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Mary Philbin
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American film actress of the silent film era (1903–1993)
Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Loretta Philbin (July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993) was an American film actress of the silent film era, who is best known for playing the roles of Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite Lon Chaney, and as Dea in The Man Who Laughs. Both roles cast her as the beauty in Beauty and the Beast type stories.
Known for
- Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film — Christine Daae (archive footage)2014
- Universal Horror — (archive footage)1998
- Hollywood Story — Christine Daaé (archive footage) (uncredited)1951
- The Phantom of the Opera — Christine1929
- After the Fog — Faith Barker1929
- The Last Performance — Julie1929
- Girl Overboard — Joan1929
- The Shannons of Broadway — Tessie Swanzey1929
- The Man Who Laughs — Dea1928
- Drums of Love — Princess Emanuella1928
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931-08-25
- Active to
- 2020-07-24
Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Huntington Beach
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Mary Philbin stars1924.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mary Philbin
- date of birth
- 1903-07-16
- date of death
- 1993-05-07
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Calvary Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- name in native language
- Mary Philbin
- end of work period
- 1930-00-00
- birth name
- Mary Loretta Philbin
- member of
- WAMPAS Baby Stars
- writing language
- English language
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