Alma Tell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

12

Gender

Female

Birthday

1898-03-27

Deathday

1937-12-29 (39 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Alma Tell

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 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.

Known For

Imitation of Life
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Imitation of Life

Nov 23, 1934

The Silent Command
5.0%

The Silent Command

Aug 18, 1923

The Smugglers
5.0%

The Smugglers

Jul 6, 1916

Love Comes Along
5.0%

Love Comes Along

Jan 5, 1930

On with the Dance
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On with the Dance

Feb 15, 1920

San Francisco Nights
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San Francisco Nights

May 1, 1928

Saturday's Children
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Saturday's Children

Mar 10, 1929

Broadway Rose
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Broadway Rose

Sep 22, 1922

The Iron Trail
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The Iron Trail

Oct 29, 1921

Paying the Piper
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Paying the Piper

Jan 16, 1921

The Right to Love
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The Right to Love

Sep 5, 1920

Nearly Married
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Nearly Married

Nov 18, 1917

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Acting

1934
Imitation of Life as Mrs. Craven (uncredited)
1930
Love Comes Along as Carlotta
1929
Saturday's Children as Florrie
1928
San Francisco Nights as Ruth
1923
The Silent Command as Mrs. Richard Decatur
1922
Broadway Rose as Barbara Royce
1921
The Iron Trail as Eliza Appleton
1921
Paying the Piper as Marcia Marillo
1920
The Right to Love as Lady Edith
1920
On with the Dance as Lady Tremelyn
1917
Nearly Married as Gertrude Robinson
1916
The Smugglers as Mrs. Watts
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