Alice Hollister
From Wikipedia Alice Hollister (September 28, 1886 – February 24, 1973) was an American silent film actress who appeared in 85 films between 1911 and 1925. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she is believed to have been the daughter of French-Canadian immigrants. In 1903, at age seventeen, she married George K. Hollister who a few years later became a pioneer cinematographer with Kalem Studios in New York City. They had a daughter, Doris Ethel, born in 1906, and George Jr., born in 1908. When Kalem Studios began sending a film crew to Florida in the wintertime, Alice Hollister accompanied her husband. She began appearing in film in 1911, at first because of the small crew and the frequent need for a female in a bit part. However, she liked acting and went on to appear in many films, the last in 1925. One of Hollister's most important roles was that of Mary Magdalene in the film From the Manger to the Cross (1912). Filmed on location in Palestine, this film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The Vampire (1913) made her the first recognized vamp in cinema, predating Theda Bara in A Fool There Was (1915). For that role, she was dubbed "the original vampire". She reprised the character in The Vampire's Trail (1914) and The Lotus Woman (1916), her last film for Kalem. Alice Hollister's husband died in 1952 and she died in 1973, aged 86, in Costa Mesa, California. They are interred together in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Solace at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Known For
Credits
- 1925 · The Dancers as Mrs. Mayne
- 1924 · Married Flirts as Mrs. Callender
- 1922 · The Forgotten Law as Rosalie
- 1921 · A Wise Fool as Carmen Dolores
- 1921 · A Voice in the Dark as Amelia Ellingham
- 1920 · The Great Lover as Bianca
- 1920 · Milestones as Gertrude Rhead
- 1918 · Loaded Dice as
- 1918 · The Knife as Stella Hill
- 1918 · A Son of Strife as Xenia Vaskova
- 1917 · Her Better Self as Aggie May
- 1916 · The Lotus Woman as Juana
- 1915 · The Money Gulf as Ruth Mason
- 1915 · The Sign of the Broken Shackles as Irene Cross - a Tenant
- 1915 · The Net of Deceit as Gabrielle - an Adventuress
- 1915 · The Man in Hiding as Ruth - Tom's Sweetheart
- 1915 · The Maker of Dreams as Lorna Greene - the Daughter
- 1915 · The Crooked Path as Mary - an Orphan
- 1915 · Don Caesar de Bazan as Maritana
- 1915 · Honor Thy Father as Alma Fenway - Chick's Wife
- 1915 · The Haunting Fear as Katherine
- 1915 · A Sister's Burden as Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter
- 1915 · The Destroyer as Cherie - a Dancer
- 1915 · The Siren's Reign as Grace - a Soubrette
- 1915 · The Stolen Ruby as Marcia Judson - an Adventuress
- 1915 · The Scorpion's Sting as Lyda Marston - the Daughter
- 1914 · The Hate That Withers as Iola Neville - a Flirt
- 1914 · The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet as Jessica Spear - an Adventuress
- 1914 · Her Bitter Lesson as Mrs. Evelyn Dane
- 1914 · The Man of Iron as Margery Stanley - the Daughter
- 1914 · A Midnight Tragedy as Marjory Priestman - the Wife
- 1914 · The Menace of Fate as Ethel WIlton - the Daughter, age 19
- 1914 · The False Guardian as Helen Graham - an Orphan
- 1914 · Seed and the Harvest as Ida McIntyre - Lawyer
- 1914 · Into the Depths as
- 1914 · The Devil's Dansant as Valerie Farrar - the Wife
- 1914 · The Barefoot Boy as Eleanor Hastings - the Mother
- 1914 · The Hand of Fate as Florence - a Stenographer
- 1914 · The Brand as Rose Hayden - a Girl of the Slums
- 1914 · The Storm at Sea as Jane
- 1914 · The Vampire's Trail as Rita Caselli - a Cabaret Singer
- 1914 · Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler as Mary Redding - Kit's Wife
- 1914 · Through the Flames as Marion Hall - Donald's Wife
- 1914 · The Show Girl's Glove as Stella Desmond - the Show Girl
- 1914 · Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec as Katherine Lowther
- 1914 · The Treasure Ship as Beth Bascom - the Daughter
- 1914 · A Celebrated Case as
- 1914 · The Cabaret Dancer as Martha - Don's Sweetheart
- 1914 · The Shadow as Jane Dean - the Daughter
- 1914 · Her Husband's Friend as Alice Lund - the Wife
- 1913 · Frayed Fagin's Adventures as
- 1913 · The Padrone's Plot as Tony's Wife
- 1913 · Primitive Man as Betty - a Girl of the Mountains
- 1913 · The Vampire as Sybil
- 1913 · The Hobo and the Myth as
- 1913 · The Fatal Legacy as Maud Halleck - Jack's Wife
- 1913 · The Bribe as Dora Malcolm
- 1913 · The Blind Basket Weaver as Anna - Paul's Crippled Sweetheart
- 1913 · A Virginia Feud as Rose McDonald
- 1913 · The Lost Diamond as Nancy - the Accomplice
- 1913 · A Stolen Identity as Mildred Anderson
- 1913 · The Hidden Witness as Bernice Hamilton - the Governess
- 1913 · Shenandoah as Mrs. Constance Haverhill
- 1913 · The Wheel of Death as Mary Brown - the Wife
- 1913 · The Terror of Conscience as Carmela - the Street Singer
- 1913 · A Victim of Heredity as Jane - the Thief's Daughter
- 1913 · Man's Greed for Gold as Mrs. Carter
- 1913 · The Alien as Josina - Paola's Wife
- 1913 · The Scimitar of the Prophet as Doris Harris - his wife
- 1913 · A Mississippi Tragedy as
- 1913 · The Wartime Siren as Rosalie Ashby
- 1913 · The Message of the Palms as Lovie Carlton - the Colonel's Daughter
- 1913 · The Peril of the Dance Hall as Pepita Florenti
- 1913 · The Prosecuting Attorney as The Attorney's Wife
- 1913 · A Desperate Chance as Ruth - the Telegraph Operator
- 1913 · A Sawmill Hazard as Alice Hollister
- 1912 · The Shaughraun as Moyra
- 1912 · Ireland, the Oppressed as Peggy
- 1912 · The Little Gluers as Nora Drew
- 1912 · From the Manger to the Cross as Mary Magdalene
- 1912 · The Poacher's Pardon as Dora - the Gamekeeper's Daughter
- 1912 · A Prisoner of the Harem as Zorah
- 1912 · Tragedy of the Desert as Zenab, The Arab Girl
- 1912 · An Arabian Tragedy as Hanifi (Slave Girl) Ayub's 2nd Wife
- 1912 · Dust of the Desert as
- 1912 · Driving Home the Cows as
- 1911 · The Colleen Bawn as Anne Chute
- 1911 · The Fiddler’s Requiem as Bridesmaid
- 1911 · By a Woman's Wit as Pamela