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Alice Hollister

Alice Hollister

Acting

Born: September 28, 1886Worcester - Massachusetts - USA

From Wikipedia Alice Hollister (September 28, 1886 – February 24, 1973) was an American silent film actress who appeared in 85 films between 1911 and 1925. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she is believed to have been the daughter of French-Canadian immigrants. In 1903, at age seventeen, she married George K. Hollister who a few years later became a pioneer cinematographer with Kalem Studios in New York City. They had a daughter, Doris Ethel, born in 1906, and George Jr., born in 1908. When Kalem Studios began sending a film crew to Florida in the wintertime, Alice Hollister accompanied her husband. She began appearing in film in 1911, at first because of the small crew and the frequent need for a female in a bit part. However, she liked acting and went on to appear in many films, the last in 1925. One of Hollister's most important roles was that of Mary Magdalene in the film From the Manger to the Cross (1912). Filmed on location in Palestine, this film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The Vampire (1913) made her the first recognized vamp in cinema, predating Theda Bara in A Fool There Was (1915). For that role, she was dubbed "the original vampire". She reprised the character in The Vampire's Trail (1914) and The Lotus Woman (1916), her last film for Kalem. Alice Hollister's husband died in 1952 and she died in 1973, aged 86, in Costa Mesa, California. They are interred together in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Solace at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Known For
Filmography
The Dancers

The Dancers

Mrs. Mayne

1925
Married Flirts

Married Flirts

Mrs. Callender

1924
The Forgotten Law

The Forgotten Law

Rosalie

1922
A Wise Fool

A Wise Fool

Carmen Dolores

1921
A Voice in the Dark

A Voice in the Dark

Amelia Ellingham

1921
The Great Lover

The Great Lover

Bianca

1920
Milestones

Milestones

Gertrude Rhead

1920
Loaded Dice

Loaded Dice

1918
The Knife

The Knife

Stella Hill

1918

A Son of Strife

Xenia Vaskova

1918
Her Better Self

Her Better Self

Aggie May

1917
The Lotus Woman

The Lotus Woman

Juana

1916

The Money Gulf

Ruth Mason

1915
The Sign of the Broken Shackles

The Sign of the Broken Shackles

Irene Cross - a Tenant

1915

The Net of Deceit

Gabrielle - an Adventuress

1915

The Man in Hiding

Ruth - Tom's Sweetheart

1915
The Maker of Dreams

The Maker of Dreams

Lorna Greene - the Daughter

1915
The Crooked Path

The Crooked Path

Mary - an Orphan

1915
Don Caesar de Bazan

Don Caesar de Bazan

Maritana

1915

Honor Thy Father

Alma Fenway - Chick's Wife

1915
The Haunting Fear

The Haunting Fear

Katherine

1915
A Sister's Burden

A Sister's Burden

Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter

1915
The Destroyer

The Destroyer

Cherie - a Dancer

1915
The Siren's Reign

The Siren's Reign

Grace - a Soubrette

1915

The Stolen Ruby

Marcia Judson - an Adventuress

1915
The Scorpion's Sting

The Scorpion's Sting

Lyda Marston - the Daughter

1915

The Hate That Withers

Iola Neville - a Flirt

1914

The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet

Jessica Spear - an Adventuress

1914

Her Bitter Lesson

Mrs. Evelyn Dane

1914
The Man of Iron

The Man of Iron

Margery Stanley - the Daughter

1914

A Midnight Tragedy

Marjory Priestman - the Wife

1914

The Menace of Fate

Ethel WIlton - the Daughter, age 19

1914

The False Guardian

Helen Graham - an Orphan

1914

Seed and the Harvest

Ida McIntyre - Lawyer

1914

Into the Depths

1914
The Devil's Dansant

The Devil's Dansant

Valerie Farrar - the Wife

1914
The Barefoot Boy

The Barefoot Boy

Eleanor Hastings - the Mother

1914

The Hand of Fate

Florence - a Stenographer

1914
The Brand

The Brand

Rose Hayden - a Girl of the Slums

1914

The Storm at Sea

Jane

1914
The Vampire's Trail

The Vampire's Trail

Rita Caselli - a Cabaret Singer

1914
Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler

Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler

Mary Redding - Kit's Wife

1914

Through the Flames

Marion Hall - Donald's Wife

1914
The Show Girl's Glove

The Show Girl's Glove

Stella Desmond - the Show Girl

1914
The Treasure Ship

The Treasure Ship

Beth Bascom - the Daughter

1914
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec

Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec

Katherine Lowther

1914

A Celebrated Case

1914
The Cabaret Dancer

The Cabaret Dancer

Martha - Don's Sweetheart

1914

The Shadow

Jane Dean - the Daughter

1914

Her Husband's Friend

Alice Lund - the Wife

1914
Frayed Fagin's Adventures

Frayed Fagin's Adventures

1913

The Padrone's Plot

Tony's Wife

1913
Primitive Man

Primitive Man

Betty - a Girl of the Mountains

1913
The Vampire

The Vampire

Sybil

1913

The Hobo and the Myth

1913
The Fatal Legacy

The Fatal Legacy

Maud Halleck - Jack's Wife

1913

The Bribe

Dora Malcolm

1913
The Blind Basket Weaver

The Blind Basket Weaver

Anna - Paul's Crippled Sweetheart

1913
A Virginia Feud

A Virginia Feud

Rose McDonald

1913
The Lost Diamond

The Lost Diamond

Nancy - the Accomplice

1913
A Stolen Identity

A Stolen Identity

Mildred Anderson

1913

The Hidden Witness

Bernice Hamilton - the Governess

1913
Shenandoah

Shenandoah

Mrs. Constance Haverhill

1913

The Wheel of Death

Mary Brown - the Wife

1913
The Terror of Conscience

The Terror of Conscience

Carmela - the Street Singer

1913

A Victim of Heredity

Jane - the Thief's Daughter

1913
Man's Greed for Gold

Man's Greed for Gold

Mrs. Carter

1913
The Alien

The Alien

Josina - Paola's Wife

1913
The Scimitar of the Prophet

The Scimitar of the Prophet

Doris Harris - his wife

1913
A Mississippi Tragedy

A Mississippi Tragedy

1913
The Wartime Siren

The Wartime Siren

Rosalie Ashby

1913
The Message of the Palms

The Message of the Palms

Lovie Carlton - the Colonel's Daughter

1913

The Peril of the Dance Hall

Pepita Florenti

1913
The Prosecuting Attorney

The Prosecuting Attorney

The Attorney's Wife

1913

A Desperate Chance

Ruth - the Telegraph Operator

1913

A Sawmill Hazard

Alice Hollister

1913

The Shaughraun

Moyra

1912
Ireland, the Oppressed

Ireland, the Oppressed

Peggy

1912
The Little Gluers

The Little Gluers

Nora Drew

1912
From the Manger to the Cross

From the Manger to the Cross

Mary Magdalene

1912
The Poacher's Pardon

The Poacher's Pardon

Dora - the Gamekeeper's Daughter

1912

A Prisoner of the Harem

Zorah

1912
Tragedy of the Desert

Tragedy of the Desert

Zenab, The Arab Girl

1912
An Arabian Tragedy

An Arabian Tragedy

Hanifi (Slave Girl) Ayub's 2nd Wife

1912
Dust of the Desert

Dust of the Desert

1912

Far from Erin's Isle

1912

Vagabonds

Jane

1912

Driving Home the Cows

1912

The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

Policeman's Wife

1911
The Colleen Bawn

The Colleen Bawn

Anne Chute

1911

The Fiddler’s Requiem

Bridesmaid

1911
By a Woman's Wit

By a Woman's Wit

Pamela

1911