Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph

Known For:Acting
Gender:Female
Birthday:1864-11-04
Place of Birth:Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As: Jessie Ralph Chambers / Jessie Rolph / Jessie Ralph Patton /
Known For: Acting Gender: Female Birthday: 1864-11-04 More

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Ralph (born Jessie Ralph Chambers, 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 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, in a motion picture career that would eventually span 25 years, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were limited to matronly roles, 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, as W.C. Fields' battle-axe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick, as Myrna Loy's supercilious aunt Katherine in After the Thin Man, and as Nurse Peggotty in David Copperfield. 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 of Gloucester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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They Met in Bombay
Adventure Romance Drama
The Lady from Cheyenne
Comedy Drama Western
Star Dust
Comedy Drama
The Blue Bird
Family Fantasy Adventure Comedy
The Kid From Texas
Comedy Romance Western
Cafe Society
Comedy Romance
Hold That Kiss
Romance Comedy
Double Wedding
Comedy Romance
The Good Earth
Drama History Romance
Camille
Drama Romance History
After the Thin Man
Comedy Mystery Crime
Bunker Bean
Romance Comedy
San Francisco
Drama Romance Music
Yellow Dust
Western Romance
Captain Blood
Adventure Action History Romance
Metropolitan
Drama Music Romance
Jalna
Drama Romance
Les Misérables
Drama History Romance
Enchanted April
Comedy Drama Romance
David Copperfield
Drama Romance Adventure
Evelyn Prentice
Drama Mystery Romance
The Affairs of Cellini
Comedy Drama History
Murder at the Vanities
Music Mystery Comedy
  • name:Jessie Ralph
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Female
  • Birthday:1864-11-04
  • Place of Birth:Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
  • Also Known As: Jessie Ralph Chambers · Jessie Rolph · Jessie Ralph Patton ·
  • Biography:From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Ralph (born Jessie Ralph Chambers, 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 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, in a motion picture career that would eventually span 25 years, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were limited to matronly roles, 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, as W.C. Fields' battle-axe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick, as Myrna Loy's supercilious aunt Katherine in After the Thin Man, and as Nurse Peggotty in David Copperfield. 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 of Gloucester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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