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Colleen Moore

Colleen Moore

Acting

Born: August 18, 1899Port Huron, Michigan, USA

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. 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.

Known For
Filmography
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Herself (archive footage)

2011
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Self (archive footage)

2007
The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Hester Prynne

1934
Success at Any Price

Success at Any Price

Sarah Griswold

1934
Social Register

Social Register

Patsy Shaw

1934
The Power and the Glory

The Power and the Glory

Sally Garner

1933
Footlights and Fools

Footlights and Fools

Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray

1929
Smiling Irish Eyes

Smiling Irish Eyes

Kathleen O'Connor

1929
Why Be Good?

Why Be Good?

Pert Kelly

1929
Synthetic Sin

Synthetic Sin

Betty Fairfax

1929
Lilac Time

Lilac Time

Jeannine

1928
Oh Kay!

Oh Kay!

Lady Kay Rutfield

1928
Happiness Ahead

Happiness Ahead

Mary Randall

1928
Her Wild Oat

Her Wild Oat

Mary Brown

1927
Life in Hollywood No. 2

Life in Hollywood No. 2

Herself

1927
Naughty But Nice

Naughty But Nice

Bernice Sumners

1927
Orchids and Ermine

Orchids and Ermine

'Pink' Watson

1927
Twinkletoes

Twinkletoes

Twink 'Twinkletoes' Minasi

1926
It Must Be Love

It Must Be Love

Fernie Schmidt

1926
Ella Cinders

Ella Cinders

Ella Cinders

1926
Irene

Irene

Irene O'Dare

1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

1925
We Moderns

We Moderns

Mary Sundale

1925
The Desert Flower

The Desert Flower

Maggie Fortune

1925
Sally

Sally

Sally

1925
So Big

So Big

Selina Peake

1924
Flirting with Love

Flirting with Love

Gilda Lamont

1924
The Perfect Flapper

The Perfect Flapper

Tommie Lou Pember

1924
Painted People

Painted People

Ellie Byrne

1924
Through the Dark

Through the Dark

Mary McGinn

1924
Flaming Youth

Flaming Youth

Patricia Fentriss

1923
April Showers

April Showers

Maggie Muldoon

1923
The Huntress

The Huntress

Bela

1923
Broken Hearts of Broadway

Broken Hearts of Broadway

Mary Ellis

1923
Slippy McGee

Slippy McGee

Mary Virginia

1923
The Nth Commandment

The Nth Commandment

Sarah Juke

1923
Look Your Best

Look Your Best

Perla Quaranta

1923
The Ninety and Nine

The Ninety and Nine

Ruth Blake

1922
Forsaking All Others

Forsaking All Others

Penelope Mason

1922
Broken Chains

Broken Chains

Mercy Boone

1922
Affinities

Affinities

Fanny Illington

1922
The Wall Flower

The Wall Flower

Idalene Nobbin

1922
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

Self

1922
Come on Over

Come on Over

Moyna Killiea

1922
The Lotus Eater

The Lotus Eater

Mavis

1921
His Nibs

His Nibs

The Girl

1921
The Sky Pilot

The Sky Pilot

Gwen

1921
Dinty

Dinty

Doreen O'Sullivan

1920
So Long Letty

So Long Letty

Grace Miller

1920
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)

self

1920
The Devil's Claim

The Devil's Claim

Indora

1920
When Dawn Came

When Dawn Came

Mary Harrison

1920
Her Bridal Night-Mare

Her Bridal Night-Mare

Mary

1920
The Cyclone

The Cyclone

Sylvia Sturgis

1920
A Roman Scandal

A Roman Scandal

Mary

1919

Common Property

Tatyoe - "Tatyana"

1919
The Egg Crate Wallop

The Egg Crate Wallop

Kitty Haskell

1919
The Man in the Moonlight

The Man in the Moonlight

Rosine Delorme

1919
The Wilderness Trail

The Wilderness Trail

Jeanne Fitzpatrick

1919
The Busher

The Busher

Mazie Palmer

1919
Little Orphant Annie

Little Orphant Annie

Annie

1918
A Hoosier Romance

A Hoosier Romance

Patience Thompson

1918
The Savage

The Savage

Lizette

1917
The Little American

The Little American

Maid (uncredited)

1917
Hands Up!

Hands Up!

Marjorie Houston

1917

An Old Fashioned Young Man

Margaret

1917
The Bad Boy

The Bad Boy

Ruth

1917
The Prince of Graustark

The Prince of Graustark

Maid (uncredited)

1916