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Effie Shannon is a Actor American born on 13 may 1867 at Cambridge (USA)

Effie Shannon

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Nationality USA
Birth 13 may 1867 at Cambridge (USA)
Death 24 july 1954 (at 87 years) at Bay Shore (USA)

Effie Shannon (May 13, 1867 – July 24, 1954) was an American stage and silent screen actress.

Biography

Shannon had a 60 year career as starring performer and later character actress. She began as a child actor appearing with John McCullough and later in 1886 with Robert B. Mantell. Her partner and/or husband was Herbert Kelcey who died in 1917. They appeared in numerous plays as a team predating by a generation the famous Lunt and Fontanne as a great Broadway romantic team. In 1914 she appeared in her first silent film along with Kelcey. They made one more film together in 1916 before his 1917 death. Shannon continued to appear in silent films and early talkies up to 1932 all while still juggling her Broadway appearances. One of her last roles was in a revival of Arsenic and Old Lace.

Usually with

Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky
(2 films)
Erville Alderson
Erville Alderson
(1 films)
Richard Barthelmess
Richard Barthelmess
(1 films)
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor
(2 films)
D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Effie Shannon (9 films)

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The Wiser Sex
The Wiser Sex (1932)
, 1h12
Directed by Fred Zinnemann, Berthold Viertel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Lilyan Tashman, Franchot Tone, William Boyd, Ross Alexander
Roles Mrs. Hughes
Rating69% 3.4582353.4582353.4582353.4582353.458235
After prosecutor David Rolfe (Douglas) has racketeer Benny Morgan arrested, mobster Harry Evans (Boyd) gives orders to his chauffeur (Dumbrille) to kill David, but the chauffeur fails. The next day, David's fiancée, Margaret Hughes (Colbert), leaves on a cruise with Jimmy O'Neill (Alexander), her friendly suitor, warning David she won't marry a man for whom work is more important than she. David cannot give Margaret a proper bon voyage because he is trying to save his naïve young cousin, Phil Long (Tone), from the clutches of gold-digging moll Claire Foster (Tashman), with whom David used to be involved. When David warns Phil that Claire belongs to Evans, Phil takes David's revolver with him to Claire's hotel to confront her. Evans enters in his housecoat and Phil shoots him in the arm. They struggle and Phil is killed. When David arrives, Claire, on Evans' orders, says Phil killed himself, then calls the police and frames David as the killer. In court, David's defense is greatly weakened by Claire's acting ability, and she successfully seduces the all-male jury. Margaret returns for the trial and remarks that a jury of the "wiser sex" would see right through Claire's histrionics. In order to gather evidence, Margaret goes undercover as blonde gold digger Ruby Kennedy and takes a room adjacent to Claire's. Through diamonds and liquor, Margaret befriends Claire and wheedles her into revealing more about the case. Jimmy and Margaret throw a party for Claire and Evans, and Evans makes several passes at Margaret. During the party, Evans' cook, Fritz (Fischer), who helped him with his wound the morning of the murder, accidentally bumps Evans' arm and Evans scolds him for calling attention to it. The next day, Fritz is found dead, and Margaret now knows the missing bullet from David's gun is lodged in Evans. Margaret then meets Evans for a rendezvous, while Jimmy tells Claire he has lost her to Evans. As Evans' chauffeur identifies Margaret, Claire enters in a jealous rage and reveals Evans as Phil's murderer. Due to the sleuthing abilities of the "wiser sex," David is released and marries Margaret.
Sally of the Sawdust
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
, 1h44
Directed by Erville Alderson, D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Circus films
Actors Carol Dempster, W. C. Fields, Alfred Lunt, Erville Alderson, Glenn Anders, Effie Shannon
Roles Mrs. Foster
Rating65% 3.292283.292283.292283.292283.29228
Because she married a circus performer, Judge Foster (Erville Alderson) casts out his only daughter. Just before her death a few years later, she leaves her little girl Sally (Carol Dempster) in the care of her friend McGargle (W.C. Fields), a good-natured crook, juggler and fakir. Sally grows up in this atmosphere and is unaware of her parentage. McGargle, realizing his responsibility to the child, gets a job with a carnival company playing at Great Meadows, where the Fosters live. A real estate boom has made them wealthy. Sally is a hit with her dancing. Peyton (Alfred Lunt), the son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love with Sally. To save him, the Judge arranges to have McGargle and Sally arrested. McGargle escapes, but Sally is hunted down and brought back. McGargle, hearing of Sally's plight, steals a Flivver, and after many delays, reaches the courtroom and presents proof of Sally's parentage. The Judge dismisses the case and his wife takes Sally in her arms, but Peyton's claim is stronger and she agrees to become his wife. McGargle is persuaded to remain and is found an outlet for his peculiar talents in selling real estate.
Soul-Fire
Soul-Fire (1925)

Directed by John S. Robertson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Barthelmess, Bessie Love, Effie Shannon, Helen Ware, Walter Long, Ann Brody
Roles Mrs. Howard Fane - Eric's Mother
Rating44% 2.219932.219932.219932.219932.21993
The Man Who Played God
The Man Who Played God (1922)
, 1h
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Arliss, Ann Forrest, Ivan F. Simpson, Edward Earle, Effie Shannon, Miriam Battista
Roles Mildred Arden
Rating58% 2.903272.903272.903272.903272.90327
A famous pianist (Montgomery Royle) is engaged to a quite younger woman. An accidental explosion results in him becoming deaf but he learns to read lips quite quickly. He decides to use that skill to help random people around him. However, he sees his fiancee in a park with a different man. Montgomery is heartbroken, but after she confesses the truth to him, he helps her to be secure with the new man.
Mama's Affair
Mama's Affair (1921)
, 1h
Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Constance Talmadge, Effie Shannon, Kenneth Harlan, George Le Guere, Gertrude Le Brandt
Roles Mrs. Orrin
Rating57% 2.892122.892122.892122.892122.89212
As summarized in a film publication, a prologue, which explains where the author got her idea for the story, shows Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. When the serpent tells Eve to bite the apple, Adam takes it away from her. The serpent then tells her to go into hysterics and Adam will give her the apple. Shifting to the modern story, Mrs. Orrin (Effie Shannon), Eve's (Constance Talmadge) mother, goes into hysterics at the thought of losing her daughter. Mrs. Orrin and Mrs. Merchant (Katharine Kaelred), who lives with them, have decided that Eve will marry Mrs. Merchant's son Henry (George LeGuere), an effeminate youngster with rimmed glasses. Fearing her mother's nerves, Eve is willing to marry Henry, so the four of them go to Mama Orrin's birthplace, where the wedding is scheduled to take place on her birthday. During the stay at the hotel Mama has one of her "attacks" and Dr. Harmon (Kenneth Harlan) is called in. He soon discovers the exact trouble and orders Mrs. Orrin to bed with instructions that she not even see her daughter. Mrs. Orrin disobeys these orders and then Eve's nerves give way, causing a second visit by the doctor. He takes Eve away from the mother, but after Henry accuses the doctor of being a fortune seeker, the doctor refuses to have anything to do with Eve. Finally, Eve's eyes are opened and she uses a "treat 'em rough" theory on her mother. Besides winning the love of her doctor, she cures her mother of her hysterics.