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Alice Hollister

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
92

Gender
Female

Birthday
September 28, 1886 (139 years old)

Place of Birth
Worcester - Massachusetts - USA

Alice Hollister

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

1925The Dancersas Mrs. Mayne
1924Married Flirtsas Mrs. Callender
1922The Forgotten Lawas Rosalie
1921A Wise Foolas Carmen Dolores
1921A Voice in the Darkas Amelia Ellingham
1920The Great Loveras Bianca
1920Milestonesas Gertrude Rhead
1918Loaded Diceas
1918The Knifeas Stella Hill
1918A Son of Strifeas Xenia Vaskova
1917Her Better Selfas Aggie May
1916The Lotus Womanas Juana
1915The Money Gulfas Ruth Mason
1915The Sign of the Broken Shacklesas Irene Cross - a Tenant
1915The Net of Deceitas Gabrielle - an Adventuress
1915The Man in Hidingas Ruth - Tom's Sweetheart
1915The Maker of Dreamsas Lorna Greene - the Daughter
1915The Crooked Pathas Mary - an Orphan
1915Don Caesar de Bazanas Maritana
1915Honor Thy Fatheras Alma Fenway - Chick's Wife
1915The Haunting Fearas Katherine
1915A Sister's Burdenas Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter
1915The Destroyeras Cherie - a Dancer
1915The Siren's Reignas Grace - a Soubrette
1915The Stolen Rubyas Marcia Judson - an Adventuress
1915The Scorpion's Stingas Lyda Marston - the Daughter
1914The Hate That Withersas Iola Neville - a Flirt
1914The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnetas Jessica Spear - an Adventuress
1914Her Bitter Lessonas Mrs. Evelyn Dane
1914The Man of Ironas Margery Stanley - the Daughter
1914A Midnight Tragedyas Marjory Priestman - the Wife
1914The Menace of Fateas Ethel WIlton - the Daughter, age 19
1914The False Guardianas Helen Graham - an Orphan
1914Seed and the Harvestas Ida McIntyre - Lawyer
1914Into the Depthsas
1914The Devil's Dansantas Valerie Farrar - the Wife
1914The Hand of Fateas Florence - a Stenographer
1914The Barefoot Boyas Eleanor Hastings - the Mother
1914The Brandas Rose Hayden - a Girl of the Slums
1914The Storm at Seaas Jane
1914The Vampire's Trailas Rita Caselli - a Cabaret Singer
1914Kit, the Arkansaw Traveleras Mary Redding - Kit's Wife
1914Through the Flamesas Marion Hall - Donald's Wife
1914The Show Girl's Gloveas Stella Desmond - the Show Girl
1914The Treasure Shipas Beth Bascom - the Daughter
1914Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebecas Katherine Lowther
1914A Celebrated Caseas
1914The Cabaret Danceras Martha - Don's Sweetheart
1914The Shadowas Jane Dean - the Daughter
1914Her Husband's Friendas Alice Lund - the Wife
1913Frayed Fagin's Adventuresas
1913The Padrone's Plotas Tony's Wife
1913Primitive Manas Betty - a Girl of the Mountains
1913The Vampireas Sybil
1913The Hobo and the Mythas
1913The Fatal Legacyas Maud Halleck - Jack's Wife
1913The Bribeas Dora Malcolm
1913The Blind Basket Weaveras Anna - Paul's Crippled Sweetheart
1913A Virginia Feudas Rose McDonald
1913The Lost Diamondas Nancy - the Accomplice
1913A Stolen Identityas Mildred Anderson
1913The Hidden Witnessas Bernice Hamilton - the Governess
1913Shenandoahas Mrs. Constance Haverhill
1913The Wheel of Deathas Mary Brown - the Wife
1913The Terror of Conscienceas Carmela - the Street Singer
1913A Victim of Heredityas Jane - the Thief's Daughter
1913Man's Greed for Goldas Mrs. Carter
1913The Alienas Josina - Paola's Wife
1913The Scimitar of the Prophetas Doris Harris - his wife
1913A Mississippi Tragedyas
1913The Wartime Sirenas Rosalie Ashby
1913The Message of the Palmsas Lovie Carlton - the Colonel's Daughter
1913The Peril of the Dance Hallas Pepita Florenti
1913The Prosecuting Attorneyas The Attorney's Wife
1913A Desperate Chanceas Ruth - the Telegraph Operator
1913A Sawmill Hazardas Alice Hollister
1912The Shaughraunas Moyra
1912Ireland, the Oppressedas Peggy
1912The Little Gluersas Nora Drew
1912From the Manger to the Crossas Mary Magdalene
1912The Poacher's Pardonas Dora - the Gamekeeper's Daughter
1912A Prisoner of the Haremas Zorah
1912Tragedy of the Desertas Zenab, The Arab Girl
1912An Arabian Tragedyas Hanifi (Slave Girl) Ayub's 2nd Wife
1912Dust of the Desertas
1912Far from Erin's Isleas
1912Vagabondsas Jane
1912Driving Home the Cowsas
1911The Fishermaid of Ballydavidas Policeman's Wife
1911The Colleen Bawnas Anne Chute
1911The Fiddler’s Requiemas Bridesmaid
1911By a Woman's Witas Pamela

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