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Jessie Ralph is a Actor American born on 4 november 1864 at Gloucester (USA)
Jessie Ralph (November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944) was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures.
She was born Jessie Ralph Chambers in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864. She made her acting debut in 1880, at the age of sixteen. She made it to Broadway, where George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also excelled at dramatic roles. Although she made her Hollywood debut in 1916, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were restricted to those of dumpy old ladies, but her expertise at stealing scenes captured the imagination of cinema-goers of the time. Her best-known roles are as Greta Garbo's maid in Camille, and as W.C. Fields' battleaxe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941.
Jessie Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941, after her leg was amputated. She died four years later in her home town Glouchester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Au cinéma, si elle participe à six films muets de 1915 à 1921, elle apparaît surtout après l'avènement du parlant, de 1933 à 1940, dans cinquante-et-un films américains (ses deux derniers, tournés en 1940, sont sortis en 1941). Bon nombre de ces films sont bien connus, dont David Copperfield en 1935 et Le Petit Lord Fauntleroy en 1936, tous deux aux côtés de Freddie Bartholomew.
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Birth name Jessie Ralph Chambers
Nationality USA
Birth 4 november 1864 at Gloucester (USA)
Death 30 may 1944 (at 79 years) at Gloucester (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 4 november 1864 at Gloucester (USA)
Death 30 may 1944 (at 79 years) at Gloucester (USA)
Jessie Ralph (November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944) was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures.
She was born Jessie Ralph Chambers in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864. She made her acting debut in 1880, at the age of sixteen. She made it to Broadway, where George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also excelled at dramatic roles. Although she made her Hollywood debut in 1916, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were restricted to those of dumpy old ladies, but her expertise at stealing scenes captured the imagination of cinema-goers of the time. Her best-known roles are as Greta Garbo's maid in Camille, and as W.C. Fields' battleaxe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941.
Jessie Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941, after her leg was amputated. She died four years later in her home town Glouchester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Jessie Ralph débute au théâtre en 1880 et se produit à Broadway (New York) entre 1906 et 1932, exclusivement dans des pièces, notamment deux de William Shakespeare. Mentionnons aussi sa contribution à The Good Earth, créée en 1932, puis à l'adaptation au cinéma de 1937, sous le même titre original (titre français : Visages d'Orient).Au cinéma, si elle participe à six films muets de 1915 à 1921, elle apparaît surtout après l'avènement du parlant, de 1933 à 1940, dans cinquante-et-un films américains (ses deux derniers, tournés en 1940, sont sortis en 1941). Bon nombre de ces films sont bien connus, dont David Copperfield en 1935 et Le Petit Lord Fauntleroy en 1936, tous deux aux côtés de Freddie Bartholomew.
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The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
, 1h28Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Actors Loretta Young, Robert Preston, Edward Arnold, Frank Craven, Gladys George, Jessie Ralph
Roles Mrs. McGuinness
Rating60%
They Met in Bombay (1941)
, 1h29Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Political films, Heist films
Actors Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Jessie Ralph, Reginald Owen, Eduardo Ciannelli
Roles Duchess of Beltravers
Rating65%
Gerald Meldrick (Clark Gable) and Anya von Duren (Rosalind Russell) are a pair of rival jewel thieves at large in India. Both parties are after the same prize, a priceless diamond owned by the Duchess of Beltravers (Jessie Ralph). To inveigle their way into the Duchess' confidence, Gerald poses as a Lloyd's of London detective, while Anya pretends to be an aristocrat. After working at cross purposes, they decide to team up, keeping one step ahead of a diligent police inspector (Matthew Boulton) and mercenary freighter captain Chang (Peter Lorre). Both Gerald (joining the Winnipeg Grenadiers) and Anya betray the nobler sides of their natures in the end, fighting in a pitched battle in Hong Kong against the invading Japanese army.
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
, 1h28Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Actors Loretta Young, Robert Preston, Edward Arnold, Frank Craven, Gladys George, Jessie Ralph
Roles Mrs. McGuinness
Rating60%
In the 1860s after receiving an inheritance a Philadelphia school teacher heads west to Wyoming to establish a new school to educated settler's children. However she encounters a corrupt tycoon who is determined to gain control of the water rights of her schoolhouse. She eventually lobbies to gain woman the right to vote in local elections, and defeats the villain with the assistance of a lawyer who she eventually marries.
Star Dust (1940)
, 1h30Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about films, Children's films
Actors Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young, Donald Meek, Charlotte Greenwood, William Gargan
Roles Aunt Martha Parker
Rating65%
The Bank Dick (1940)
, 1h12Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors W. C. Fields, Una Merkel, Cora Witherspoon, Jessie Ralph, Grady Sutton, Franklin Pangborn
Roles Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Rating70%
Egbert Sousé est pris par inadvertance pour celui qui a permis l'arrestation d'un braqueur de banque. Plutôt que de démentir, il se vante de son coup d'éclat imaginaire. En remerciement, le directeur de la banque lui offre un poste de gardien.
The Blue Bird (1940)
, 1h28Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Eddie Collins, Sybil Jason
Roles Fairy Berylune
Rating61%
Set in Germany sometime in the late 18th century where Mytyl (Shirley Temple), the bratty daughter of a woodcutter (Russell Hicks), finds a unique bird in the Royal Forest and selfishly refuses to give it to her sick friend. Mother and Father are mortified at Mytyl's behavior. That evening, Father is called on to report for duty the next morning in an unspecified war. That same night, Mytyl is visited in a dream by a fairy named Berylune (Jessie Ralph) who sends her and her brother Tyltyl (Johnny Russell) to search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. To accompany them, the fairy magically transforms their dog Tylo (Eddie Collins), cat Tylette (Gale Sondergaard), and lantern ("Light") into human form. The children have a number of adventures, visiting the past and their dead grandparents who come to life because they are being remembered, a scary adventure in the forest, the life of luxury, and the future, a land of yet-to-be born children. The dream journey makes Mytyl awake as a kinder and gentler girl who has learned to appreciate all the comforts and joys of her home and family. In the morning, the Father receives word that a truce has been called and he does not have to go to war.
, 1h1Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Broderick Crawford, Jessie Ralph, Johnny Downs, Peggy Moran, Gertrude Michael, Warren Hymer
Roles Mama McGann
Rating64%
Mobster Mama McGann is about to be caught red handed while robbing a bank, but she manages to escape with the help of the naive songwriter Bob Gunther, who is clueless about the robbery. Since Mama has already stolen Bob's wallet during their very brief encounter, she is struck by guilt and decides to return the wallet as thanks for his help. Her son, Sonny McGann, is ordered to return the wallet and hand over a small reward to Bob. Sonny is not what you would call a typical gangster, having far too much artistic blood flowing in his veins. Instead of dreaming of inheriting Mama's business, he yearns to become a poet. He decides to create a song to his childhood sweetheart Sadie, a woman he hasn't met for ages, and in need of a songwriter, he kidnaps Bob to help him out. When Bob has finished writing the tune to Sonny's lyrics, and the song is recorded, Sonny forces the local radio stations and music stores to play it, threatening them with his henchmen. Bob tries to get away from Sonny by speaking his language, and pretends to be lovesick. He names a singer, Magda Delys, as the subject of his strong emotions instead of his real girlfriend Linda Carroll. Sonny decides to help out by forcing Magda to marry Bob, and arranges for a ceremony to take place. Before the wedding, Bob is kidnapped again, this time by Sonny's rival Big Foot Louie. Sonny tries to rescue Bob on his own, but when he gets to Louie's, Bob is already writing a love song for the gangster. Sonny and Louie start discussing a truce, and a possible musical business venture together, while Bob is forced by Sonny's goons to marry Magda. When Sonny comes back and interrupts the "ceremony" he finds that Magda in fact is his old school sweetheart Sadie. A double wedding is arranged, where Sonny marries Sadie, and Bob marries Linda.
I Want a Divorce (1940)
, 1h15Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Gloria Dickson, Frank Fay, Jessie Ralph, Harry Davenport
Roles Grandma Brokaw
Rating60%
Alan and Geraldine MacNally are a married couple, who are doubting if they did the right thing by marrying each other. Meanwhile, David and Wanda Holland are in the final stages of their divorce. It so happens Alan is the attorney who arranges their divorce. This makes him and Geraldine fall even further apart. Everything changes when Wanda commits suicide after she loses custody of her son. The MacNallys then start thinking about what is really important to them.
St. Louis Blues (1939)
, 1h32Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guízar, Jerome Cowan, Jessie Ralph, William Frawley
Roles Aunt Tibbie
Rating62%
Parce qu'elle n'en peut plus de Broadway et de son rôle d'Aloma, la sirène en sarong des mers du Sud, la chanteuse Norma Malone cherche refuge sur le Mississippi, où elle rencontre Dave Guerney, l'imprésario d'un showboat. Norma arrive à le convaincre de lui donner un travail sur le bateau, mais il refuse de lui donner un rôle dans son show. Finalement il réalise qu'elle est une vraie chanteuse et l'intègre à sa troupe, mais son succès fait réapparaître son ancien manager. Elle réussira à rompre son contrat et à rester avec Dave, l'homme qu'elle aime.
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
, 1h44Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine, Eddie Collins, Ward Bond
Roles Mrs. Weaver
Rating69%
In colonial America, Lana Borst (Claudette Colbert), the eldest daughter of a wealthy Albany, New York family, marries Gilbert Martin (Henry Fonda). Together they leave her family's luxurious home to embark on a frontier life on Gil's small farm in Deerfield, in the Mohawk Valley of central New York. The time is July, 1776, and the spirit of revolution is in the air. The valley's settlers have formed a local militia in anticipation of an imminent war, and Gil joins up.
Four Girls in White (1939)
, 1h13Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Florence Rice, Una Merkel, Buddy Ebsen, Ann Rutherford, Kent Taylor, Alan Marshal
Roles Miss Tobias
Rating60%
Student nurses cope with life's problems.
Mickey the Kid (1939)
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Bruce Cabot, Ralph Byrd, Zasu Pitts, Jessie Ralph, June Storey, Benny Bartlett
Roles Veronica Hudson
Rating61%
The Kid From Texas (1939)
, 1h11Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance, Western
Themes Sports films
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Buddy Ebsen, John Hubbard, Jessie Ralph, Virginia Dale
Roles Aunt Minetta
Rating52%
Cafe Society (1939)
, 1h33Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross, Jessie Ralph, Allyn Joslyn, Paul Hurst
Roles Mrs. De Witt
Rating64%
Hold That Kiss (1938)
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Maureen O'Sullivan, Dennis O'Keefe, Mickey Rooney, George Barbier, Jessie Ralph, Edward Brophy
Roles Aunt Lucy
Rating60%
Travel agency clerk Tommy Bradford (Dennis O'Keefe) delivers tickets to wealthy J. Westley Piermont (George Barbier) at the lavish wedding of his daughter. Piermont introduces him to model June Evans (Maureen O'Sullivan), but neglects to mention neither one is a guest. June is there to help the daughter with her wedding dress. Both pretend to be rich. Tommy gives June his telephone number, but neither expects anything to come of their momentary attraction to each other.