Alice Knowland (1879-1930) was an American actress active during Hollywood's
silent era
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. She specialized in playing motherly roles.
Biography
Knowland was born in
Fort Fairfield, Maine, to Herbert Knowland and Fannie Warren. She told reporters that she spent much of her childhood out of the country, as her father held a consular position in France, but this has not been verified.
She later lived in Boston, where she began a career as a theater actress, before moving to Los Angeles and appearing in films for
Famous Players–Lasky.
She married Thomas Seymour in 1903; the pair had no children.
Partial filmography
* ''
The Secret Sin'' (1915)
* ''
The Stronger Love'' (1916)
* ''
Giving Becky a Chance'' (1917)
* ''
The Demon'' (1918)
* ''
Fair Enough'' (1918)
* ''
Puppy Love
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'' (1919)
* ''
Satan Junior'' (1919)
* ''
The Delicious Little Devil'' (1919)
* ''
Rustling a Bride'' (1919)
* ''
The Lion's Den'' (1919)
* ''
Full of Pep'' (1919)
* ''
All Soul's Eve'' (1921)
* ''
On the High Seas'' (1922)
* ''
Coming Through'' (1925)
* ''
The King of Kings
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'' (1927)
* ''
The Adorable Cheat
''The Adorable Cheat'' is a 1928 silent film starring Lila Lee and distributed by an independent film company, Chesterfield Motion Pictures. It was directed by Burton L. King with a copy being long held by The Library of Congress.
Summary
The ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Dugan of the Dugouts'' (1928)
References
American film actresses
1879 births
1930 deaths
Actresses from Maine
People from Fort Fairfield, Maine
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