Alma Tell

Alma Tell

Known for

Acting

Born

March 27, 1898

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Died

December 29, 1937 (aged 39)

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...

Best known work

Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life
1934
The Silent Command
The Silent Command
1923
On with the Dance
On with the Dance
1920
Love Comes Along
Love Comes Along
1930
The Smugglers
The Smugglers
1916
San Francisco Nights
San Francisco Nights
1928
Saturday's Children
Saturday's Children
1929
Broadway Rose
Broadway Rose
1922
The Iron Trail
The Iron Trail
1921
Paying the Piper
Paying the Piper
1921

Filmography

  1. 1934

    Imitation of Life

    as Mrs. Craven (uncredited)

  2. 1930

    Love Comes Along

    as Carlotta

  3. 1929

  4. 1928

  5. 1923

    The Silent Command

    as Mrs. Richard Decatur

  6. 1922

    Broadway Rose

    as Barbara Royce

  7. 1921

    The Iron Trail

    as Eliza Appleton

  8. 1921

    Paying the Piper

    as Marcia Marillo

  9. 1920

    The Right to Love

    as Lady Edith

  10. 1920

    On with the Dance

    as Lady Tremelyn

  11. 1917

    Nearly Married

    as Gertrude Robinson

  12. 1916

    The Smugglers

    as Mrs. Watts

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