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The Actress

19280.0 / 1070 min
Drama, Comedy

Overview

A romance behind the scenes after the curtain falls.

A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The rest of the play deals with the budding romance and trials and tribulations of their love, as well as the changing face of late-19th-century theatre.

Cast

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

Rose Trelawny

Owen Moore

Owen Moore

Tom Wrench

Gwen Lee

Gwen Lee

Avonia

Lee Moran

Lee Moran

Colpoys

Roy D'Arcy

Roy D'Arcy

Gadd

Virginia Pearson

Virginia Pearson

Mrs. Telfer

William Humphrey

William Humphrey

Mr. Telfer

Effie Ellsler

Effie Ellsler

Mrs. Mossop

Ralph Forbes

Ralph Forbes

Arthur Gower

O. P. Heggie

O. P. Heggie

Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower

Andrée Tourneur

Andrée Tourneur

Clara de Foenix

Cyril Chadwick

Cyril Chadwick

Capt. de Foenix

Margaret Seddon

Margaret Seddon

Miss Trafalgar Gower

Crew

Sidney Franklin

Sidney Franklin

Director

Albert Lewin

Albert Lewin

Writer

Richard Schayer

Richard Schayer

Writer

Arthur Wing Pinero

Arthur Wing Pinero

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