Dora De Winton was a British actress of the

silent era 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, wh ...

. Born Dora Wilson in London in 1874, De Winton was a well-known drama and comedy theatre performer during the 1880s. She starred in a number of films from 1912 to 1925, especially melodramas and crime films. She began her film career working with the British & Colonial Film Company in 1912, but with her first feature film in 1913 she worked with the Barker Film Company, where she would remain for most of her acting career. She may be best remembered for her role as Miss Western in Edwin J. Collins's '' Tom Jones'' starring

Langhorn Burton Langhorne Burton (25 December 1880 – 6 December 1949) was a British film actor. Filmography * ''Liberty Hall'' (1914) * '' The King's Minister'' (1914) * '' Bootle's Baby'' (1914) * ''The Difficult Way'' (1914) * '' The Treasure of Heaven'' ( ...

and produced by the

Ideal Film Company The Ideal Film Company (often known as Ideal Films or simply Ideal) was a British film production and distribution company that operated between 1911 and 1934. The company, based in Soho, London, was started by the two Jewish brothers Harry Mos ...

in 1917, and also for her last screen performance as Lady Barmouth in ''

The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP ''The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP'' is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring David Hawthorne, Betty Faire, Fred Raynham and Kinsey Peile. It is adapted from a novel by Nowell Kaye. Cast * David Hawthorne ...

'' at the Stoll Film Company in 1925. She is also the sister of actress

Alice De Winton Alice De Winton (born Alice Catherine Wilson 1870 – 1941) was an English actress. She was born and died in London. She was the daughter of Henry Wilson, a retired army surgeon major, and Louisa Ducrow (daughter of equestrian and circus man ...

Full filmography

* ''The Fairy Doll'' (1912, short) * ''In the Hands of London Crooks'' (1913) * ''

Jane Shore Elizabeth "Jane" Shore (née Lambert) (c. 1445 – c. 1527) was one of the many mistresses of King Edward IV of England. She became the best-known to history through being later accused of conspiracy by the future King Richard III, and compelled ...

'' (1915, aka ''The Eternal Strife'') * '' The Vultures of London'' (1915, short) * ''

Eve's Daughter ''Eve's Daughter'' is a 1918 American silent film, silent comedy-drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Kirkwood, Sr., James Kirkwood and starred popular theatre star Bil ...

'' (1916) * '' Chains of Bondage'' (1916) * '' Tom Jones'' (1917) * ''

The House Opposite The House Opposite may refer to: * ''The House Opposite'' (play), a play by Perceval Landon ** ''The House Opposite'' (1917 film), a silent film adaptation directed by Walter West * ''The House Opposite'' (novel), by Joseph Jefferson Farjeon * ...

'' (1917) * ''

What Would a Gentleman Do? What or WHAT may refer to: * What, an interrogative pronoun and adverb * "What?", one of the Five Ws used in journalism Film and television * ''What!'' (film) or ''The Whip and the Body'', a 1963 Italian film directed by Mario Bava * '' What ...

'' (1918) * '' Jo the Crossing Sweeper'' (1918) * '' The Chinese Puzzle'' (1919) * ''

Barnaby Barnaby is an Old English surname composed of the Saxon element ''beorn'' 'young warrior' and the Danish suffix ''by'' meaning 'settlement'. As a given name, it means "son of consolation" and is etymologically linked with the New Testament name Bar ...

'' (1919) * ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moorland, moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their tur ...

'' (1920) * ''

Mr. Gilfil's Love Story ''Mr. Gilfil's Love Story'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Robert Henderson Bland, Mary Odette and Peter Upcher. It was based on the short story ''Mr. Gilfil's Love Story'' from George Eliot's 1857 ...

'' (1920) * '' The Flame'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * ''The Crooked Man'' (1923) * ''

'' (1925)

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