Esther Ralston

Personal Info

Birthday

September 17, 1902

Day of Death

1994-01-14

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

Esther Ralston

Biography

Esther Ralston (September 17th, 1902- January 14th, 1994) was an American silent film star. She began her career as a child actress in a family vaudeville act named "The Ralston Family with Baby Esther, America's Youngest Juliet". She then went on to appear in a few small silent film roles, including one alongside her brother in the 1920 film adaptation of Huckleberry Finn. Ralston gained attention as Mrs. Darling in the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan. Her most well known sound picture was To the Last Man in 1933.

Known For

The Kid

The Quarterback

To the Last Man

Lonely Wives

Letter of Introduction

Slander House

Peter Pan

Old Ironsides

Filmography

1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (archive footage)
1993
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
as Herself
1946
Jungle Terror
as Valarie Shields
1940
San Francisco Docks
as Frances March
Tin Pan Alley
as Nora Bayes
1938
Slander House
as Ruth De Milo
Letter of Introduction
as Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited)
The Spy Ring
as Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton)
1937
The Mysterious Pilot
as Vivian McNain
Jungle Menace
as Valerie Shields
As Good as Married
as Miss Danforth
1936
We're in the Legion Now
as Louise Rillette
Reunion
as Janet Fair
Hollywood Boulevard
as Flora Moore
The Girl from Mandalay
as Mary Trevor
1935
Forced Landing
as Ruby Anatole
Streamline Express
as Elaine Vincent
Together We Live
as Jenny
Shadows of the Orient
as Viola Avery
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Miss Winkler
Mister Dynamite
as Charmian Dvorjak
1934
Strange Wives
as Olga
The Marines Are Coming
as Dorothy Manning
Romance in the Rain
as Gwen de la Rue
Sadie McKee
as Dolly
1933
By Candlelight
as Baroness von Ballin
To the Last Man
as Ellen Colby
Black Beauty
as Leila Lambert
1932
After the Ball
as Elissa Strange
Rome Express
as Asta Marvelle
1931
The Prodigal
as Antonia Farraday
Lonely Wives
as Madeline Smith
1929
The Mighty
as Louise Patterson
The Wheel of Life
as Ruth Dangan
Betrayal
as Vroni
1928
The Sawdust Paradise
as Hallie
Half a Bride
as Patience Winslow
Something Always Happens
as Diana Mallory
Love and Learn
as Nancy Blair
1927
The Spotlight
as Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova
Figures Don't Lie
as Janet Wells
Ten Modern Commandments
as Kitty O'Day
Children of Divorce
as Jean Waddington
Fashions for Women
as Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry
1926
Old Ironsides
as Girl
The Quarterback
as Louise Mason
The Blind Goddess
as Moira Devens
The American Venus
as Mary Gray
1925
Womanhandled
as Molly Martin
A Kiss for Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
The Best People
as Alice O'Neil
The Trouble With Wives
as Dagmar
The Lucky Devil
as Doris McDee
Beggar on Horseback
as Cynthia Mason
The Little French Girl
as Toppie Westmacott
1924
Peter Pan
as Mrs. Darling
$50,000 Reward
as Carolyn Jordan
Wolves of the North
as Madge Chester
All's Swell on the Ocean
as Holly Malloy
The Heart Buster
as Rose Hillyer
The Marriage Circle
as Miss Hofer
1923
Blinky
as Mary Lou Kileen
The Victor
as Chewing gum baron's daughter
The Phantom Fortune
as Mary Rogers
The Prisoner
as Marie
1922
Oliver Twist
as Rose Maylie
Remembrance
as Beatrice
1921
Crossing Trails
as Helen Stratton
The Kid
as Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
1920
The Butterfly Man
as (uncredited)
Huckleberry Finn
as Mary Jane Wilks