Alma Tell
Known for Acting · 12 credits
- Born
- 1898-03-27
- Died
- 1937-12-29
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia
Alma Tell (March 27, 1898 - December 29, 1937) was an American stage and motion picture actress whose career in cinema began in 1915 and lasted into the talkie era of the early 1930s. She began her career as an actress on the stages of New York before making her screen debut in the Edward José-directed drama Simon, the Jester, released in September 1915. Tell was most often cast in films as the second leading lady. Throughout the 1920s, she appeared opposite such leading silent film actresses as Mae Murray, Corinne Griffith and Madge Kennedy and would achieve leading lady status in 1923's J. Gordon Edwards-directed film The Silent Command, opposite actors Edmund Lowe, Martha Mansfield and Béla Lugosi. She made her last film appearance in the 1934 John M. Stahl-directed romantic-drama Imitation of Life, which starred Claudette Colbert. Tell died in 1937.
Known For
Movies (12)
Imitation of Life
1934
as Mrs. Craven (uncredited)
Nearly Married
1917
as Gertrude Robinson
Broadway Rose
1922
as Barbara Royce
Love Comes Along
1930
as Carlotta
Saturday's Children
1929
as Florrie
The Iron Trail
1921
as Eliza Appleton
The Right to Love
1920
as Lady Edith
San Francisco Nights
1928
as Ruth
The Silent Command
1923
as Mrs. Richard Decatur
On with the Dance
1920
as Lady Tremelyn
The Smugglers
1916
as Mrs. Watts
Paying the Piper
1921
as Marcia Marillo
About Alma Tell
From Wikipedia Alma Tell (March 27, 1898 - December 29, 1937) was an American stage and motion picture actress whose career in cinema began in 1915 and lasted into the talkie era of the early 1930s. She began her career as an actress on the stages of New York before making her screen debut in the Edward José-directed drama Simon, the Jester, released in September 1915. Tell was most often cast in films as the second leading lady. Throughout the 1920s, she appeared opposite such leading silent film actresses as Mae Murray, Corinne Griffith and… With 12 credits spanning from 1916 to 1934, Alma Tell has appeared in 12 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alma Tell Movies
- Imitation of Life (1934) — as Mrs. Craven (uncredited)
- Nearly Married (1917) — as Gertrude Robinson
- Broadway Rose (1922) — as Barbara Royce
- Love Comes Along (1930) — as Carlotta
- Saturday's Children (1929) — as Florrie
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