Esther Ralston
Acting
Born September 17, 1902, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
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.
Filmography
- Our Five Daughters
- Tales of Tomorrow
- 1946Jungle Terror — Valarie Shields
- 1940San Francisco Docks — Frances March
- 1940Tin Pan Alley — Nora Bayes
- 1938Letter of Introduction — Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited)
- 1938Slander House — Ruth De Milo
- 1938The Spy Ring — Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton)
- 1937As Good as Married — Miss Danforth
- 1937Jungle Menace — Valerie Shields
- 1937The Mysterious Pilot — Vivian McNain
- 1936Hollywood Boulevard — Flora Moore
- 1936Reunion — Janet Fair
- 1936The Girl from Mandalay — Mary Trevor
- 1936We're in the Legion Now — Louise Rillette
- 1935Forced Landing — Ruby Anatole
- 1935Ladies Crave Excitement — Miss Winkler
- 1935Mister Dynamite — Charmian Dvorjak
- 1935Shadows of the Orient — Viola Avery
- 1935Streamline Express — Elaine Vincent
- 1935Together We Live — Jenny
- 1934Romance in the Rain — Gwen de la Rue
- 1934Sadie McKee — Dolly
- 1934Strange Wives — Olga
- 1934The Marines Are Coming — Dorothy Manning
- 1933Black Beauty — Leila Lambert
- 1933By Candlelight — Baroness von Ballin
- 1933To the Last Man — Ellen Colby
- 1932After the Ball — Elissa Strange
- 1932Rome Express — Asta Marvelle
- 1931Lonely Wives — Madeline Smith
- 1931The Prodigal — Antonia Farraday
- 1929Betrayal — Vroni
- 1929The Case of Lena Smith — Lena Smith
- 1929The Mighty — Louise Patterson
- 1929The Wheel of Life — Ruth Dangan
- 1928Half a Bride — Patience Winslow
- 1928Love and Learn — Nancy Blair
- 1928Something Always Happens — Diana Mallory
- 1928The Sawdust Paradise — Hallie
- 1927Children of Divorce — Jean Waddington
- 1927Fashions for Women — Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry
- 1927Figures Don't Lie — Janet Wells
- 1927Ten Modern Commandments — Kitty O'Day
- 1927The Spotlight — Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova
- 1926Old Ironsides — Girl
- 1926The American Venus — Mary Gray
- 1926The Blind Goddess — Moira Devens
- 1926The Quarterback — Louise Mason
- 1925A Kiss for Cinderella — Fairy Godmother
- 1925Beggar on Horseback — Cynthia Mason
- 1925The Best People — Alice O'Neil
- 1925The Goose Hangs High — Dagmar Carroll
- 1925The Little French Girl — Toppie Westmacott
- 1925The Lucky Devil — Doris McDee
- 1925The Trouble With Wives — Dagmar
- 1925Womanhandled — Molly Martin
- 1924$50,000 Reward — Carolyn Jordan
- 1924All's Swell on the Ocean — Holly Malloy
- 1924Fight and Win — Holly Malloy
- 1924Jack O'Clubs
- 1924Peter Pan — Mrs. Darling
- 1924The Heart Buster — Rose Hillyer
- 1924The Marriage Circle — Miss Hofer
- 1924Wolves of the North — Madge Chester
- 1923Blinky — Mary Lou Kileen
- 1923Pure Grit — Stella Bolling
- 1923Railroaded — Joan Dunster
- 1923The Phantom Fortune — Mary Rogers
- 1923The Prisoner — Marie
- 1923The Rivals
- 1923The Victor — Chewing gum baron's daughter
- 1923The Wild Party — Bess Furth
- 1922Daring Danger — Ethel Stanton
- 1922Oliver Twist — Rose Maylie
- 1922Pure and Simple
- 1922Remembrance — Beatrice
- 1922The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
- 1922The Lone Hand
- 1922Youth to Youth
- 1921Crossing Trails — Helen Stratton
- 1921The Kid — Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
- 1920Dangerous to Men
- 1920Huckleberry Finn — Mary Jane Wilks
- 1920The Butterfly Man — (uncredited)
- 1920The Peddler of Lies
- 1920Whispering Devils — Rose Gibbard
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 1999Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl — Self (archive footage)
- 1993The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors — Herself