Barbara Tennant

Barbara Tennant

Born: May 19, 1892
Died: March 18, 1982
in London, England, UK
Barbara Tennant was born in London, England in 1892. Barbara is one of those actresses that is very hard to find anything on. Research brings up so very little. We do know that Barbara started life on the stage, but changed to films when she was 20. Her first movie was The Holy City (1912) in 1912. The parts she had weren't big ones by any means, but it was more than some aspiring actresses were getting. Barbara was 35 when she made Hidden Aces (1927) in 1927. Afterwards she made no others. It's as though she dropped off the face of the earth because no one seems to know what happened to her or what she had done since her film career.

Movies for Barbara Tennant...

Motorboat Mamas
Title: Motorboat Mamas
Character: Mrs. Whalen
Released: September 30, 1928
Type: Movie
Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.
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Run, Girl, Run
Title: Run, Girl, Run
Character: Minor Roe
Released: January 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
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The Devil Dancer
Title: The Devil Dancer
Character: The White Woman
Released: November 3, 1927
Type: Movie
An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.
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The Clown
Title: The Clown
Character: Corinne
Released: September 12, 1927
Type: Movie
Silent crime drama Directed by William James Craft.
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Hidden Aces
Title: Hidden Aces
Character: Princess Orloff
Released: August 6, 1927
Type: Movie
Larry 'Hutch' Hutchdale, gentleman thief, is keeping an eye on the newly-arrived Princess Orloff of Russia...and not just because of her curvaceous figure. The woman's jewel necklace is worth a fortune. But her secretary, Natalie Knowles, is secretly a famed cat burglar, and wants the necklace for herself. The two thieves outwit each other at every turn, all the while realizing they're a perfect match. But the star-crossed lovers have a surprise on their hands when they realize the jewels are a fake, and the princess an imposter! Hidden Aces was Charles Hutchison's seventh and final appearance as 'Hutch' Hutchdale, the character he originated in 1921's Hurricane Hutch.
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Smith's Fishing Trip
Title: Smith's Fishing Trip
Character: Mrs. Bender
Released: May 29, 1927
Type: Movie
Twelfth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family gos fishing while their house is renovated.
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A Small Town Princess
Title: A Small Town Princess
Character: Mary's Companion
Released: March 20, 1927
Type: Movie
A small town princess gets hired for the movies.
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Should Sleepwalkers Marry?
Title: Should Sleepwalkers Marry?
Character: Mrs. Charley Carter
Released: January 23, 1927
Type: Movie
Should Sleepwalkers Marry? is a 1927 comedy short
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A Blonde's Revenge
Title: A Blonde's Revenge
Character: Mrs. Hayes
Released: December 19, 1926
Type: Movie
Turpin plays a candidate who poses as the worker's friend but spends hi time buttering up wealthy women and seizing upn any opportunity to womanise.
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Her Sacrifice
Title: Her Sacrifice
Character: Madame Dupree
Released: September 26, 1926
Type: Movie
A woman with a sordid past is redeemed by love in this silent melodrama from low-budget Sanford Productions.
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The Perils of Petersboro
Title: The Perils of Petersboro
Character: Aunt Barbara Knight
Released: September 26, 1926
Type: Movie
The Perils of Petersboro is a 1926 silent comedy
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Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Title: Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Character: Barbara Foote
Released: August 8, 1926
Type: Movie
A dancing instructor goes to a married woman's home, to giver her lessons, while her husband is absent. He leaves and goes to a poker game. The husband is one of the players, and the instructor, not knowing who he is, shows her picture around the table. This prompts a round-table discussion in which none of the standard rules for civility is part of the discussion.
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Hearts and Spangles
Title: Hearts and Spangles
Character: Grace Carris
Released: June 15, 1926
Type: Movie
Steve Carris, a medical student, is expelled from college, disowned by his father and joins a circus.
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Fight Night
Title: Fight Night
Character: Mrs. Moore
Released: May 9, 1926
Type: Movie
While somewhat happily married, Walter Moore's eyes do stray from time to time, especially when Tessie McNab is within his eye-sight range. But while trying to just be helpful to a damsel-in-distress, Walter's jealous wife suspects there may be some hanky-panky involved.
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The Midnight Flyer
Title: The Midnight Flyer
Character: Mother Henderson
Released: December 6, 1925
Type: Movie
The speed of lightning; the roar of thunder; the thrills of an earthquake; it's "The midnight flyer".
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Captain January
Title: Captain January
Character: Lucy Tripp
Released: July 6, 1924
Type: Movie
During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and wants her to live with them.
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Poisoned Paradise
Title: Poisoned Paradise
Character: Mrs. G. Kildair
Released: February 29, 1924
Type: Movie
Margot Le Blanc loses her small fortune at Monte Carlo and makes the acquaintance of Hugh Kildair, an artist, who hires her as a housekeeper. A gang of thieves set a trap for Kildair when they find that he knows a mathematical system guaranteed to win at the gambling table.
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You Can't Get Away with It
Title: You Can't Get Away with It
Released: November 18, 1923
Type: Movie
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Circus Days
Title: Circus Days
Character: Ann Tyler
Released: July 30, 1923
Type: Movie
10-year-old Toby runs away from his abusive uncle to join the Big Top.
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Deserted at the Altar
Title: Deserted at the Altar
Character: Nell Reed (The Other Woman)
Released: December 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Anna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical Squire Simpson, who conspires with his son to acquire the inheritance due the girl.
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The Love Gambler
Title: The Love Gambler
Character: Kate
Released: November 12, 1922
Type: Movie
Drifter Dick Manners arrives at a ranch owned by Colonel Angus McClelland. When he wagers that he will be able to ride a wild bronco and kiss the ranchman's haughty daughter, Jean -- and wins -- he lands a job there. But Manners and Jean really fall in love and Colonel McClelland fires him. He then meets a woman who is dying, and she begs him to marry her so that her child will have a name. Manners obliges, and then Jean finds out about the situation.
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The Masquerader
Title: The Masquerader
Character: Bobby Blessington
Released: July 1, 1922
Type: Movie
John Loder looks exactly like his cousin, John Chilcote, who is a member of Parliament. Because of his dissolute ways, Chilcote collapses, and Loder is called in to take his place so that the family honor can remain unsullied. Loder's masquerade is so successful that no one suspects him of being an impostor, not even Chilcote's estranged wife, Eve. Loder distinguishes himself with his actions, both in public and private, while the real Chilcote sinks further into the gutter until he finally dies. Loder decides to remain as John Chilcote, and marries Eve, who, up until Loder reveals his true identity, has believed she was falling in love with her husband all over again.
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The Infidel
Title: The Infidel
Character: Hope Scudder
Released: April 2, 1922
Type: Movie
Lola Daintry (MacDonald) is an actress who's mad at the world, and especially ministers, one of whom -- her father -- was so cruel that he drove her mother out of the house. When Bully Haynes (Melbourne MacDonald) wants her help in showing up a group of South Seas missionaries, she's more than happy to assist. But Lola doesn't realize she's being used so that Haynes can gain control over the copra trade from his rival, Cyrus Flint (Robert Ellis).
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Wolves of the North
Title: Wolves of the North
Character: Jenfau Jen
Released: April 16, 1921
Type: Movie
Aurora, daughter of Professor Norris, a student of Eskimo culture in the region of Unalik on the southeast coast of Alaska, is devoted to David, a youth of weak character who has been reared in the family, and she is aloof to other men. "Wiki" Jack, primitive and passionate, sets out to win her despite her unconcealed disdain for him.
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What Every Woman Wants
Title: What Every Woman Wants
Character: Phyllis Miles
Released: February 23, 1919
Type: Movie
Poor stenographer Gloria Graham believes that clothes make a woman successful in business and as a result she incurs great debts.
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The Closed Road
Title: The Closed Road
Character: Julia Annersley
Released: April 24, 1916
Type: Movie
1916 silent drama directed by Maurice Tourneur
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The Price of Malice
Title: The Price of Malice
Character: Grace Weston
Released: February 21, 1916
Type: Movie
Captain Mills is jealous of Jim Clifford, his fellow officer at the British War Department, so he steals an important document in an attempt to make Clifford look bad. Clifford has to undergo quite a bit to get the papers back, and his adventures take him to several fancy weekend parties, including one on a yacht, which wrecks. He discovers that Mills gave the document to Grace Weston, who doesn't realize what she's got.
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The Link in the Chain
Title: The Link in the Chain
Character: Marie Goodwin
Released: May 27, 1914
Type: Movie
Mr. Goodwin, head of the Crown Jewel Company, has poor health and consequently often transacts his business at home. He is a kind-hearted employer, and his two assistants, Rogers and Burton, have little to complain of. Burton is the father of a beautiful daughter, Marie, who is loved by Rogers. However, she rejects his suit, preferring charity work in the slums. Here she is known as "the little angel."
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The Trail of the Silver Fox
Title: The Trail of the Silver Fox
Character: Therese
Released: February 12, 1913
Type: Movie
A real life drama enacted in the Yukon region where the rigors of battle for existence reduced it's human characters to it's primitive. The girl's perilous trip to the frozen north to save a life will grip you tight....
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The Transgression of Deacon Jones
Title: The Transgression of Deacon Jones
Character: Mollie
Released: October 30, 1912
Type: Movie
The Purity League tries to close down a small-town nickelodeon.
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Robin Hood
Title: Robin Hood
Character: Maid Marian
Released: August 21, 1912
Type: Movie
Robin Hood is a 1912 film made by Eclair Studios when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. The movie's costumes feature enormous versions of the familiar hats of Robin and his merry men, and uses the unusual effect of momentarily superimposing images different animals over each character to emphasize their good or evil qualities. The film was directed by Étienne Arnaud and Herbert Blaché, and written by Eustace Hale Ball. A restored copy of the 30-minute film exists and was exhibited in 2006 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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Chamber of Forgetfulness
Title: Chamber of Forgetfulness
Character: The Wife
Released: May 20, 1912
Type: Movie
A husband, thinking his wife is unfaithful to her, has a confrontational scene with her, which causes her to have a heart attack and die. He sends his son away until, after a dozen years, he discovers she was true; whereupon he summons his son and, after a bit, they reconcile at her grave.