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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

89

Gender

Female

Birthday

1902-09-17

Day of Death

1994-01-14 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

Also Known As

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

Acting

The Prisoner

1923

The Prisoner

as

Marie

The Blind Goddess

1926

The Blind Goddess

as

Moira Devens

The Heart Buster

1924

The Heart Buster

as

Rose Hillyer

The Butterfly Man

1920

The Butterfly Man

as

(uncredited)

Crossing Trails

1921

Crossing Trails

as

Helen Stratton

Sadie McKee

1934

Sadie McKee

as

Dolly

The Best People

1925

The Best People

as

Alice O'Neil

Mister Dynamite

1935

Mister Dynamite

as

Charmian Dvorjak

Ten Modern Commandments

1927

Ten Modern Commandments

as

Kitty O'Day

The Marriage Circle

1924

The Marriage Circle

as

Miss Hofer

Letter of Introduction

1938

Letter of Introduction

as

Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited)

Peter Pan

1924

Peter Pan

as

Mrs. Darling

Lonely Wives

1931

Lonely Wives

as

Madeline Smith

Blinky

1923

Blinky

as

Mary Lou Kileen

Rome Express

1932

Rome Express

as

Asta Marvelle

By Candlelight

1933

By Candlelight

as

Baroness von Ballin

The Marines Are Coming

1934

The Marines Are Coming

as

Dorothy Manning

To the Last Man

1933

To the Last Man

as

Ellen Colby

Shadows of the Orient

1935

Shadows of the Orient

as

Viola Avery

Womanhandled

1925

Womanhandled

as

Molly Martin

Ladies Crave Excitement

1935

Ladies Crave Excitement

as

Miss Winkler

Streamline Express

1935

Streamline Express

as

Elaine Vincent

We're in the Legion Now

1936

We're in the Legion Now

as

Louise Rillette

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as

Self (archive footage)

Jungle Menace

1937

Jungle Menace

as

Valerie Shields

The Mysterious Pilot

1937

The Mysterious Pilot

as

Vivian McNain

Slander House

1938

Slander House

as

Ruth De Milo

$50,000 Reward

1924

$50,000 Reward

as

Carolyn Jordan

Remembrance

1922

Remembrance

as

Beatrice

Beggar on Horseback

1925

Beggar on Horseback

as

Cynthia Mason

Strange Wives

1934

Strange Wives

as

Olga

Reunion

1936

Reunion

as

Janet Fair

Oliver Twist

1922

Oliver Twist

as

Rose Maylie

San Francisco Docks

1940

San Francisco Docks

as

Frances March

Old Ironsides

1926

Old Ironsides

as

Girl

A Kiss for Cinderella

1925

A Kiss for Cinderella

as

Fairy Godmother

The Little French Girl

1925

The Little French Girl

as

Toppie Westmacott

The Prodigal

1931

The Prodigal

as

Antonia Farraday

Together We Live

1935

Together We Live

as

Jenny

After the Ball

1932

After the Ball

as

Elissa Strange

Huckleberry Finn

1920

Huckleberry Finn

as

Mary Jane Wilks

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

Hollywood Boulevard

as

Flora Moore

The Girl from Mandalay

1936

The Girl from Mandalay

as

Mary Trevor

Jungle Terror

1946

Jungle Terror

as

Valarie Shields

The Victor

1923

The Victor

as

Chewing gum baron's daughter

The Kid

1921

The Kid

as

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

Forced Landing

1935

Forced Landing

as

Ruby Anatole

Tin Pan Alley

1940

Tin Pan Alley

as

Nora Bayes

The Mighty

1929

The Mighty

as

Louise Patterson

The Spy Ring

1938

The Spy Ring

as

Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton)

Children of Divorce

1927

Children of Divorce

as

Jean Waddington

The American Venus

1926

The American Venus

as

Mary Gray

The Spotlight

1927

The Spotlight

as

Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova

The Lucky Devil

1925

The Lucky Devil

as

Doris McDee

Black Beauty

1933

Black Beauty

as

Leila Lambert

As Good as Married

1937

As Good as Married

as

Miss Danforth

Betrayal

1929

Betrayal

as

Vroni

Wolves of the North

1924

Wolves of the North

as

Madge Chester

Romance in the Rain

1934

Romance in the Rain

as

Gwen de la Rue

The Case of Lena Smith

1929

The Case of Lena Smith

as

Lena Smith

Figures Don't Lie

1927

Figures Don't Lie

as

Janet Wells

Half a Bride

1928

Half a Bride

as

Patience Winslow

Fashions for Women

1927

Fashions for Women

as

Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry

The Wheel of Life

1929

The Wheel of Life

as

Ruth Dangan

The Quarterback

1926

The Quarterback

as

Louise Mason

Love and Learn

1928

Love and Learn

as

Nancy Blair

All's Swell on the Ocean

1924

All's Swell on the Ocean

as

Holly Malloy

Something Always Happens

1928

Something Always Happens

as

Diana Mallory

The Phantom Fortune

1923

The Phantom Fortune

as

Mary Rogers

Pure Grit

1923

Pure Grit

as

Stella Bolling

Daring Danger

1922

Daring Danger

as

Ethel Stanton

Whispering Devils

1920

Whispering Devils

as

Rose Gibbard

Railroaded

1923

Railroaded

as

Joan Dunster

The Goose Hangs High

1925

The Goose Hangs High

as

Dagmar Carroll

The Wild Party

1923

The Wild Party

as

Bess Furth

Fight and Win

1924

Fight and Win

as

Holly Malloy

Production

Crew

Directing