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Known credits:
92
Birthday:
1886-09-28
Place of birth:
Worcester - Massachusetts - USA
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Alice Hollister

Overview

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

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1925 The Dancers Actor Mrs. Mayne 58
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1924 Married Flirts Actor Mrs. Callender N/A
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1922 The Forgotten Law Actor Rosalie 58
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1921 A Wise Fool Actor Carmen Dolores N/A
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1921 A Voice in the Dark Actor Amelia Ellingham N/A
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1920 The Great Lover Actor Bianca N/A
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1920 Milestones Actor Gertrude Rhead N/A
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1918 Loaded Dice Actor N/A
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1918 The Knife Actor Stella Hill 59
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1918 A Son of Strife Actor Xenia Vaskova N/A
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1917 Her Better Self Actor Aggie May N/A
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1916 The Lotus Woman Actor Juana N/A
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1915 The Money Gulf Actor Ruth Mason N/A
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1915 The Sign of the Broken Shackles Actor Irene Cross - a Tenant N/A
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1915 The Net of Deceit Actor Gabrielle - an Adventuress N/A
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1915 The Man in Hiding Actor Ruth - Tom's Sweetheart N/A
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1915 The Maker of Dreams Actor Lorna Greene - the Daughter N/A
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1915 The Crooked Path Actor Mary - an Orphan N/A
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1915 Don Caesar de Bazan Actor Maritana N/A
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1915 Honor Thy Father Actor Alma Fenway - Chick's Wife N/A
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1915 The Haunting Fear Actor Katherine N/A
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1915 A Sister's Burden Actor Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter N/A
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1915 The Destroyer Actor Cherie - a Dancer N/A
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1915 The Siren's Reign Actor Grace - a Soubrette N/A
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1915 The Stolen Ruby Actor Marcia Judson - an Adventuress N/A
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1915 The Scorpion's Sting Actor Lyda Marston - the Daughter N/A
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1914 The Hate That Withers Actor Iola Neville - a Flirt N/A
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1914 The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet Actor Jessica Spear - an Adventuress N/A
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1914 Her Bitter Lesson Actor Mrs. Evelyn Dane N/A
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1914 The Man of Iron Actor Margery Stanley - the Daughter N/A
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1914 A Midnight Tragedy Actor Marjory Priestman - the Wife N/A
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1914 The Menace of Fate Actor Ethel WIlton - the Daughter, age 19 N/A
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1914 The False Guardian Actor Helen Graham - an Orphan N/A
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1914 Seed and the Harvest Actor Ida McIntyre - Lawyer N/A
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1914 Into the Depths Actor N/A
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1914 The Devil's Dansant Actor Valerie Farrar - the Wife N/A
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1914 The Hand of Fate Actor Florence - a Stenographer N/A
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1914 The Barefoot Boy Actor Eleanor Hastings - the Mother N/A
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1914 The Brand Actor Rose Hayden - a Girl of the Slums N/A
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1914 The Storm at Sea Actor Jane N/A
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1914 The Vampire's Trail Actor Rita Caselli - a Cabaret Singer N/A
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1914 Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler Actor Mary Redding - Kit's Wife N/A
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1914 Through the Flames Actor Marion Hall - Donald's Wife N/A
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1914 The Show Girl's Glove Actor Stella Desmond - the Show Girl N/A
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1914 The Treasure Ship Actor Beth Bascom - the Daughter N/A
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1914 Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec Actor Katherine Lowther N/A
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1914 A Celebrated Case Actor N/A
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1914 The Cabaret Dancer Actor Martha - Don's Sweetheart N/A
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1914 The Shadow Actor Jane Dean - the Daughter N/A
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1914 Her Husband's Friend Actor Alice Lund - the Wife N/A
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1913 Frayed Fagin's Adventures Actor N/A
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1913 The Padrone's Plot Actor Tony's Wife N/A
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1913 Primitive Man Actor Betty - a Girl of the Mountains N/A
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1913 The Vampire Actor Sybil 58
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1913 The Hobo and the Myth Actor N/A
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1913 The Fatal Legacy Actor Maud Halleck - Jack's Wife N/A
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1913 The Bribe Actor Dora Malcolm N/A
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1913 The Blind Basket Weaver Actor Anna - Paul's Crippled Sweetheart N/A
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1913 A Virginia Feud Actor Rose McDonald N/A
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1913 The Lost Diamond Actor Nancy - the Accomplice N/A
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1913 A Stolen Identity Actor Mildred Anderson N/A
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1913 The Hidden Witness Actor Bernice Hamilton - the Governess N/A
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1913 Shenandoah Actor Mrs. Constance Haverhill N/A
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1913 The Wheel of Death Actor Mary Brown - the Wife N/A
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1913 The Terror of Conscience Actor Carmela - the Street Singer N/A
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1913 A Victim of Heredity Actor Jane - the Thief's Daughter N/A
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1913 Man's Greed for Gold Actor Mrs. Carter N/A
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1913 The Alien Actor Josina - Paola's Wife N/A
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1913 The Scimitar of the Prophet Actor Doris Harris - his wife N/A
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1913 A Mississippi Tragedy Actor N/A
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1913 The Wartime Siren Actor Rosalie Ashby N/A
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1913 The Message of the Palms Actor Lovie Carlton - the Colonel's Daughter N/A
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1913 The Peril of the Dance Hall Actor Pepita Florenti N/A
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1913 The Prosecuting Attorney Actor The Attorney's Wife N/A
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1913 A Desperate Chance Actor Ruth - the Telegraph Operator N/A
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1913 A Sawmill Hazard Actor Alice Hollister N/A
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1912 The Shaughraun Actor Moyra N/A
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1912 Ireland, the Oppressed Actor Peggy N/A
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1912 The Little Gluers Actor Nora Drew N/A
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1912 From the Manger to the Cross Actor Mary Magdalene 58
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1912 The Poacher's Pardon Actor Dora - the Gamekeeper's Daughter N/A
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1912 A Prisoner of the Harem Actor Zorah N/A
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1912 Tragedy of the Desert Actor Zenab, The Arab Girl N/A
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1912 An Arabian Tragedy Actor Hanifi (Slave Girl) Ayub's 2nd Wife N/A
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1912 Dust of the Desert Actor N/A
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1912 Far from Erin's Isle Actor N/A
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1912 Vagabonds Actor Jane N/A
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1912 Driving Home the Cows Actor N/A
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1911 The Fishermaid of Ballydavid Actor Policeman's Wife N/A
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1911 The Colleen Bawn Actor Anne Chute 58
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1911 The Fiddler’s Requiem Actor Bridesmaid N/A
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1911 By a Woman's Wit Actor Pamela 58
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