A to Z of SILENT FILM STARS


An Alphabetical Directory
of Silent Film Stars
(last updated on February 20, 2015)



This page is an A to Z list of the entries that appear on Jessica Keaton's SILENCE IS PLATINUM blog.
Each link will take you to the entry for that actor/actress on the blog.

The names are listed below in alphabetical order according to their last names, although
I have listed the names normally (e.g., "Theda Bara" instead of "Bara, Theda") for easier reading.

The date that the blog was written is noted in parenthesis next to the name.
(Note that the comments sections for each entry may feature newer and additional information on the topic.)

The blog entries which aren't about a specific individual are grouped together at the bottom of the list.

I hope that this directory will make it easier for you to find the page about a particular topic that has been written about on the blog. Enjoy!



  • Jean Acker (12/04/2011)

  • Art Acord (05/26/2013)

  • Renee Adoree (06/05/2010)

  • Olive Ann Alcorn (05/19/2012)

  • Mignon Anderson (05/31/2012)

  • Roscoe Arbuckle (03/24/2010)
  • The Wives of Roscoe Arbuckle ("A Reckless Romeo") (01/04/2013)

  • Marion Aye (12/04/2013)

  • Agnes Ayres (09/17/2011)

  • Faith Bacon (07/05/2014)

  • Josephine Baker (04/10/2010)

  • Vilma Banky (04/14/2013)

  • Theda Bara (02/26/2010)

  • Florence Barker ("No Talkies II" entry) (07/23/2013)

  • Barrymore Gals (wives of John and Lionel) (05/13/2013)

  • Lina Basquette (09/05/2011)

  • Madge Bellamy (06/11/2010)

  • Alma Bennett (02/08/2015)

  • Anita Berber (05/27/2013)

  • Elisabeth Bergner (05/19/2012)

  • Vedah Bertram ("No Talkies IV" entry) (08/25/2013)

  • Betty Blythe (12/13/2012)

  • True Boardman ("No Talkies" entry) (07/14/2013)

  • Priscilla Bonner (02/25/2013)

  • Olive Borden (03/28/2010)

  • Clara Bow (02/20/2010)

  • John Bowers (11/14/2013)

  • Evelyn Brent (07/28/2011)

  • Mary Brian (03/03/2013)

  • Gladys Brockwell (09/29/2011)

  • Betty Bronson (06/21/2011)

  • Louise Brooks (04/18/2010)

  • June Caprice (06/01/2012)

  • Sue Carol (10/30/2010)

  • Nancy Carroll (05/09/2012)

  • Lon Chaney (10/16/2010)

  • Rex Cherryman ("No Talkies VIII" entry) (10/12/2013)

  • Naomi Childers (03/02/2012)

  • Elmer Clifton (03/07/2014)

  • Joyce Compton (10/02/2011)

  • Bobby Connelly ("No Talkies VII" entry) (10/05/2013)

  • Dulcie Cooper (05/19/2012)

  • Ricardo Cortez (02/20/2015)

  • William Courtleigh Jr. ("No Talkies" entry) (07/14/2013)

  • Ward Crane ("No Talkies II" entry) (07/23/2013)

  • Lili Damita (10/17/2012)

  • Viola Dana (05/05/2010) [deleted]
  • Viola Dana (09/17/2014)

  • Myrna Darby ("Ziegfeld Girls II" entry) (12/21/2010)

  • Grace Darmond (12/04/2011)

  • Marion Davies (05/22/2011)

  • Alice and Marceline Day (03/29/2014)

  • Lya De Putti (04/16/2010)

  • Dolores del Rio (12/09/2012)

  • Carol Dempster (11/03/2012)

  • Florence Deshon (05/30/2013)

  • The Dolly Sisters (Rosie and Jenny Dolly) (05/11/2010)

  • Billie Dove (08/04/2014)

  • The Duncan Sisters (Rosetta and Vivian Duncan) (05/05/2013)

  • Dorothy Dwan (03/08/2013)

  • Jeanne Eagels (03/17/2010) [deleted]
  • Jeanne Eagels (11/04/2014)

  • 'Breezy' Reeves Eason Jr. ("No Talkies V" entry) (09/11/2013)

  • Doris Eaton (05/15/2010)

  • Mary Eaton (05/16/2010)

  • The Eatons Continued... (05/16/2010)

  • Peg Entwistle ("Tragic Hollywood" entry) (09/28/2012)

  • Bessie Eyton (05/10/2013)

  • Douglas Fairbanks (06/03/2011)

  • Madeline and Marion Fairbanks ("Ziegfeld Girls VI") (01/30/2011)

  • Frank Farrington ("No Talkies V" entry) (09/11/2013)

  • Louise Fazenda (03/31/2013)

  • Maude Fealy (11/07/2010)
  • Maude Fealy (YouTube tribute) (11/17/2011)

  • Helen Ferguson (06/09/2014)

  • Margarita Fischer (02/17/2013)

  • Edna Flugrath (09/19/2014)

  • Vladimir Fogel ("No Talkies III" entry) (07/29/2013)

  • Tom Forman ("No Talkies III" entry) (07/29/2013)

  • Carmelita Geraghty (06/02/2012)

  • Dorothy Gibson (04/08/2012)

  • John Gilbert (04/22/2010)
  • Dark Star: wives of John Gilbert (part 1: Olivia Burwell) (07/11/2012)
  • Dark Star: wives of John Gilbert (part 2: Ina Claire & Virginia Bruce) (07/12/2012)
  • Dark Star: wives of John Gilbert (part 3: Leatrice Joy) (07/13/2012)

  • Dorothy Gish (04/21/2010)

  • Lillian Gish (04/21/2010)

  • Dagmar Godowsky (03/24/2013)

  • Myrtle Gonzalez (06/02/2013)

  • Jetta Goudal (11/03/2012)

  • Ethel Grandin (10/26/2013)

  • Katherine Grant (01/11/2015)

  • Joseph Graybill ("No Talkies VII" entry) (10/05/2013)

  • Corinne Griffith (12/11/2012)

  • Dorothy Gulliver (12/15/2013)

  • Hope Hampton (03/01/2013)

  • Juanita Hansen (04/04/2012)

  • Einar Hanson ("No Talkies V" entry) (09/11/2013)

  • Jean Harlow (03/02/2011)

  • Mildred Harris (04/23/2010)

  • Bobby Harron (The Harrons) (01/06/2013)

  • Phyllis Haver (04/05/2012)

  • Anna Held (03/27/2011)
  • Anna Held (quotes about her) (04/05/2012)

  • Brigitte Helm (01/20/2012)

  • Thelma Hill (11/03/2013)

  • Helen Holmes (06/02/2012)

  • Clara Horton (05/19/2012)

  • Arthur V. Johnson (09/28/2013) ("No Talkies VI" entry)

  • Julanne Johnston (12/30/2011)

  • Justine Johnstone (12/30/2011)

  • Lamar Johnstone ("No Talkies VIII" entry) (10/12/2013)

  • Buster Keaton (03/19/2010)

  • Annette Kellerman (02/24/2012)

  • Merna Kennedy (11/05/2014)

  • Barbara Kent (06/20/2011)



  • Vera Kholodnaya (02/28/2012)

  • Allyn King ("Ziegfeld Girls V" entry) (12/30/2010)

  • Florence La Badie (02/20/2010)
  • Florence La Badie (YouTube tribute) (11/17/2011)
  • Florence La Badie (newspaper quotes) (07/25/2012)

  • Carla Laemmle (06/20/2014)

  • Florence Lawrence (04/04/2010)

  • Barbara La Marr (03/21/2010)

  • Dee Lampton ("No Talkies IV" entry) (08/25/2013)

  • Lila Lee (11/21/2013)

  • Max Linder (01/27/2013)

  • Margaret Livingston (12/22/2011)

  • Harold Lloyd (05/02/2010)

  • Ormer Locklear (06/04/2013)

  • Harold Lockwood (06/05/2013)

  • Jeanette Loff (04/30/2014)

  • Jacqueline Logan (12/24/2011)

  • Lillian Lorraine ("Ziegfeld Girls IV" entry) (12/28/2010)

  • Louise Lorraine (06/01/2012)

  • Bessie Love (05/03/2010)

  • Lottie Lyell (09/28/2013) ("No Talkies VI" entry)

  • Katherine MacDonald and Mary MacLaren (04/19/2013)

  • Charles Emmett Mack ("No Talkies V" entry) (09/11/2013)

  • Elsie Mackay (06/30/2013)

  • Martha Mansfield (04/01/2010)

  • Mona Maris (05/19/2012)

  • June Marlowe (01/11/2014)

  • Mae Marsh (09/15/2012)

  • Shirley Mason (05/05/2010) [deleted]
  • Shirley Mason (09/18/2014)

  • Eva May (07/01/2013)

  • May McAvoy (04/19/2010)

  • Marilyn Miller (03/04/2012)

  • Mary Miles Minter (03/02/2010)

  • Rhea Mitchell (05/20/2014)

  • Colleen Moore (04/16/2010)

  • Antonio Moreno (08/27/2010)

  • Catherine Moylan ("Ziegfeld Girls V" entry) (12/30/2010)

  • Mae Murray (12/11/2010)

  • Nita Naldi (12/11/2011)

  • Marguerite Namara (05/19/2012)

  • Alla Nazimova (03/27/2010)

  • Pola Negri (04/01/2010)

  • Evelyn Nelson ("No Talkies III" entry) (07/29/2013)

  • Evelyn Nesbit (05/17/2010)

  • Mary Nolan (10/22/2011)

  • Mabel Normand (04/15/2010)

  • Ramon Novarro (04/02/2010)

  • Molly O'Day (04/20/2014)

  • Nance O'Neil (01/20/2015)

  • Sally O'Neil (04/16/2014)

  • Seena Owen (12/30/2011)

  • Anita Page (06/09/2010)

  • Virginia Pearson (03/30/2013)

  • Ann Pennington ("Ziegfeld Girls I" entry) (12/12/2010)

  • Dorothy Phillips (05/31/2012)

  • Jack Pickford and Lottie Pickford (08/14/2011)

  • Mary Pickford (08/20/2011)

  • Marie Prevost (05/06/2010)

  • Valdemar Psilander ("No Talkies III" entry) (07/29/2013)

  • Edna Purviance (04/23/2010)

  • Jobyna Ralston (01/04/2014)

  • Virginia Rappe (12/21/2011)

  • Marvel Rea (10/13/2013)

  • Jessie Reed ("Ziegfeld Girls III" entry) (12/22/2010)

  • Wallace Reid (04/12/2010)

  • Lucille Ricksen (08/22/2010) [deleted]
  • Lucille Ricksen (revised) (09/08/2014)

  • Ruth Roland (02/05/2014)

  • Alma Rubens (12/19/2011) [deleted]
  • Alma Rubens (revised) (02/07/2015)

  • Dorothy Seastrom (06/09/2013)

  • Dorothy Sebastian (04/24/2010)

  • Larry Semon (09/06/2010)

  • Clarine Seymour (08/22/2010)

  • Ethel Shannon (01/19/2014)

  • Peggy Shannon (11/05/2011)

  • Vera Sisson (06/02/2012)

  • Martha Sleeper (01/05/2014)

  • Jack Standing ("No Talkies II" entry) (07/23/2013)

  • Sally Starr (05/19/2012)

  • Charlotte Stevens (05/19/2012)

  • Emily Stevens ("No Talkies II" entry) (07/23/2013)

  • Anita Stewart (02/07/2013)

  • Valeska Suratt (10/15/2012)

  • Gloria Swanson (10/10/2010)

  • Blanche Sweet (01/28/2013)

  • Constance Talmadge (03/28/2010)

  • Norma Talmadge (03/27/2010)

  • Lilyan Tashman (02/05/2012)

  • William Desmond Taylor (07/27/2012)

  • Olive Thomas (02/26/2010)
  • Olive Thomas (newspaper quotes) (07/16/2012)

  • Fred Thomson (07/08/2013)

  • Mary Thurman (06/07/2013)

  • Raquel Torres (05/19/2012)

  • Lupita Tovar (05/19/2012)

  • Rudolph Valentino (04/25/2010)
  • Rudolph Valentino/Movie cliches (05/27/2011)

  • Lupe Velez (04/15/2010)

  • Marie Walcamp (03/04/2013)

  • Dorothy Wegman ("Ziegfeld Girls V" entry) (12/30/2010)

  • Dorrit Weixler (06/22/2013)

  • Alice White (08/21/2010)

  • Pearl White (09/28/2010)

  • Claire Windsor (12/15/2012)

  • Anna May Wong (04/11/2010)

  • Valentina Zimina (06/02/2012)