Louise Rial ( – August 10, 1940)''American and British Theatrical Biography'' c. 1979 by J. P. Wearing.. was an American stage and film actress. Rials's parents were Thomas C. Grover and Caroline Grover (''nee'' Chamberlin). She had four siblings Burr, Leonard, Lucien and Julia Grover. Her theatrical debut came in ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1878). She continued acting on stage before entering

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in 1915 with the early

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. On August 10, 1940, Rial died in her New York City home, aged 91. She is buried in an actor's plot at

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Valhalla New York. Her daughter Vira Rial is buried with her in the plot.

Filmography

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'' (1915) *''The Marble Heart'' (1916) *'' A Wife's Sacrifice'' (1916) *''The Spider and the Fly'' (1916) *'' A Daughter of the Gods'' (1916) *'' Tangled Lives'' (1917) *'' My Little Sister'' (1919)

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Louise Rial at IBDb.comportrait
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Louise and Jay Rial
1881 poster for "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Wayback Machine)
Louise Rial
with Robert B. Mantell and Genevieve Hamper in Fox's "A Wife's Sacrifice" 1916 page 107 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rial, Louise 1850s births 1940 deaths American stage actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses