Alma Hanlon (April 30, 1890 – October 26, 1977) was an American

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

actress. Hanlon's film career was short, lasting only four years. She appeared in twenty-three films. Her first film role was as Dorothy Dare in ''The Fixer'' (1915) and her last was in ''The Profiteer'' (1919).

Biography

She was born on April 30, 1890, in

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, the youngest daughter of George Hanlon. Her first husband was former correspondent and theatrical press agent Walter J. Kingsley, from 1905 until their divorce in 1917, with whom she had one child,

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(1909–1997). In 1918 she married director Louis Myll (1871–1939), when she had been living at

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for the last two years. She later moved with her daughter to the affluent suburb of

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. She died on October 26, 1977, in

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Partial filmography

* '' The Fixer'' (1915) * ''

The Weakness of Man ''The Weakness of Man'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Barry O'Neil. It stars Holbrook Blinn and is based on the 1911 play ''The Living Corpse'' by Leo Tolstoy. It was produced by William A. Brady and distributed by World Film Comp ...

'' (1916) * ''

Gold and the Woman ''Gold and the Woman'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent drama film directed by James Vincent and starring Theda Bara. The film is now considered to be lost film, lost. Plot Dugald Chandos, an early English settler in America, tries to b ...

'' (1916) * '' The Whip'' (1917) * ''

The Golden God ''The Golden God'' is a 1917 American film written by Robert Hage and Frederick Rath. The film stars Charles Hutchison, Alma Hanlon, Florence Short Florence Short (May 19, 1893 – July 10, 1946) was an American actress. She had numerous film ...

'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' The Profiteer'' (1919)

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* * 1890 births 1977 deaths Actresses from New Jersey Actresses from New York (state) American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub