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Colleen Moore

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Colleen Moore

Born August 18, 1899 in Port Huron, Michigan, USADied January 25, 198863 films

Colleen Moore (born Kathleen Morrison, August 19, 1899 – January 25, 1988) was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era. Moore became one of the most fashionable and highly-paid stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut.

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A huge star in her day, approximately half of Moore's films are now considered lost, including her first talking picture from 1929. What was perhaps her most celebrated film during her lifetime, Flaming Youth (1923), is now mostly lost as well, with only one reel surviving.

Moore took a brief hiatus from acting between 1929 and 1933, just as sound was being added to motion pictures. After the hiatus, her four sound pictures released in 1933 and 1934 were not financial successes. Moore then retired permanently from screen acting.

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ posterFirst watchBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ19257.3as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite.View film

Filmography

63 films as actor
  1. 1934The Scarlet LetterHester Prynne
  2. 1934Success at Any PriceSarah Griswold
  3. 1934Social RegisterPatsy Shaw
  4. 1933The Power and the GlorySally Garner
  5. 1929Footlights and FoolsBetty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray
  6. 1929Smiling Irish EyesKathleen O'Connor
  7. 1929Why Be Good?Pert Kelly
  8. 1929Synthetic SinBetty Fairfax
  9. 1928Lilac TimeJeannine
  10. 1928Oh Kay!Lady Kay Rutfield
  11. 1928Happiness AheadMary Randall
  12. 1927Her Wild OatMary Brown
  13. 1927Naughty But NiceBernice Sumners
  14. 1927Orchids and Ermine'Pink' Watson
  15. 1926TwinkletoesTwink 'Twinkletoes' Minasi
  16. 1926It Must Be LoveFernie Schmidt
  17. 1926Ella CindersElla Cinders
  18. 1926IreneIrene O'Dare
  19. 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristChariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
  20. 1925We ModernsMary Sundale
  21. 1925The Desert FlowerMaggie Fortune
  22. 1925SallySally
  23. 1924So BigSelina Peake
  24. 1924Flirting with LoveGilda Lamont
  25. 1924The Perfect FlapperTommie Lou Pember
  26. 1924Painted PeopleEllie Byrne
  27. 1924Through the DarkMary McGinn
  28. 1923Flaming YouthPatricia Fentriss
  29. 1923April ShowersMaggie Muldoon
  30. 1923The HuntressBela
  31. 1923Broken Hearts of BroadwayMary Ellis
  32. 1923Slippy McGeeMary Virginia
  33. 1923The Nth CommandmentSarah Juke
  34. 1923Look Your BestPerla Quaranta
  35. 1922The Ninety and NineRuth Blake
  36. 1922Broken ChainsMercy Boone
  37. 1922Forsaking All OthersPenelope Mason
  38. 1922AffinitiesFanny Illington
  39. 1922The Wall FlowerIdalene Nobbin
  40. 1922Come on OverMoyna Killiea
  41. 1921The Lotus EaterMavis
  42. 1921His NibsThe Girl
  43. 1921The Sky PilotGwen
  44. 1920DintyDoreen O'Sullivan
  45. 1920So Long LettyGrace Miller
  46. 1920The Devil's ClaimIndora
  47. 1920When Dawn CameMary Harrison
  48. 1920Her Bridal Night-MareMary
  49. 1920The CycloneSylvia Sturgis
  50. 1919A Roman ScandalMary
  51. 1919Common PropertyTatyoe - "Tatyana"
  52. 1919The Egg Crate WallopKitty Haskell
  53. 1919The Man in the MoonlightRosine Delorme
  54. 1919The Wilderness TrailJeanne Fitzpatrick
  55. 1919The BusherMazie Palmer
  56. 1918Little Orphant AnnieAnnie
  57. 1918A Hoosier RomancePatience Thompson
  58. 1917The SavageLizette
  59. 1917The Little AmericanMaid (uncredited)
  60. 1917Hands Up!Marjorie Houston
  61. 1917An Old Fashioned Young ManMargaret
  62. 1917The Bad BoyRuth
  63. 1916The Prince of GraustarkMaid (uncredited)