- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 4, 1864
- Place of Birth
- Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- May 30, 1944
Jessie Ralph
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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 Th…
Filmography
tvMGM Parade
1955 · self
movieThey Met in Bombay
1941 · Duchess of Beltravers
movieThe Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Mrs. McGuinness
movieThe Bank Dick
1940 · Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
movieI Want a Divorce
1940 · Grandma Brokaw
movieThe Girl from Avenue A
1940 · Mrs. Van Dyne
movieI Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940 · Mama McGann
movieStar Dust
1940 · Aunt Martha Parker
movieThe Blue Bird
1940 · Fairy Berylune
movieDrums Along the Mohawk
1939 · Mrs. Weaver
movieMickey the Kid
1939 · Veronica Hudson
movieThe Kid From Texas
1939 · Aunt Minetta
movieCafe Society
1939 · Mrs. De Witt
movieSt. Louis Blues
1939 · Aunt Tibbie
movieFour Girls in White
1939 · Miss Tobias
moviePort of Seven Seas
1938 · Honorine
movieHold That Kiss
1938 · Aunt Lucy
movieLove Is a Headache
1938 · Sheriff Janet Winfield
movieDouble Wedding
1937 · Mrs. Kensington-Bly
movieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self
movieThe Good Earth
1937 · Cuckoo
movieThe Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937 · The Duchess of Ebley
movieCamille
1936 · Nanine
movieAfter the Thin Man
1936 · Katherine Forrest
movieWalking on Air
1936 · Evelyn Bennett
movieBunker Bean
1936 · Grandmother
movieSan Francisco
1936 · Mrs. Maisie Burley
movieThe Unguarded Hour
1936 · Lady Agatha Hathaway
movieYellow Dust
1936 · Mrs. Brian
movieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1936 · Applewoman
movieThe Garden Murder Case
1936 · Mrs. Hammle
movieCaptain Blood
1935 · Mrs. Barlow
movieI Found Stella Parish
1935 · Nana
movieMetropolitan
1935 · Charwoman
movieI Live My Life
1935 · Mrs. O.H.B. Gage, Kay's Grandmother
movieJalna
1935 · Gran Whiteoaks
movieParis in Spring
1935 · Countess de Charelle
movieMark of the Vampire
1935 · Midwife
movieLes Misérables
1935 · Madame Magloire
movieVanessa: Her Love Story
1935 · Lady Mullion
movieEnchanted April
1935 · Mrs. Phoebe Fisher
movieDavid Copperfield
1935 · Clara Peggotty
movieEvelyn Prentice
1934 · Mrs. Blake
movieWe Live Again
1934 · Matrona Pavlovna
movieThe Affairs of Cellini
1934 · Beatrice
movieOne Night of Love
1934 · Angelina
movieMurder at the Vanities
1934 · Mrs. Helene Smith
movieComing Out Party
1934 · Nora
movieNana
1934 · Zoe
movieCocktail Hour
1933 · Princess
movieAnn Carver's Profession
1933 · Terry
movieElmer, the Great
1933 · Sarah Crosby (uncredited)
movieChild of Manhattan
1933 · Aunt Minnie
movieSuch a Little Queen
1921 · Mary
movieThe Madonna of the Slums
1919