Sylvia Ashton

Plantilla:Infotaula personaSylvia Ashton
Imatge
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Biografia
Naixement26 gener 1880 Modifica el valor a Wikidata
Denver (Colorado) Modifica el valor a Wikidata
Mort17 novembre 1940 Modifica el valor a Wikidata (60 anys)
Los Angeles (Califòrnia) Modifica el valor a Wikidata
Activitat
Ocupacióactriu, actriu de cinema, actriu de teatre Modifica el valor a Wikidata
Activitat1912 Modifica el valor a Wikidata - 1929 Modifica el valor a Wikidata
IMDB: nm0039276 Allocine: 164944 Allmovie: p2568 AFI: 143908 TMDB.org: 35505
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Sylvia Ashton (Denver, 26 de gener de 1880-Los Angeles, 17 de novembre de 1940)[1] va ser una actriu de cinema mut.

Biografia

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Sylvia Ashton, a la dreta amb Betty Compson a sota amb Walter Hiers i Leatrice Joy

En algunes fonts consta que va néixer en un vaixell en mig de l'oceà.[1] Abans d'iniciar la seva carrera cinematogràfica va actuar en el teatre durant 15 anys.[2] Va debutar e l'obra “Milk White Flag” de Charles H. Hoyt actuant durant aquella època amb artistes com Mary Marble, George Sidney, Kathryn Grey o Blanche Walsh.[1] Va debutar al cinema el 1910 de la mà de la Biograph, primer sota les ordres de Mack Sennett i després dirigida per Dell Henderson. Actriu molt corpulent, es va especialitzar en papers de mare o de dona gran.[1] Després va passar a actuar en comèdies de la Kalem i de la L-KO. Més tard va actuar en papers secundaris rellevants de pel·lícules de la Famous Players-Lasky com “Don't Change Your Husband” (1919) o “Men Women and Money” (1919). Durant els anys 20 va estar a la MGM participant en pel·lícules com “Souls for Sale” (1923), “Greed” (1925) o “Queen Kelly” (produïda durant els anys 1928-29 però estrenada el 1932). Va deixar el cinema amb l'arribada del sonor. Va morir a causa de problemes cardíacs i diabetis el 1940.[3]

Filmografia seleccionada

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  • When the Fire-Bells Rang (1912)
  • A Close Call (1912)
  • Neighbors (1912)
  • Katchem Kate (1912)
  • A Dash Through the Clouds (1912)
  • Trying to Fool Uncle (1912)
  • The Speed Demon (1912)
  • The Would-Be Shriner (1912)
  • Hearts and Skirts (1912)
  • Her Friend, the Doctor (1912)
  • Helen's Marriage (1912)
  • The Cowboy Guardians (1912)
  • Fatty's Big Mix-Up (1912)
  • Sharps and Chaps (1912)
  • The Shanghaied Cowboys (1912)
  • A Day's Outing (1912)
  • The Bite of a Snake (1913)
  • The High Cost of Reduction (1913)
  • Kissing Kate (1913)
  • The Masher Cop (1913)
  • There Were Hoboes Three (1913)
  • An Up-to-Date Lochinvar (1913)
  • Look Not Upon the Wine (1913)
  • A Queer Elopement (1913)
  • Tightwad's Predicament (1913)
  • The Power of the Camera (1913)
  • A Delivery Package (1913)
  • All Hail to the King (1913)
  • Edwin Masquerades (1913)
  • Highbrow Love (1913)
  • Just Kids (1913)
  • Jenks Becomes a Desperate Character (1913)
  • An Old Maid's Deception (1913)
  • A Sea Dog's Love (1913)
  • The Sweat-Box (1913)
  • A Chinese Puzzle (1913)
  • While the Count Goes Bathing (1913)
  • Mr. Spriggs Buys a Dog (1913)
  • Cupid and the Cook (1913)
  • Papa's Baby (1913)
  • The Suffragette Minstrels (1913)
  • Father's Chicken Dinner (1913)
  • Objections Overruled (1913)
  • Black and White (1913)
  • Baby Indisposed]' (1913)
  • Patsy's Luck (1913)
  • The Cowboy Magnate (1913)
  • The Prairie Trail (1913)
  • The Raid of the Human Tigers (1913)
  • War of the Cattle Range (1913)
  • The God of Girzah (1913)
  • Hiram's Hotel (1914)
  • Children of Destiny (1914)
  • And the Villain Still Pursued Her (1914)
  • And the Dance Went On (1914)
  • Tennessee (1914)
  • The Feud at Beaver Creek (1914)
  • Shorty and the Fortune Teller (1914)
  • Shorty and Sherlock Holmes (1914)
  • Casey's Vendetta (1914)
  • A Corner in Hats (1914)
  • The Housebreakers (1914)
  • Love and Business (1915)
  • A Flyer in Spring Water (1915)
  • The Man Who Died (1915)
  • A Flurry in Art (1915)
  • Beulah (1915)
  • Blue Blood and Yellow Backs (1915)
  • No Flirting Allowed (1915)
  • It Almost Happened (1915)
  • Buck Parvin in the Movies (1915)
  • Buck's Lady Friend (1915)
  • This Is the Life (1915)
  • The Supreme Test (1915)
  • Pretenses (1915)
  • Matching Dreams, (1916)
  • Viviana (1916)
  • A Sanitarium Scramble (1916)
  • The Suppressed Order (1916)
  • Overalls (1916)
  • Revelation (1916)
  • Intolerance (1916)
  • Maid Mad (1916)
  • Haystacks and Steeples (1916)
  • A Charming Villain (1916)
  • Billy the Bandit (1916)
  • The Nick of Time Baby (1916)
  • Honest Thieves (1917)
  • The Beauty Doctor (1917)
  • Her Fame and Shame (1917)
  • Secrets of a Beauty Parlor (1917)
  • A Box of Tricks (1917)
  • Whose Baby? (1917)
  • Dangers of a Brid] (1917)
  • A Safe Danger (1918)
  • Old Wives for New (1918)
  • We Can't Have Everything (1918)
  • A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918)
  • The Goat (1918)
  • Fuss and Feathers (1918)
  • Under the Top (1919)
  • Don't Change Your Husband (1919)
  • Peggy Does Her Darndest (1919)
  • Johnny Get Your Gun (1919)
  • For Better, for Worse (1919)
  • Men, Women, and Money (1919)
  • A Very Good Young Man (1919)
  • Rose o' the River (1919)
  • The Heart of Youth (1919)
  • The Lottery Man (1919)
  • Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
  • Jack Straw (1920)
  • Jenny Be Good (1920)
  • Mrs. Temple's Telegram (1920)
  • Thou Art the Man (1920)
  • The Soul of Youth (1920)
  • The Fourteenth Man1920)
  • Sweet Lavender (1920)
  • A City Sparrow (1920)
  • Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920)
  • The Snob (1921)
  • Hold Your Horses (1921)
  • The Blushing Bride (1921)
  • The Love Special (1921)
  • Sham (1921)
  • Her Sturdy Oak (1921)
  • Garments of Truth (1921)
  • The Love Charm (1921)
  • A Prince There Was (1921)
  • Saturday Night (1922)
  • Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922)
  • For the Defense (1922)
  • Our Leading Citizen (1922)
  • While Satan Sleeps (1922)
  • Borderland (1922)
  • Manslaughter (1922)
  • Youth to Youth (1922)
  • Ocean Swells (1922)
  • A Daughter of (1922)
  • The White Flower (1923)
  • Souls for Sale (1923)
  • Desire (1923)
  • Greed (1924)
  • Dancing Days (1926)
  • Red Signals (1927)
  • Women's Wares (1927)
  • Cheating Cheaters (1927)
  • The Leopard Lady (1928)
  • Bachelor's Paradise (1928)
  • Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
  • The Head Man (1928)
  • The Crash (1928)
  • The Barker (1928)
  • Queen Kelly (1932)

Referències

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Walker, Brent E. Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies (en anglès). McFarland & Company, 2010, p. 485. ISBN 978-0-7864-3610-1. 
  2. ↑ «ASHTON, Sylvia». Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, 1920, pàg. 258.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, (3a ed) (en anglès). McFarland & Company, 2016, p. 29. ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4.