Esther Ralston
Known for Acting · 89 credits
- Born
- 1902-09-17
- Died
- 1994-01-14
- Place of birth
- Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
Biography
Esther Ralston (September 17th, 1902- January 14th, 1994) was an American silent film star.
She began her career as a child actress in a family vaudeville act named "The Ralston Family with Baby Esther, America's Youngest Juliet". She then went on to appear in a few small silent film roles, including one alongside her brother in the 1920 film adaptation of Huckleberry Finn. Ralston gained attention as Mrs. Darling in the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan.
Her most well known sound picture was To the Last Man in 1933.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (87)
The Sawdust Paradise
1928
as Hallie
Half a Bride
1928
as Patience Winslow
The Kid
1921
as Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Slander House
1938
as Ruth De Milo
A Kiss for Cinderella
1925
as Fairy Godmother
The Mysterious Pilot
1937
as Vivian McNain
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited)
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
as Miss Winkler
The Spy Ring
1938
as Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton)
The Goose Hangs High
1925
as Dagmar Carroll
Betrayal
1929
as Vroni
Peter Pan
1924
as Mrs. Darling
The Marriage Circle
1924
as Miss Hofer
Fashions for Women
1927
as Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry
To the Last Man
1933
as Ellen Colby
The Marines Are Coming
1934
as Dorothy Manning
The Mighty
1929
as Louise Patterson
Whispering Devils
1920
as Rose Gibbard
By Candlelight
1933
as Baroness von Ballin
Tin Pan Alley
1940
as Nora Bayes
Lonely Wives
1931
as Madeline Smith
Something Always Happens
1928
as Diana Mallory
Rome Express
1932
as Asta Marvelle
Huckleberry Finn
1920
as Mary Jane Wilks
Mister Dynamite
1935
as Charmian Dvorjak
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Blinky
1923
as Mary Lou Kileen
Children of Divorce
1927
as Jean Waddington
Pure Grit
1923
as Stella Bolling
The Case of Lena Smith
1929
as Lena Smith
Youth to Youth
1922
The Little French Girl
1925
as Toppie Westmacott
Streamline Express
1935
as Elaine Vincent
Old Ironsides
1926
as Girl
Railroaded
1923
as Joan Dunster
Daring Danger
1922
as Ethel Stanton
Romance in the Rain
1934
as Gwen de la Rue
Fight and Win
1924
as Holly Malloy
Dangerous to Men
1920
The Lucky Devil
1925
as Doris McDee
Shadows of the Orient
1935
as Viola Avery
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Flora Moore
The Wild Party
1923
as Bess Furth
The Quarterback
1926
as Louise Mason
San Francisco Docks
1940
as Frances March
Jungle Menace
1937
as Valerie Shields
We're in the Legion Now
1936
as Louise Rillette
Strange Wives
1934
as Olga
The Lone Hand
1922
The Butterfly Man
1920
as (uncredited)
Reunion
1936
as Janet Fair
Oliver Twist
1922
as Rose Maylie
The Blind Goddess
1926
as Moira Devens
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
as Mary Trevor
Forced Landing
1935
as Ruby Anatole
Pure and Simple
1922
The American Venus
1926
as Mary Gray
The Spotlight
1927
as Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
as Kitty O'Day
Sadie McKee
1934
as Dolly
$50,000 Reward
1924
as Carolyn Jordan
The Prodigal
1931
as Antonia Farraday
Figures Don't Lie
1927
as Janet Wells
After the Ball
1932
as Elissa Strange
The Victor
1923
as Chewing gum baron's daughter
The Phantom Fortune
1923
as Mary Rogers
Beggar on Horseback
1925
as Cynthia Mason
Jungle Terror
1946
as Valarie Shields
Together We Live
1935
as Jenny
All's Swell on the Ocean
1924
as Holly Malloy
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
1922
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993
as Herself
The Best People
1925
as Alice O'Neil
Crossing Trails
1921
as Helen Stratton
The Prisoner
1923
as Marie
The Peddler of Lies
1920
The Rivals
1923
The Trouble With Wives
1925
as Dagmar
Jack O'Clubs
1924
Womanhandled
1925
as Molly Martin
As Good as Married
1937
as Miss Danforth
The Wheel of Life
1929
as Ruth Dangan
The Heart Buster
1924
as Rose Hillyer
Remembrance
1922
as Beatrice
Wolves of the North
1924
as Madge Chester
Love and Learn
1928
as Nancy Blair
Black Beauty
1933
as Leila Lambert
About Esther Ralston
Esther Ralston (September 17th, 1902- January 14th, 1994) was an American silent film star. She began her career as a child actress in a family vaudeville act named "The Ralston Family with Baby Esther, America's Youngest Juliet". She then went on to appear in a few small silent film roles, including one alongside her brother in the 1920 film adaptation of Huckleberry Finn. Ralston gained attention as Mrs. Darling in the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan. Her most well known sound picture was To the Last Man in 1933. With 89 credits spanning from 1920 to 1999, Esther Ralston has appeared in 87 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Esther Ralston Movies
- The Sawdust Paradise (1928) — as Hallie
- Half a Bride (1928) — as Patience Winslow
- The Kid (1921) — as Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
- Slander House (1938) — as Ruth De Milo
- A Kiss for Cinderella (1925) — as Fairy Godmother
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