Ricca Allen (June 9, 1863 – September 13, 1949) was a Canadian-born stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1941. Allen was born in Victoria,

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to John Allen of

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. Allen and her sisters Louise Allen and Ray Allen were popular dancers in the 1880s. For nine years, she performed in a company headed by Nance O'Neil. She later had her own company in vaudeville. Allen performed at Niblo's Garden for more than five years. Her Broadway credits include ''Blind Alleys'' (1924), ''Up and Down Broadway'' (1910), ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1907), ''Judith of Bethulia'' (1904), ''The Fires of St. John'' (1904), ''Hedda Gabler'' (1904) and ''Magda'' (1904). Allen died in

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Partial filmography

* '' Fatty Again'' (1914) * '' A Daughter of the Gods'' (1916) * '' Aladdin’s Other Lamp'' (1917) * '' The Mortal Sin'' (1917) * '' The Lifted Veil'' (1917) * '' Life's Whirlpool'' (1917) * '' Outwitted'' (1917) * '' The Duchess of Doubt'' (1917) * '' God's Man'' (1917) * '' A Wife by Proxy'' (1917) * '' Lady Barnacle'' (1917) * '' The Heart of a Girl'' (1918) * '' Our Mrs. McChesney'' (1918) * '' The Shell Game'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * '' The Divorcee'' (1919) * '' Speedy Meade'' (1919) * '' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1920) * '' The Song of the Soul'' (1920) * '' The Oath'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' The Empty Cradle'' (1923) * ''

The Mad Dancer ''The Mad Dancer'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Ann Pennington, Johnnie Walker, and Coit Albertson. Synopsis Mimi, a dancer who lives in the Latin Quarter of Paris, poses nude for a sculpture. W ...

'' (1925) * '' The Virgin Wife'' (1926) * '' Close Harmony'' (1929) * '' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' (1936) * '' One Million B.C.'' (1940)

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Ricca Allen
(New York City Public Library, Billy Rose collection) {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Ricca 1863 births 1949 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses American vaudeville performers 19th-century American actresses 20th-century American actresses