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Alma Tell

Acting
Known For

39 Years Old

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.

Born

New York City, New York, USA on 27th March 1898

Died

29th December 1937

All Credits

Imitation of Life Image
Imitation of Life
Mrs. Craven (uncredited)
Broadway Rose Image
Broadway Rose
Barbara Royce
Paying the Piper Image
Paying the Piper
Marcia Marillo
The Right to Love Image
The Right to Love
Lady Edith
The Silent Command Image
The Silent Command
Mrs. Richard Decatur
Love Comes Along Image
Love Comes Along
Carlotta
On with the Dance Image
On with the Dance
Lady Tremelyn
Saturday's Children Image
Saturday's Children
Florrie
Nearly Married Image
Nearly Married
Gertrude Robinson
The Iron Trail Image
The Iron Trail
Eliza Appleton
The Smugglers Image
The Smugglers
Mrs. Watts
San Francisco Nights Image
San Francisco Nights
Ruth