Mabel Ballin

Mabel Ballin

Born: December 31, 1884
Died: July 24, 1958
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
From Wikipedia

Mabel Ballin (January 1, 1887 – July 24, 1958) was an

American motion-picture actress of the silent film era.

Born Mabel Croft in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she

originally studied painting. Her landscapes were noticed at an exhibition and

led to an offer to appear in films. Ballin appeared in 28 films between 1917

and 1925. She achieved popularity during World War I.

She is best known for her role in Riders of the Purple Sage

(1925). Her other notable roles included The Glorious Adventure (1918), Jane

Eyre (1921), and Vanity Fair (1923), in which she played Becky Sharp.

She married artist-turned-director Hugo Ballin in 1917, and

they remained married until his death in 1956.

She died in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. She was

interred in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica with her husband.

Movies for Mabel Ballin...

Code of the West
Title: Code of the West
Character: Mary Stockwell
Released: April 6, 1925
Type: Movie
Code of the West (1925)
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Riders of the Purple Sage
Title: Riders of the Purple Sage
Character: Jane Withersteen
Released: March 15, 1925
Type: Movie
A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.
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Souls for Sale
Title: Souls for Sale
Character: Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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Vanity Fair
Title: Vanity Fair
Character: Becky Sharp
Released: February 25, 1923
Type: Movie
Vanity Fair (1923)
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Pagan Love
Title: Pagan Love
Released: December 7, 1920
Type: Movie
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Under Crimson Skies
Title: Under Crimson Skies
Character: Helen Clayton
Released: July 5, 1920
Type: Movie
The captain of a sailing ship has an affair with the wife of one of his passengers, and gets mixed up in a mutiny at sea and a revolution.
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Lord and Lady Algy
Title: Lord and Lady Algy
Character: Mrs. Tudway
Released: September 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Lord and Lady Algy separate amicably after he breaks his promise not to gamble again on the horses. When the wife of soap magnate Brabazon Tudway, is courted by Algy's philandering elder brother, Algy tries to help his brother escape Tudway's wrath by hiding Mrs. Tudway in his apartments. Tudway discovers her there ....
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The White Heather
Title: The White Heather
Character: Marion Hume
Released: June 29, 1919
Type: Movie
Lord Angus Cameron's marriage to a woman of his titled Scottish class is thwarted by his secret marriage years before to Marion Hume, the housekeeper of the castle. Cameron attempts to repudiate the marriage, the only record of which is a certificate in the sunken wreck of a yacht, The White Heather . Marion goes to court to prove her claim and secure the rights of her son by Cameron, but is defeated. Alec McClintock, who is in love with Marion, and Cameron both want to recover the record, so they don diving suits and descend to the wreck. An underwater struggle ensues and Cameron severs his own air tube and drowns while attempting to cut off his rival's air supply. Alec then recovers the marriage record and wins Marion. —AFI
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Laughing Bill Hyde
Title: Laughing Bill Hyde
Character: Alice Walker
Released: September 22, 1918
Type: Movie
Convict Bill Hyde and his friend, Danny Dorgan, break out of prison, but in running from the guards, Danny is mortally wounded. The local doctor, Evan Thomas, tries so hard to save Danny that later, when Bill and the doctor meet in Alaska, the two become friends. A dying man gives his mine to the doctor, but upon discovering that it is worthless, Bill sells it to a crook named John Wesley Slayforth...
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The Danger Game
Title: The Danger Game
Character: May Wentworth
Released: April 21, 1918
Type: Movie
Wealthy Clytie Rogers writes a novel in which a society girl commits a burglary, but it is "roasted" by critic Jimmy Gilpin, who writes that her story is completely implausible. To prove him wrong, Clytie decides to feign a robbery and enters an apartment through an open window. She is apprehended by a policeman, who mistakes her for local robber "Powder Nose Annie." Gilpin sees her in jail and, posing as crook Jimmy of the Dives, arranges to break her out and take her on a robbing spree. Finally, Jimmy returns her to her parents and then calls at her home as Gilpin, the critic. Clytie is suprised but forgives the deception and agrees to marry him.