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Jessie Ralph
Acting

Jessie Ralph
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1864-11-04,Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Ralph (born Jessie Ralph Chambers, November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944) was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures. She was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864. She made her acting debut in 1880, at the age of sixteen. She made it to Broadway, where George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also excelled at dramatic roles. Although she made her Hollywood debut in 1916, in a motion picture career that would eventually span 25 years, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were limited to matronly roles, but her expertise at stealing scenes captured the imagination of cinema-goers of the time. Her best-known roles are as Greta Garbo's maid in Camille, as W.C. Fields' battle-axe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick, as Myrna Loy's supercilious aunt Katherine in After the Thin Man, and as Nurse Peggotty in David Copperfield. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941. Jessie Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941, after her leg was amputated. She died four years later in her home town of Gloucester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Filmography

6.511

The Bank Dick
1940-11-29

6.4

Double Wedding
1937-10-15

The Madonna of the Slums

7

The Madonna of the Slums
1919-11-05

Little Lord Fauntleroy

6.782

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936-03-06

After the Thin Man

7.341

After the Thin Man
1936-12-25

7

Camille
1936-12-26

7.14

Les Misérables
1935-04-20

Elmer, the Great

5.111

Elmer, the Great
1933-04-29

7.2

Captain Blood
1935-12-26

Murder at the Vanities

5.455

Murder at the Vanities
1934-05-18

Drums Along the Mohawk

6.488

Drums Along the Mohawk
1939-11-10

5.333

Cocktail Hour
1933-06-05

Evelyn Prentice

6.532

Evelyn Prentice
1934-11-09

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

5.932

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937-02-19

One Night of Love

5.5

One Night of Love
1934-07-16

Child of Manhattan

7.2

Child of Manhattan
1933-02-11

The Affairs of Cellini

5.214

The Affairs of Cellini
1934-08-24

The Lady from Cheyenne

5.7

The Lady from Cheyenne
1941-04-11

Port of Seven Seas

10

Port of Seven Seas
1938-07-01

The Kid From Texas

7

The Kid From Texas
1939-04-14

Enchanted April

5.071

Enchanted April
1935-02-01

The Unguarded Hour

6.4

The Unguarded Hour
1936-04-10

5.25

Bunker Bean
1936-06-26

Love Is a Headache

6.5

Love Is a Headache
1938-01-14

I Want a Divorce

10

I Want a Divorce
1940-09-20

8

Metropolitan
1935-10-17

Ann Carver's Profession

7

Ann Carver's Profession
1933-05-26

7

Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13

I Found Stella Parish

7.333

I Found Stella Parish
1935-11-16

David Copperfield

6.717

David Copperfield
1935-01-18

6.333

Walking on Air
1936-09-11

6.8

We Live Again
1934-11-01

6

Nana
1934-02-01

4.5

Yellow Dust
1936-03-12

5.826

The Blue Bird
1940-01-15

5.667

Star Dust
1940-04-06

Paris in Spring

7

Paris in Spring
1935-07-05

7.5

Cafe Society
1939-03-03

Four Girls in White

7.25

Four Girls in White
1939-01-27

5

Jalna
1935-08-09

9

Mickey the Kid
1939-07-03

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

7

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940-05-01

St. Louis Blues

7.333

St. Louis Blues
1939-02-03

6.667

I Live My Life
1935-10-04

Vanessa: Her Love Story

6.2

Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935-03-01

6.34

The Good Earth
1937-06-02

The Garden Murder Case

5.688

The Garden Murder Case
1936-02-21

The Romance of Celluloid

7

The Romance of Celluloid
1937-08-27

They Met in Bombay

7.289

They Met in Bombay
1941-06-27

6.599

San Francisco
1936-06-26

Mark of the Vampire

6.173

Mark of the Vampire
1935-04-26

Coming Out Party

6

Coming Out Party
1934-03-09

The Girl from Avenue A

7.5

The Girl from Avenue A
1940-08-09

Such a Little Queen

10

Such a Little Queen
1921-06-28

9

MGM Parade
1955-09-14