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Jessie Ralph‌

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Jessie Ralph

Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

Jessie Ralph

Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1864-11-04

Popularity

star1.1

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Ralph (born Jessie Ralph Chambers, November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944) was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures. She was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864. She made her acting debut in 1880, at the age of sixteen. She made it to Broadway, where George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also excelled at dramatic roles. Although she made her Hollywood debut in 1916, in a motion picture career that would eventually span 25 years, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were limited to matronly roles, but her expertise at stealing scenes captured the imagination of cinema-goers of the time. Her best-known roles are as Greta Garbo's maid in Camille, as W.C. Fields' battle-axe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick, as Myrna Loy's supercilious aunt Katherine in After the Thin Man, and as Nurse Peggotty in David Copperfield. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941. Jessie Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941, after her leg was amputated. She died four years later in her home town of Gloucester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick‌
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calendar 1940

Double Wedding

Double Wedding‌
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calendar 1937

The Madonna of the Slums

The Madonna of the Slums‌
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calendar 1919

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy‌
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calendar 1936

After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man‌
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calendar 1936

Camille

Camille‌
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calendar 1936

Les Misérables

Les Misérables‌
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calendar 1935

Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great‌
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calendar 1933

Captain Blood

Captain Blood‌
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calendar 1935

Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities‌
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calendar 1934

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk‌
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calendar 1939

Cocktail Hour

Cocktail Hour‌
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calendar 1933

Evelyn Prentice

Evelyn Prentice‌
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calendar 1934

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney‌
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calendar 1937

One Night of Love

One Night of Love‌
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calendar 1934

Child of Manhattan

Child of Manhattan‌
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calendar 1933

The Affairs of Cellini

The Affairs of Cellini‌
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calendar 1934

The Lady from Cheyenne

The Lady from Cheyenne‌
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calendar 1941

Port of Seven Seas

Port of Seven Seas‌
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calendar 1938

The Kid From Texas

The Kid From Texas‌
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calendar 1939

Enchanted April

Enchanted April‌
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calendar 1935

The Unguarded Hour

The Unguarded Hour‌
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calendar 1936

Bunker Bean

Bunker Bean‌
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calendar 1936

Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache‌
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calendar 1938

I Want a Divorce

I Want a Divorce‌
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calendar 1940

Metropolitan

Metropolitan‌
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calendar 1935

Ann Carver's Profession

Ann Carver's Profession‌
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calendar 1933

Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss‌
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calendar 1938

I Found Stella Parish

I Found Stella Parish‌
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calendar 1935

David Copperfield

David Copperfield‌
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calendar 1935

Walking on Air

Walking on Air‌
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calendar 1936

We Live Again

We Live Again‌
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calendar 1934

Nana

Nana‌
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calendar 1934

Yellow Dust

Yellow Dust‌
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calendar 1936

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird‌
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calendar 1940

Star Dust

Star Dust‌
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calendar 1940

Paris in Spring

Paris in Spring‌
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calendar 1935

Cafe Society

Cafe Society‌
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calendar 1939

Four Girls in White

Four Girls in White‌
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calendar 1939

Jalna

Jalna‌
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calendar 1935

Mickey the Kid

Mickey the Kid‌
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calendar 1939

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby‌
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calendar 1940

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues‌
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calendar 1939

I Live My Life

I Live My Life‌
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calendar 1935

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Vanessa: Her Love Story‌
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calendar 1935

The Good Earth

The Good Earth‌
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calendar 1937

The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case‌
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calendar 1936

The Romance of Celluloid

The Romance of Celluloid‌
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calendar 1937

They Met in Bombay

They Met in Bombay‌
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calendar 1941

San Francisco

San Francisco‌
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calendar 1936

Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire‌
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calendar 1935

Coming Out Party

Coming Out Party‌
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calendar 1934

The Girl from Avenue A

The Girl from Avenue A‌
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calendar 1940

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