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Alma Tell

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Nationality USA

Alma Tell est une actrice américaine du cinéma muet, née à New York (État de New York), le 27 mars 1898, et morte à Los Angeles (Californie), le 29 décembre 1937.

Biography

Débuts
Alma Tell a commencé sa carrière au cinéma en 1915, celle-ci s'étant arrêtée aux débuts du parlant dans les années 1930.

Tell est née à New York en 1898, la sœur cadette de l'actrice Olive Tell (1895-1951). Elle a commencé en tant qu'actrice sur les scènes de New York avant de faire ses débuts à l'écran dans le drame réalisé par Edward José Simon, the Jester, sorti en septembre 1915. La carrière de Tell n'a jamais rivalisé avec celle de sa sœur aînée, et elle était le plus souvent reléguée dans les films comme second rôle.

Tout au long des années 1920, Tell est apparue en face d'actrices du muet comme Mae Murray, Corinne Griffith et Madge Kennedy et obtint un premier rôle en 1923 dans The Silent Command, un film réalisé par J. Gordon Edwards, aux côtés d'Edmund Lowe, Martha Mansfield et Béla Lugosi.


Vie privée
Alma Tell était mariée à l'acteur Stanley Blystone. Elle a fait sa dernière apparition dans le drame de 1934, Images de la vie, dirigé par John M. Stahl, qui mettait en vedette Claudette Colbert. Elle est morte en 1937 et a été enterrée au Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, à North Hollywood, en Californie.

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Max Rée
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J. Roy Hunt
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John M. Stahl
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Alma Tell (5 films)

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Actor

Imitation of Life, 1h51
Directed by John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington
Roles Mrs Craven
Rating74% 3.744533.744533.744533.744533.74453
White widow Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) and her daughter Jessie (Juanita Quigley as a toddler, Marilyn Knowlden as an eight-year-old) take in black housekeeper Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers) and her daughter Peola (Sebie Hendricks), whose fair complexion reveals her mixed-race ancestry. Bea exchanges room and board for work, although struggling to make ends meet. Delilah and Peola quickly become like family to Jessie and Bea. They particularly enjoy Delilah's pancakes, made from a special family recipe. Five years later, Jessie and Peola prove to be challenging children to raise: Jessie is demanding, not particularly studious, relying instead on her charm. She is the first person to call Peola "black" in a hurtful way, making it clear that their childhood idyll is doomed. Peola does not tell her classmates at school that she is "colored" and is humiliated when her mother shows up one day, revealing her secret.
Love Comes Along, 1h12
Directed by Rupert Julian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Bebe Daniels, Lloyd Hughes, Montagu Love, Ned Sparks, Lionel Belmore, Evelyn Selbie
Roles Carlotta
Rating76% 3.835253.835253.835253.835253.83525
An actress, Peggy, is stranded on the island of Caparoja, which is ruled by a local dictator, Sangredo. For a living, she sings in the local tavern, where she is seen by two sailors from a tramp steamer who are visiting the port, Johnny and Happy. Johnny falls in love with Peggy and plans to marry her, rescuing her from her exile. However, Sangredo hires Peggy to perform at a party he is throwing, when the original singer, Carlotta, backs out. When Johnny finds out about the agreement, he misunderstands their relationship, and blows up at her. Peggy gets furious in turn over the fact he could believe that about her, and calls the wedding off.
Broadway Rose, 1h
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mae Murray, Monte Blue, Charles Lane, Raymond Bloomer, Ward Crane, Alma Tell
Roles Barbara Royce

Rosalie Lawrence, danseuse à Broadway, rencontre Hugh Thompson, un riche héritier. Les deux jeunes gens décident de se marier, contre l'avis des parents de Hugh, qui finissent par le « ramener à la raison ». Rosalie revient alors vers celui qui n'a jamais cessé de l'aimer, Tom Darcy...
Nearly Married, 1h
Directed by Chester Withey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Barthelmess, Madge Kennedy, Hedda Hopper, Alma Tell
Roles Gertrude Robinson

As described in a film magazine, on the evening of Betty Griffon's (Kennedy) scheduled wedding the guests are assembled, the minister is waiting, but no bride appears. Betty is waiting for her brother Dick (Barthelmess), who is out celebrating his admission to the bar. When it dawns on him that it is his duty to give his sister away in marriage, he rushes out, steals an automobile, and is arrested. Betty and Harry Lindsey (Thomas) are married and are about to leave on their honeymoon when word comes of Dick's arrest. Harry is disgusted by Dick and leaves the house. Dick, anxious to secure a legal case, urges his sister to get a divorce. Legal proceedings are instituted but before the granting of the decree the couple find that they still love each other so plan to elope. The arrival of Dick with the divorce decree upsets this plan. They start to make another attempt at marriage but discover that, due to the insertion of a clause in the decree by Betty, they cannot get remarried in New York. The couple then plan to get married in New Jersey, but Betty finds Harry's hired co-respondent for the divorce in his room, so Betty refuses to accompany him. Utterly disgusted, Harry is about to leave when Betty denounces her brother and begs Harry to take her with him, which he does.
The Smugglers
Directed by Sidney Olcott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Donald Brian, Cyril Chadwick, Alma Tell
Roles Mme Watts