Jessie Ralph
53 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 4, 1864
- Died
- May 30, 1944 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Jessie Ralph Chambers · Jessie Rolph · Jessie Ralph Patton
Biography
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Jessie Ralph (born Jessie Ralph Chambers, November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944) was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures.
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She was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864. She made her acting debut in 1880, at the age of sixteen. She made it to Broadway, where George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also excelled at dramatic roles. Although she made her Hollywood debut in 1916, in a motion picture career that would eventually span 25 years, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were limited to matronly roles, but her expertise at stealing scenes captured the imagination of cinema-goers of the time. Her best-known roles are as Greta Garbo's maid in Camille, as W.C. Fields' battle-axe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick, as Myrna Loy's supercilious aunt Katherine in After the Thin Man, and as Nurse Peggotty in David Copperfield. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941.
Jessie Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941, after her leg was amputated. She died four years later in her home town of Gloucester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Known for
Jessie Ralph: movies and TV shows
Acting (53)
- 1941 They Met in Bombay
as Duchess of Beltravers
- 1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mrs. McGuinness
- 1940 The Bank Dick
as Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
- 1940 I Want a Divorce
as Grandma Brokaw
- 1940 The Girl from Avenue A
as Mrs. Van Dyne
- 1940 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Mama McGann
- 1940 Star Dust
as Aunt Martha Parker
- 1940 The Blue Bird
as Fairy Berylune
- 1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
as Mrs. Weaver
- 1939 Mickey the Kid
as Veronica Hudson
- 1939 The Kid From Texas
as Aunt Minetta
- 1939 Cafe Society
as Mrs. De Witt
- 1939 St. Louis Blues
as Aunt Tibbie
- 1939 Four Girls in White
as Miss Tobias
- 1938 Port of Seven Seas
as Honorine
- 1938 Hold That Kiss
as Aunt Lucy
- 1938 Love Is a Headache
as Sheriff Janet Winfield
- 1937 Double Wedding
as Mrs. Kensington-Bly
- 1937 The Good Earth
as Cuckoo
- 1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as The Duchess of Ebley
- 1936 Camille
as Nanine
- 1936 After the Thin Man
as Katherine Forrest
- 1936 Walking on Air
as Evelyn Bennett
- 1936 Bunker Bean
as Grandmother
- 1936 San Francisco
as Mrs. Maisie Burley
- 1936 The Unguarded Hour
as Lady Agatha Hathaway
- 1936 Yellow Dust
as Mrs. Brian
- 1936 Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Applewoman
- 1936 The Garden Murder Case
as Mrs. Hammle
- 1935 Captain Blood
as Mrs. Barlow
- 1935 I Found Stella Parish
as Nana
- 1935 Metropolitan
as Charwoman
- 1935 I Live My Life
as Mrs. O.H.B. Gage, Kay's Grandmother
- 1935 Jalna
as Gran Whiteoaks
- 1935 Paris in Spring
as Countess de Charelle
- 1935 Mark of the Vampire
as Midwife
- 1935 Les Misérables
as Madame Magloire
- 1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Lady Mullion
- 1935 Enchanted April
as Mrs. Phoebe Fisher
- 1935 David Copperfield
as Clara Peggotty
- 1934 Evelyn Prentice
as Mrs. Blake
- 1934 We Live Again
as Matrona Pavlovna
- 1934 The Affairs of Cellini
as Beatrice
- 1934 One Night of Love
as Angelina
- 1934 Murder at the Vanities
as Mrs. Helene Smith
- 1934 Coming Out Party
as Nora
- 1934 Nana
as Zoe
- 1933 Cocktail Hour
as Princess
- 1933 Ann Carver's Profession
as Terry
- 1933 Elmer, the Great
as Sarah Crosby (uncredited)
- 1933 Child of Manhattan
as Aunt Minnie
- 1921 Such a Little Queen
as Mary
- 1919
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1955 MGM Parade
1 episode
- 1937