Daisy Campbell

Biography

Daisy Campbell, English actress born around the mid 1850s. popular on the London theatre from the 1880s. often appeared in films as a aristocratic white-haired matron, lady or dutches, a great forgotten character star in more than 20 British silent movies, making her film debut as Mrs. Waltham in Denison Clift's 'Demos' starring Milton Rosmer for the Ideal Film Company in 1921, perhaps she will be best remembered as Countess of Strangeways in Arthur Maude's 'Poppies of Flanders' with Jameson Thomas for the BIP Film Co in 1927, her final screen appearance as Mrs. McPhillip in 'The Informer' directed by Arthur Robison, starring Lya De Putti and Lar Hanson in 1929.

Known For

The White Shadow

Acting

1921

A Woman of No Importance

as

Lady Hunstanton

1924

The White Shadow

as

Elizabeth Brent

1925

The Woman Who Did

as

Frau Merrick

1926

Irish Destiny

as

Mrs. O'Hara, Denis' mother

1927

London

as

Lady Arbourfield

1930

High Seas

as

Mrs Jeffrey

1922

The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square

as

Duchess

1927

Poppies of Flanders

as

Countess of Strangeways

1929

After the Verdict

as

Vivian's mother

1929

The Informer

as

Mrs. McPhillip

1928

Tesha

as

Mrs. Dobree

1923

The Indian Love Lyrics

as

Sultana Manavour

1923

Out to Win

as

Mrs. Barraclough

1927

Second to None

as

Mrs. Hyde

Production

Crew

Directing