7.3
7.3
After the Thin Man
1936
as Aunt Katherine Forrest
Jessie Ralph
Acting
Born:November 4, 1864
Died:May 30, 1944(aged 79)
Birthplace:Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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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 (53 movies)
7.3
7.3
They Met in Bombay
1941
as Duchess of Beltravers
7.2
7.2
Captain Blood
1935
as Mrs. Barlow
7.2
7.2
Child of Manhattan
1933
as Aunt Minnie
7.2
7.2
Les Misérables
1935
as Madame Magloire
7.0
7.0
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self
7.0
7.0
I Found Stella Parish
1935
as Nana
6.9
6.9
Camille
1936
as Nanine
6.7
6.7
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
as Applewoman
6.6
6.6
David Copperfield
1935
as Clara Peggotty
6.6
6.6
We Live Again
1934
as Matrona Pavlovna
6.5
6.5
The Kid From Texas
1939
as Aunt Minetta
6.5
6.5
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Aunt Lucy
6.5
6.5
San Francisco
1936
as Mrs. Maisie Burley
6.5
6.5
The Bank Dick
1940
as Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
6.5
6.5
Evelyn Prentice
1934
as Mrs. Blake
6.4
6.4
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Mrs. Weaver
6.4
6.4
I Live My Life
1935
as Mrs. O.H.B. Gage, Kay's Grandmother
6.4
6.4
Double Wedding
1937
as Mrs. Kensington-Bly
6.3
6.3
Ann Carver's Profession
1933
as Terry
6.3
6.3
Four Girls in White
1939
as Miss Tobias
6.3
6.3
The Good Earth
1937
as Cuckoo
6.2
6.2
The Unguarded Hour
1936
as Lady Agatha Hathaway
6.1
6.1
Mark of the Vampire
1935
as Midwife
6.0
6.0
Cafe Society
1939
as Mrs. De Witt
6.0
6.0
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940
as Mama McGann
6.0
6.0
St. Louis Blues
1939
as Aunt Tibbie
6.0
6.0
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
as Lady Mullion
5.8
5.8
Walking on Air
1936
as Evelyn Bennett
5.8
5.8
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
as The Duchess of Ebley
5.7
5.7
The Blue Bird
1940
as Fairy Berylune
5.7
5.7
Love Is a Headache
1938
as Sheriff Janet Winfield
5.5
5.5
Murder at the Vanities
1934
as Mrs. Helene Smith
5.2
5.2
One Night of Love
1934
as Angelina
5.2
5.2
Nana
1934
as Zoe
5.2
5.2
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as Mrs. Hammle
5.0
5.0
Paris in Spring
1935
as Countess de Charelle
5.0
5.0
Coming Out Party
1934
as Nora
4.9
4.9
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
as Beatrice
4.8
4.8
Star Dust
1940
as Aunt Martha Parker
4.8
4.8
Cocktail Hour
1933
as Princess
4.6
4.6
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Mrs. McGuinness
4.6
4.6
Bunker Bean
1936
as Grandmother
4.5
4.5
Enchanted April
1935
as Mrs. Phoebe Fisher
4.0
4.0
Jalna
1935
as Gran Whiteoaks
3.8
3.8
Yellow Dust
1936
as Mrs. Brian
Mickey the Kid
1939
as Veronica Hudson
The Girl from Avenue A
1940
as Mrs. Van Dyne
The Madonna of the Slums
1919
Metropolitan
1935
as Charwoman
Such a Little Queen
1921
as Mary
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Grandma Brokaw
Port of Seven Seas
1938
as Honorine
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