Amelia Summerville

Nacimiento : 1862-10-15, County Kildare, Ireland

Muerte : 1934-01-21

Historia

From Wikipedia Amelia Summerville (1862–1934), born Amelia Shaw, was an Irish-born American stage and silent film actress. Summerville was born in County Kildare, Ireland and migrated to Toronto, Canada as a child. She first appeared on stage at the age of 7 in an operetta in Toronto. In 1884, Summerville appeared in her first leading role in the play Adonis. She originated the role of Rosetta, the Mountain Maid. Summerville appeared in fourteen Broadway plays from 1899 to 1925. She also performed in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.

Películas

The Great Deception
The Great Deception
Lady Jane
WW1 espionage tale....
Rómula
Rómula
Brigida
En el siglo XV, Romola, hija de un sabio florentino ciego, se casa con Tito Melema, hombre de escasos escrúpulos. Utilizando todos los recursos turbios a su disposición, Tito alcanza el puesto de Jefe de la Magistratura, aprovechando cualquier oportunidad para el abuso de poder, lo que le hace muy impopular. Uno de sus actos más despreciables es su matrimonio fingido con la campesina Tessa.
Romance
Romance
April Folly
April Folly
Olive Connal
April Poole (Davies), a young writer in love with publisher Kerry Sarle (Tearle), visits the office of Mr. Sarle and his partner Ronald Kenna (Frank) and reads her latest story to them. She has made Sarle the hero, Kenna the villain, and herself the heroine. In the story, April changes places with Lady Diana Mannister (Marshall), who is being sent to South Africa to separate her from her lover, a young artist. A famous diamond that Lady Diana is to deliver at the end of her journey is given to April. Thieves trail her during her journey. With efforts by Kenna to steal the diamond prevented by the intervention of Sarle, the story comes to a close.
The Witness for the Defense
The Witness for the Defense
Margaret Pettifer
Stella Derrick and Dick Hazelwood love each other, but their families want them to make better financial matches.
The Probation Wife
The Probation Wife
Eunice Galway
A 1919 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
Getting Mary Married
Getting Mary Married
Mrs. Bussard
Early feature from American cinema pioneer Allan Dwan, starring Marion Davies
How Could You, Caroline?
How Could You, Caroline?
Mrs. Rogers
Caroline Rogers, a spirited young girl with a taste for highly romantic novels, comes home from boarding school to attend her sister Ethel's wedding. Having read a particularly lurid novel entitled Twin Souls recently, she arrives at the rehearsal wearing a daring gown in the hope of ensnaring a "soul mate." Because of his poetic name, Caroline becomes involved with Reginald Van Alden, a married fortune-seeker. On the morning of the wedding, she abandons her old sweetheart, Bob Worth, to take a ride with Reginald, but when he takes her to a disreputable roadhouse, she escapes and then tries to commit suicide by drinking cologne.
Mrs. Dane's Defense
Mrs. Dane's Defense
The Duchess of Grantby
An Englishwoman misbehaves in Canada, driving a traveling companion to suicide and bearing a secret child whom she whisks away. When she returns to England to receive an inheritance, her bad deeds catch up to her. The film is presumed lost.