1902-09-17 Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
Esther Ralston (September 17th, 1902- January 14th, 1994) was an American silent film star. She began her career as a child actress in a family vaudeville act named "The Ralston Family with Baby Esther, America's Youngest Juliet". She then went on to appear in a few small silent film roles, including one alongside her brother in the 1920 film adaptation of Huckleberry Finn. Ralston gained attention as Mrs. Darling in the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan. Her most well known sound picture was To the Last Man in 1933.
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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (archive footage) | 1999-06-14 |
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The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors | Herself | 1993-06-30 |
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The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
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Jungle Terror | Valarie Shields | 1946-06-01 |
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San Francisco Docks | Frances March | 1940-12-25 |
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Tin Pan Alley | Nora Bayes | 1940-11-29 |
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Letter of Introduction | Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited) | 1938-08-05 |
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Slander House | Ruth De Milo | 1938-10-04 |
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The Spy Ring | Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton) | 1938-01-08 |
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Shadows of the Orient | Viola Avery | 1937-08-18 |
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The Mysterious Pilot | Vivian McNain | 1937-12-09 |
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Jungle Menace | Valerie Shields | 1937-09-01 |
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As Good as Married | Miss Danforth | 1937-05-09 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Flora Moore | 1936-08-20 |
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The Girl from Mandalay | Mary Trevor | 1936-04-19 |
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Reunion | Janet Fair | 1936-11-20 |
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We're in the Legion Now | Louise Rillette | 1936-12-13 |
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Forced Landing | Ruby Anatole | 1935-12-02 |
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Ladies Crave Excitement | Miss Winkler | 1935-06-21 |
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Streamline Express | Elaine Vincent | 1935-09-15 |
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Mister Dynamite | Charmian Dvorjak | 1935-04-22 |
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Together We Live | Jenny | 1935-08-16 |
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Strange Wives | Olga | 1934-11-30 |
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Sadie McKee | Dolly Merrick | 1934-05-09 |
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Romance in the Rain | Gwen de la Rue | 1934-08-13 |
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The Marines Are Coming | Dorothy Manning | 1934-11-19 |
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By Candlelight | Baroness von Ballin | 1933-12-18 |
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To the Last Man | Ellen Colby | 1933-09-15 |
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Black Beauty | Leila Lambert | 1933-04-01 |
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After the Ball | Elissa Strange | 1932-11-23 |
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Rome Express | Asta Marvelle | 1932-10-31 |
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Lonely Wives | Madeline Smith | 1931-02-15 |
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The Prodigal | Antonia Farraday | 1931-02-21 |
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The Case of Lena Smith | 1929-01-29 | |
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The Wheel of Life | Ruth Dangan | 1929-06-15 |
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Betrayal | Vroni | 1929-05-11 |
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The Mighty | Louise Patterson | 1929-11-16 |
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Love and Learn | Nancy Blair | 1928-01-14 |
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The Sawdust Paradise | Hallie | 1928-06-28 |
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Half a Bride | Patience Winslow | 1928-06-16 |
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Ten Modern Commandments | Kitty O'Day | 1927-07-27 |
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Figures Don't Lie | Janet Wells | 1927-10-08 |
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Fashions for Women | Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry | 1927-03-26 |
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The Spotlight | Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova | 1927-11-19 |
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Children of Divorce | Jean Waddington | 1927-04-25 |
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Old Ironsides | Esther | 1926-12-06 |
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The Quarterback | Louise Mason | 1926-10-11 |
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The Blind Goddess | Moira Devens | 1926-04-04 |
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The American Venus | Mary Gray | 1926-01-31 |
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The Lucky Devil | Doris McDee | 1925-07-13 |
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The Best People | Alice O'Neil | 1925-11-09 |
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The Trouble With Wives | Dagmar | 1925-09-28 |
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A Kiss for Cinderella | Fairy Godmother | 1925-12-22 |
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The Little French Girl | Toppie Westmacott | 1925-02-01 |
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Womanhandled | Molly Martin | 1925-12-27 |
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Beggar on Horseback | Cynthia Mason | 1925-06-05 |
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The Marriage Circle | Miss Hofer | 1924-02-10 |
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$50,000 Reward | Carolyn Jordan | 1924-12-02 |
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Jack O'Clubs | 1924-02-01 | |
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Peter Pan | Mrs. Darling | 1924-12-29 |
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The Heart Buster | Rose Hillyer | 1924-07-06 |
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Wolves of the North | Madge Chester | 1924-09-21 |
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The Rivals | 1923-12-31 | |
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The Prisoner | Marie | 1923-03-18 |
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The Victor | Chewing gum baron's daughter | 1923-06-01 |
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Blinky | Mary Lou Kileen | 1923-08-17 |
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Oliver Twist | Rose Maylie | 1922-10-30 |
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The Lone Hand | 1922-10-16 | |
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Pure and Simple | 1922-01-01 | |
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Remembrance | Beatrice | 1922-10-01 |
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The Kid | Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited) | 1921-01-21 |
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Crossing Trails | Helen Stratton | 1921-11-23 |
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The Butterfly Man | (uncredited) | 1920-04-18 |
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Huckleberry Finn | Mary Jane Wilks | 1920-02-29 |
