Prisoner of the Haremas Zorah | |
| 1912 | Tragedy of the Desertas Zenab, The Arab Girl | |
| 1912 | An Arabian Tragedyas Hanifi (Slave Girl) Ayub's 2nd Wife | |
| 1912 | Dust of the Desertas | |
| 1912 | Far from Erin's Isleas | |
| 1912 | Vagabondsas Jane | |
| 1912 | Driving Home the Cowsas | |
| 1911 | The Fishermaid of Ballydavidas Policeman's Wife | |
| 1911 | The Colleen Bawnas Anne Chute | |
| 1911 | The Fiddler’s Requiemas Bridesmaid | |
| 1911 | By a Woman's Witas Pamela |