Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

70

Gender

Female

Birthday

1899-08-18

Day of Death

1988-01-25 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Port Huron, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Kathleen Morrison

Kathleen Kelly Morrison

Colleen Moore

Biography

Colleen Moore (born Kathleen Morrison, August 19, 1899 – January 25, 1988) was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era. Moore became one of the most fashionable and highly-paid stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut. A huge star in her day, approximately half of Moore's films are now considered lost, including her first talking picture from 1929. What was perhaps her most celebrated film during her lifetime, Flaming Youth (1923), is now mostly lost as well, with only one reel surviving. Moore took a brief hiatus from acting between 1929 and 1933, just as sound was being added to motion pictures. After the hiatus, her four sound pictures released in 1933 and 1934 were not financial successes. Moore then retired permanently from screen acting.

Known For

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Acting

The Scarlet Letter

1934

The Scarlet Letter

as

Hester Prynne

The Devil's Claim

1920

The Devil's Claim

as

Indora

Lilac Time

1928

Lilac Time

as

Jeannine

The Power and the Glory

1933

The Power and the Glory

as

Sally Garner

Ella Cinders

1926

Ella Cinders

as

Ella Cinders

Orchids and Ermine

1927

Orchids and Ermine

as

'Pink' Watson

The Sky Pilot

1921

The Sky Pilot

as

Gwen

Success at Any Price

1934

Success at Any Price

as

Sarah Griswold

Social Register

1934

Social Register

as

Patsy Shaw

A Roman Scandal

1919

A Roman Scandal

as

Mary

Irene

1926

Irene

as

Irene O'Dare

The Busher

1919

The Busher

as

Mazie Palmer

Why Be Good?

1929

Why Be Good?

as

Pert Kelly

Synthetic Sin

1929

Synthetic Sin

as

Betty Fairfax

Come on Over

1922

Come on Over

as

Moyna Killiea

The Little American

1917

The Little American

as

Maid (uncredited)

Broken Hearts of Broadway

1923

Broken Hearts of Broadway

as

Mary Ellis

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as

Herself (archive footage)

So Big

1924

So Big

as

Selina Peake

Naughty But Nice

1927

Naughty But Nice

as

Bernice Sumners

Broken Chains

1922

Broken Chains

as

Mercy Boone

Through the Dark

1924

Through the Dark

as

Mary McGinn

Flaming Youth

1923

Flaming Youth

as

Patricia Fentriss

The Nth Commandment

1923

The Nth Commandment

as

Sarah Juke

Her Bridal Night-Mare

1920

Her Bridal Night-Mare

as

Mary

Little Orphant Annie

1918

Little Orphant Annie

as

Annie

Twinkletoes

1926

Twinkletoes

as

Twink 'Twinkletoes' Minasi

The Ninety and Nine

1922

The Ninety and Nine

as

Ruth Blake

Footlights and Fools

1929

Footlights and Fools

as

Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray

The Bad Boy

1917

The Bad Boy

as

Ruth

Hands Up!

1917

Hands Up!

as

Marjorie Houston

An Old Fashioned Young Man

1917

An Old Fashioned Young Man

as

Margaret

Her Wild Oat

1927

Her Wild Oat

as

Mary Brown

We Moderns

1925

We Moderns

as

Mary Sundale

The Perfect Flapper

1924

The Perfect Flapper

as

Tommie Lou Pember

Painted People

1924

Painted People

as

Ellie Byrne

The Huntress

1923

The Huntress

as

Bela

The Lotus Eater

1921

The Lotus Eater

as

Mavis

His Nibs

1921

His Nibs

as

The Girl

The Cyclone

1920

The Cyclone

as

Sylvia Sturgis

Dinty

1920

Dinty

as

Doreen O'Sullivan

When Dawn Came

1920

When Dawn Came

as

Mary Harrison

Oh Kay!

1928

Oh Kay!

as

Lady Kay Rutfield

So Long Letty

1920

So Long Letty

as

Grace Miller

The Savage

1917

The Savage

as

Lizette

The Man in the Moonlight

1919

The Man in the Moonlight

as

Rosine Delorme

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as

Self (archive footage)

April Showers

1923

April Showers

as

Maggie Muldoon

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Sally

1925

Sally

as

Sally

Flirting with Love

1924

Flirting with Love

as

Gilda Lamont

A Hoosier Romance

1918

A Hoosier Romance

as

Patience Thompson

The Prince of Graustark

1916

The Prince of Graustark

as

Maid (uncredited)

The Wilderness Trail

1919

The Wilderness Trail

as

Jeanne Fitzpatrick

The Egg Crate Wallop

1919

The Egg Crate Wallop

as

Kitty Haskell

The Wall Flower

1922

The Wall Flower

as

Idalene Nobbin

Common Property

1919

Common Property

as

Tatyoe - "Tatyana"

Forsaking All Others

1922

Forsaking All Others

as

Penelope Mason

Smiling Irish Eyes

1929

Smiling Irish Eyes

as

Kathleen O'Connor

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

1922

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

as

Self

Affinities

1922

Affinities

as

Fanny Illington

Look Your Best

1923

Look Your Best

as

Perla Quaranta

Slippy McGee

1923

Slippy McGee

as

Mary Virginia

It Must Be Love

1926

It Must Be Love

as

Fernie Schmidt

Happiness Ahead

1928

Happiness Ahead

as

Mary Randall

The Desert Flower

1925

The Desert Flower

as

Maggie Fortune

Life in Hollywood No. 2

1927

Life in Hollywood No. 2

as

Herself

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)

1920

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)

as

self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as

Self

Hollywood

Hollywood

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing