Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 17, 1902
Place of Birth:
Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
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Esther Ralston
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors | Herself |
| 1946 | Jungle Terror | Valarie Shields |
| 1940 | San Francisco Docks | Frances March |
| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley | Nora Bayes |
| 1938 | Letter of Introduction | Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Slander House | Ruth De Milo |
| 1938 | The Spy Ring | Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton) |
| 1937 | Jungle Menace | Valerie Shields |
| 1937 | The Mysterious Pilot | Vivian McNain |
| 1937 | As Good as Married | Miss Danforth |
| 1936 | We're in the Legion Now | Louise Rillette |
| 1936 | Reunion | Janet Fair |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Flora Moore |
| 1936 | The Girl from Mandalay | Mary Trevor |
| 1935 | Mister Dynamite | Charmian Dvorjak |
| 1935 | Shadows of the Orient | Viola Avery |
| 1935 | Ladies Crave Excitement | Miss Winkler |
| 1935 | Streamline Express | Elaine Vincent |
| 1935 | Together We Live | Jenny |
| 1935 | Forced Landing | Ruby Anatole |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Dolly |
| 1934 | The Marines Are Coming | Dorothy Manning |
| 1934 | Strange Wives | Olga |
| 1934 | Romance in the Rain | Gwen de la Rue |
| 1933 | By Candlelight | Baroness von Ballin |
| 1933 | To the Last Man | Ellen Colby |
| 1933 | Black Beauty | Leila Lambert |
| 1932 | Rome Express | Asta Marvelle |
| 1932 | After the Ball | Elissa Strange |
| 1931 | Lonely Wives | Madeline Smith |
| 1931 | The Prodigal | Antonia Farraday |
| 1929 | The Mighty | Louise Patterson |
| 1929 | Betrayal | Vroni |
| 1929 | The Case of Lena Smith | |
| 1929 | The Wheel of Life | Ruth Dangan |
| 1928 | The Sawdust Paradise | Hallie |
| 1928 | Half a Bride | Patience Winslow |
| 1928 | Love and Learn | Nancy Blair |
| 1928 | Something Always Happens | Diana Mallory |
| 1927 | Ten Modern Commandments | Kitty O'Day |
| 1927 | Children of Divorce | Jean Waddington |
| 1927 | The Spotlight | Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova |
| 1927 | Figures Don't Lie | Janet Wells |
| 1927 | Fashions for Women | Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry |
| 1926 | The Blind Goddess | Moira Devens |
| 1926 | Old Ironsides | Girl |
| 1926 | The American Venus | Mary Gray |
| 1926 | The Quarterback | Louise Mason |
| 1925 | The Trouble With Wives | Dagmar |
| 1925 | The Best People | Alice O'Neil |
| 1925 | Womanhandled | Molly Martin |
| 1925 | Beggar on Horseback | Cynthia Mason |
| 1925 | A Kiss for Cinderella | Fairy Godmother |
| 1925 | The Little French Girl | Toppie Westmacott |
| 1925 | The Lucky Devil | Doris McDee |
| 1924 | The Heart Buster | Rose Hillyer |
| 1924 | Jack O'Clubs | |
| 1924 | The Marriage Circle | Miss Hofer |
| 1924 | Peter Pan | Mrs. Darling |
| 1924 | $50,000 Reward | Carolyn Jordan |
| 1924 | Wolves of the North | Madge Chester |
| 1924 | All's Swell on the Ocean | Holly Malloy |
| 1923 | The Prisoner | Marie |
| 1923 | Blinky | Mary Lou Kileen |
| 1923 | The Victor | Chewing gum baron's daughter |
| 1923 | The Rivals | |
| 1923 | The Phantom Fortune | Mary Rogers |
| 1922 | Pure and Simple | |
| 1922 | The Lone Hand | |
| 1922 | Remembrance | Beatrice |
| 1922 | Oliver Twist | Rose Maylie |
| 1922 | The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy | |
| 1921 | Crossing Trails | Helen Stratton |
| 1921 | The Kid | Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited) |
| 1920 | The Butterfly Man | (uncredited) |
| 1920 | Huckleberry Finn | Mary Jane Wilks |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Our Five Daughters | |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow |