Jean Acker

Jean Acker

Born: October 23, 1893
Died: August 16, 1978
in Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Jean Acker (born Harriet Ackers; October 23, 1893 - August 16, 1978) was an American actress.

Movies for Jean Acker...

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Title: The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 24, 1961
Type: Movie
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
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Young Man with Ideas
Title: Young Man with Ideas
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 2, 1952
Type: Movie
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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The Mating Season
Title: The Mating Season
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: January 12, 1951
Type: Movie
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.
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It's a Wonderful Life
Title: It's a Wonderful Life
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1946
Type: Movie
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
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Spellbound
Title: Spellbound
Character: Matron (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1945
Type: Movie
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
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Obliging Young Lady
Title: Obliging Young Lady
Character: Cousin (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
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My Favorite Wife
Title: My Favorite Wife
Character: Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1940
Type: Movie
Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.
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I Was an Adventuress
Title: I Was an Adventuress
Character: Minor Role
Released: May 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...
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Remember the Night
Title: Remember the Night
Character: Jury Member (uncredited)
Released: January 19, 1940
Type: Movie
When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.
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Good Girls Go to Paris
Title: Good Girls Go to Paris
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: June 20, 1939
Type: Movie
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
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Vogues of 1938
Title: Vogues of 1938
Character: Maid
Released: August 18, 1937
Type: Movie
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.
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It's in the Air
Title: It's in the Air
Character: (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1935
Type: Movie
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
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No More Ladies
Title: No More Ladies
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Title: Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Character: Friend of Miss Fane
Released: January 12, 1934
Type: Movie
Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an all-out search.
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Torch Singer
Title: Torch Singer
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: September 8, 1933
Type: Movie
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
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No Marriage Ties
Title: No Marriage Ties
Character: Adrienne's Maid
Released: August 11, 1933
Type: Movie
An unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.
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Braveheart
Title: Braveheart
Character: Sky-Arrow
Released: December 27, 1925
Type: Movie
Chief Standing Rock's tribe has a treaty protecting their fishing grounds, but a canning corporation is violating the treaty through intimidation and force. The tribe is divided as to how to handle the threat. Standing Rock's son, Braveheart, is sent to college to study law so that he can protect their rights, but others in the tribe, led by the hot-tempered Ki-Yote, want to provoke a more violent confrontation.
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Her Own Money
Title: Her Own Money
Character: Ruth Alden
Released: January 1, 1922
Type: Movie
After five years of marriage, Mildred comes to the realization that her husband, Lew, is going nowhere in the real estate business. Mildred, however, has managed to squirrel away two thousand dollars from the household budget -- enough to buy a home. But it turns out that Lew needs just that sum to avoid a financial disaster
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The Kiss
Title: The Kiss
Character: Isabella Chavez
Released: July 4, 1921
Type: Movie
At the harvest fiesta, Don Luis Baldarama, owner of one of California's great ranchos, expects to announce the betrothal of his son, Audre, to Isabella Chavez, the daughter of a neighboring don named Miguel Chavez. However, Audre plans to elope with Erolinda Vargas, the daughter of the ranch superintendent. When Audre confesses to Isabella that he loves another, she joyfully admits that she loves someone else, also. Audre and Erolina slip away during a feast and meet at a cabin, but they are surprised by Selistino Vargas, who, believing that his daughter has been dishonored, shoots Audre.
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Brewster's Millions
Title: Brewster's Millions
Character: Barbara Drew
Released: January 28, 1921
Type: Movie
Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.
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The Round-Up
Title: The Round-Up
Character: Polly Hope
Released: October 10, 1920
Type: Movie
A lovesick sheriff protects his town, embroiled in a feud between a crafty bandit leader and the family of the prospector he stole from.
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An Arabian Knight
Title: An Arabian Knight
Character: Zorah
Released: August 22, 1920
Type: Movie
Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa is cast as an ancient Egyptian donkey boy in An Arabian Knight. The humble Hayakawa rescues high-born Lillian Hall from lascivious pasha Fred Jones. All this brouhaha is actually a dream experienced by Hall.
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Lombardi, Ltd.
Title: Lombardi, Ltd.
Character: Daisy
Released: October 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Tito Lombardi a Fifth Avenue dress designer, causes his business to suffer by his generous dispensation of credit to clients, one of whom, Max Strohm, the manager of a musical review, has promised payment for his girls' lavish costumes as soon as the show makes money. To the dismay of Norah Blake, Lombardi's faithful assistant, who loves him, Lombardi proposes to Phyllis Manning, one of the showgirls, and presents her with his finest creations, while not even attempting to kiss her, as she puts off setting a wedding date and also accepts the attentions of wealthy bachelor Bob Tarrant.
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Checkers
Title: Checkers
Character: Pert Barlow
Released: August 24, 1919
Type: Movie
Edward Campbell, known as Checkers, is a racetrack tout. Determined to reform himself, he foreswears gambling, but must take it up once more in order to save someone he loves from disaster.
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Are You a Mason?
Title: Are You a Mason?
Released: March 15, 1915
Type: Movie
Frank Perry's wife Helen is away visiting her mother, and he uses this "free time" for a night of drinking at a nightclub. Unfortunately, when he tries to return home, he enters the wrong house and is nearly arrested When Helen comes back he tells her that the "incident" was actually an initiation rite of the Masons, knowing that his wife has always wanted him to join the group. She excitedly tells her father about Frank's becoming a Mason, since her father is also a Mason. What neither she nor Frank know is that her father has actually been doing the same thing Frank is--pretending to be a Mason when he actually isn't. Complications ensue.