Vintage: Portraits of American Silent Film Movie Actresses

Vintage: Portraits of American Silent Film Movie Actresses

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Agnes Williams was the piano player at Fargo’s first Nickelodeon Theater, also a tremendous fan of early films, she wrote letters to every actor of the era, and they often replied to her fan letters, enclosing a signed photographic print of themselves. Photos via Susie Bright

Vintage: Portraits of American Silent Film Movie Actresses

Dorothy Dalton

Vintage: Portraits of American Silent Film Movie Actresses

Dorothy Gish

Francelia Billington

Francelia Billington

Lois Weber

Lois Weber

Violet Mersereau

Violet Mersereau

Lillian and Dorothy Gish

Lillian and Dorothy Gish

Kathlyn Williams

Kathlyn Williams

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

May Allison

May Allison

Mary Miles Minter

Mary Miles Minter

Mabel Normand

Mabel Normand

Marie Doro

Marie Doro

Beatriz Michelena

Beatriz Michelena


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