Arline Pretty (September 5, 1885 – April 14, 1978) was an American
film actress of the
silent era
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
.
Life and career
Pretty was born September 5, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Her mother was a musician.
For three years, Pretty acted on stage in Washington, D. C., with the Columbia Stock Company before debuting in films in 1913.
Her early film experience was as a supporting actress for
King Baggot at
Universal. After that, she acted for the
Vitagraph Company
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States film studio, motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith (producer), Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as t ...
in leading ingenue parts. She appeared as the daughter of a jailer with
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked Vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckler film, swashbu ...
in ''
In Again, Out Again''.
Pretty's film work included the Vitagraph serial ''The Secret Kingdom'' (1917),
Selected filmography
* ''
One Best Bet'' (1914)
* ''
The Surprises of an Empty Hotel'' (1916)
* ''
In Again, Out Again'' (1917)
* ''
A Woman in Grey
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'' (1920)
* ''
Life
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'' (1920)
* ''
The Valley of Doubt'' (1920)
* ''
When the Devil Drives'' (1922)
* ''
Love in the Dark'' (1922)
* ''
Stormswept
''Stormswept'' is a 1923 silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a sett ...
'' (1923)
* ''
The White Flower'' (1923)
* ''
Bucking the Barrier'' (1923)
* ''
Tipped Off'' (1923)
* ''
Rouged Lips
''Rouged Lips'' is a 1923 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Viola Dana, Tom Moore (actor), Tom Moore, and Nola Luxford. It is based in the story ''Upstage'' by Rita Weiman which appeared in ''Cosmopol ...
'' (1923)
* ''
A Fool's Awakening'' (1924)
* ''
Barriers Burned Away'' (1925)
* ''
The Girl on the Stairs'' (1925)
* ''
The Primrose Path'' (1925)
* ''
Virgin Lips'' (1928)
* ''
Shipmates Forever'' (1935)
References
Bibliography
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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1885 births
1978 deaths
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
20th-century American actresses
Actresses from Washington, D.C.
American stage actresses
Film serial actresses
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