Amelia Summerville

Amelia Summerville

Born: October 13, 1862
Died: January 21, 1934
in County Kildare, Ireland
From Wikipedia

Amelia Summerville (1862–1934), born Amelia Shaw, was an Irish-born American stage and silent film actress.

Summerville was born in County Kildare, Ireland and migrated to Toronto, Canada as a child. She first appeared on stage at the age of 7 in an operetta in Toronto.

In 1884, Summerville appeared in her first leading role in the play Adonis. She originated the role of Rosetta, the Mountain Maid.

Summerville appeared in fourteen Broadway plays from 1899 to 1925. She also performed in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.

Movies for Amelia Summerville...

The Great Deception
Title: The Great Deception
Character: Lady Jane
Released: July 26, 1926
Type: Movie
Cyril Mansfield, a handsome young Englishman, is associated with the German Secret Service as a spy in England but is loyal to British intelligence, of which he is a member. He is loved by Lois, an American whose favor is sought by Rizzio, also a double agent, who suspects Cyril's disloyalty to Germany. With the intention of conveying false information to the Imperial German Government, Cyril, accompanied by his faithful mechanic, Handy, and by Lois, escapes to Germany, though Lois is herself abducted by Rizzio and brought to headquarters in a U-boat. Innocently, she betrays Cyril, and they are both sentenced to death. On a pretense of aiding Cyril, Rizzio urges Lois to accompany him on a diplomatic mission, but Cyril and Handy overcome their captors; and Lois and Cyril escape to England in his aircraft.
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Romola
Title: Romola
Character: Brigida
Released: December 6, 1924
Type: Movie
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
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Romance
Title: Romance
Released: May 16, 1920
Type: Movie
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April Folly
Title: April Folly
Character: Olive Connal
Released: March 20, 1920
Type: Movie
April Poole (Davies), a young writer in love with publisher Kerry Sarle (Tearle), visits the office of Mr. Sarle and his partner Ronald Kenna (Frank) and reads her latest story to them. She has made Sarle the hero, Kenna the villain, and herself the heroine. In the story, April changes places with Lady Diana Mannister (Marshall), who is being sent to South Africa to separate her from her lover, a young artist. A famous diamond that Lady Diana is to deliver at the end of her journey is given to April. Thieves trail her during her journey. With efforts by Kenna to steal the diamond prevented by the intervention of Sarle, the story comes to a close.
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The Witness for the Defense
Title: The Witness for the Defense
Character: Margaret Pettifer
Released: September 14, 1919
Type: Movie
Stella Derrick and Dick Hazelwood love each other, but their families want them to make better financial matches.
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The Probation Wife
Title: The Probation Wife
Character: Eunice Galway
Released: May 24, 1919
Type: Movie
A 1919 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
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Getting Mary Married
Title: Getting Mary Married
Character: Mrs. Bussard
Released: April 19, 1919
Type: Movie
Early feature from American cinema pioneer Allan Dwan, starring Marion Davies
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How Could You, Caroline?
Title: How Could You, Caroline?
Character: Mrs. Rogers
Released: May 5, 1918
Type: Movie
Caroline Rogers, a spirited young girl with a taste for highly romantic novels, comes home from boarding school to attend her sister Ethel's wedding. Having read a particularly lurid novel entitled Twin Souls recently, she arrives at the rehearsal wearing a daring gown in the hope of ensnaring a "soul mate." Because of his poetic name, Caroline becomes involved with Reginald Van Alden, a married fortune-seeker. On the morning of the wedding, she abandons her old sweetheart, Bob Worth, to take a ride with Reginald, but when he takes her to a disreputable roadhouse, she escapes and then tries to commit suicide by drinking cologne.
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Mrs. Dane's Defense
Title: Mrs. Dane's Defense
Character: The Duchess of Grantby
Released: January 7, 1918
Type: Movie
An Englishwoman misbehaves in Canada, driving a traveling companion to suicide and bearing a secret child whom she whisks away. When she returns to England to receive an inheritance, her bad deeds catch up to her. The film is presumed lost.