Emily Fitzroy (24 May 1860 – 3 March 1954) was an English theatre and film actress who eventually became an American citizen. She was at one time a leading lady in London for Sir Charles Wyndham. She made her film debut in 1915. Her debut in sound films came in ''

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'' (1929). She retired in 1944. Her last film was '' The White Cliffs of Dover'' (1944). Her Broadway credits include ''What the Public Wants'' (1922), ''I.O.U.'' (1918), ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1916), ''Lady Patricia'' (1912), and ''Just to Get Married'' (1912).

Selected filmography

* ''Sins of Men'' (1916) - Minor Role * ''

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'' (1916) - Cornelia * ''The Return of Eve'' (1916) - Mrs. Tupper-Bellamy * ''

A Broadway Saint ''A Broadway Saint'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starring Montagu Love, George Bunny and Helen Weir.Katchmer p. 477 Cast * Montagu Love as Dick Vernon * George Bunny as Uncle Galt * Helen Weir as Mazie ...

'' (1919) - Martha Galt * '' The Climbers'' (1919) - Mrs. Hunter * ''

Deadline at Eleven ''Deadline at Eleven'' is a lost film, lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Fawcett and starring Corinne Griffith. It was produced by and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. Cast References External links

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'' (1920) - Mrs. Martha Stevens * '' The Man Who Lost Himself'' (1920) - Richester's Aunt * ''

Way Down East ''Way Down East'' is a 1920 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is one of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play ''Way Down East'' by Lottie Blair Parker. There w ...

'' (1920) - Maria Poole - Landlady * ''

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson ''The Frisky Mrs. Johnson'' is a 1920 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1903 Broadway stage play by Clyde Fitch. On the stage Burke's ...

'' (1920) - Mrs. Chardley * '' The New York Idea'' (1920) - Grace Phillimore * '' Out of the Chorus'' (1921) - Mrs. Van Beekman * '' Straight Is the Way'' (1921) - Mrs. Crabtree * '' Wife Against Wife'' (1921) - Mrs. Dole *''

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'' (1921) - Grace Poole (a servant) * ''The Splendid Lie'' (1922) - Mrs. Wolcott Delafield * ''

Find the Woman ''Find the Woman'' is a 1922 American silent mystery film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Alma Rubens. It was produced by Cosmopolitan Productions, owned by William Randolph Hearst, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on ...

'' (1922) - Mrs. Napoli * '' Fascination'' (1922) - The Marquesa de Lisa (her aunt) * '' No Trespassing'' (1922) - Mrs. James Colton * '' Fury'' (1923) - Matilda Brent * '' Driven'' (1923) - Mrs. Tolliver * '' The Purple Highway'' (1923) - Mrs. Carney * '' Strangers of the Night'' (1923) - Mrs. Pengard * ''

Jealous Husbands ''Jealous Husbands'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Earle Williams, Jane Novak, and Ben Alexander. Plot As described in a film magazine review, returning from Europe, Ramón Martinez overhears ...

'' (1923) - Amaryllis * '' The Whispered Name'' (1924) - Amanda Stone * ''

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'' (1924) - Mrs. Marlowe * ''A Girl of the Limberlost'' (1924) - Kate Comstock * ''

Untamed Youth ''Untamed Youth'' is a 1957 American teen film directed by Howard W. Koch, written by John C. Higgins and Stephen Longstreet, and starring Mamie Van Doren and Lori Nelson as two starstruck sisters who are sentenced to farm labor. Plot Sisters ...

'' (1924) - Emily Ardis * '' The Man Who Came Back'' (1924) - Aunt Isabel * ''

The Red Lily ''The Red Lily'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro, Enid Bennett, and Wallace Beery. A print of the film exists. Plot Marise La Noue (Enid Bennett) and Jean Leonnec (Ramon Novarro) are youn ...

'' (1924) - Mama Bouchard * ''

His Hour ''His Hour'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor. This film was the follow-up to Samuel Goldwyn's '' Three Weeks'', written by Elinor Glyn, and starring Aileen Pringle, one of the biggest moneymakers at the time of the Me ...

'' (1924) - Princess Ardacheff * ''

Her Night of Romance ''Her Night of Romance'' is a 1924 American silent film written by Hanns Kräly and directed by Sidney Franklin. The romantic comedy stars Constance Talmadge and Ronald Colman. Plot American millionaire Samuel C. Adams brings his daughter Do ...

'' (1924) - Nurse (scenes deleted) * ''

Love's Wilderness ''Love's Wilderness'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Helen Klumph and Eve Unsell. The film stars Corinne Griffith, Holmes Herbert, Ian Keith, Maurice de Canonge, Emily Fitzroy Emily Fitzroy (24 May ...

'' (1924) - Matilda Heath * ''The Hooded Falcon'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1925) - Maria * ''

The Golden Bed ''The Golden Bed'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is based on the novel ''Tomorrow's Bread'' by Wallace Irwin. Jeanie MacPherson wrote the screenplay. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, ev ...

'' (1925) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Learning to Love ''Learning to Love'' is a 1925 American comedy film directed by Sidney Franklin and written by John Emerson and Anita Loos. The film stars Constance Talmadge, Antonio Moreno, Emily Fitzroy, Edythe Chapman, John Harron, and Ray Hallor. The film ...

'' (1925) - Aunt Virginia * '' The Lady'' (1925) - Madame Blanche * '' Outwitted'' (1925) - Meg * ''

The Denial ''The Denial'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Claire Windsor, Bert Roach, William Haines, Lucille Ricksen, and Robert Agnew. The film was written by Agnes Christine Johnston based on the play ...

'' (1925) - Rena - Mother in Flashback * ''

Zander the Great ''Zander the Great'' is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film directed by George W. Hill, in his first directing role for MGM. The film stars Marion Davies. The screenplay by Frances Marion is based upon the Edward Salisbury Field 1923 play ...

'' (1925) - The Matron * ''

Are Parents People? ''Are Parents People?'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor, Adolphe Menjou, George Beranger, and Lawrence Gray Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1 ...

'' (1925) - Margaret * '' Never the Twain Shall Meet'' (1925) - Mrs. Pippy * '' Thunder Mountain'' (1925) - Ma MacBirney * '' The Winding Stair'' (1925) - Madame Muller * ''

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'' (1925) - Aunt Celimena Moore * '' Lazybones'' (1925) - Mrs. Fanning * ''

The Red Kimono ''The Red Kimono'' (spelled as "''The Red Kimona''" in the opening credits) is a 1925 American silent drama film about prostitution produced by Dorothy Davenport (billed as Mrs. Wallace Reid) and starring Priscilla Bonner. This is the debut ...

'' (1925) - The Housekeeper * '' What Happened to Jones'' (1926) - Mrs. Goodly * '' The Bat'' (1926) - Miss Cornelia Van Gorder * ''

High Steppers ''High Steppers'' is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is based on the novel ''Heirs Apparent'' by Philip Gibbs. Plot Julian Perryam ( Lloyd Hughes) ...

'' (1926) - Mrs. Iffield * '' Hard Boiled'' (1926) - Abigail Gregg * '' No Babies Wanted'' (1926) - Landlady, 'Old Ironsides' * ''

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'' (1926) - The Dowager (uncredited) * ''

Marriage License? ''Marriage License?'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Bradley King and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. It is based on the 1925 play ''The Pelican'' by F. Tennyson Jesse and H. M. Harwood. The film s ...

'' (1926) - Lady Heriot * ''

Bardelys the Magnificent ''Bardelys the Magnificent'' is a 1926 American silent romantic film directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman. The film is based on the 1906 novel of the same title by Rafael Sabatini. It was the second film of the ...

'' (1926) - Vicomtesse de Lavedan * ''

The Cheerful Fraud ''The Cheerful Fraud'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Gertrude Olmstead, and Otis Harlan. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is based on a 1925 novel o ...

'' (1926) - Mrs. Bytheway * ''

One Increasing Purpose ''One Increasing Purpose'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and written by Bradley King. It is based on the 1925 novel ''One Increasing Purpose'' by A. S. M. Hutchinson. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Lila Lee, Ho ...

'' (1927) - Mrs. Andiron * ''

The Sea Tiger ''The Sea Tiger'' is a 1927 American silent film, silent drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures and directed by John Francis Dillon (director), John Francis Dillon. The film stars Milton Sills and Mary Astor. It is now a ...

'' (1927) - Mrs. Enos * ''

Orchids and Ermine Orchids and Ermine is a 1927 silent film comedy starring Colleen Moore, filmed partly on location in New York. The film still exists. This was Mickey Rooney's first feature-length film (his first film being a short subject released in 1926). ...

'' (1927) - Mrs. Blom * '' Married Alive'' (1927) - Mrs. Maggs Duxbury * ''

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'' (1927) - Mrs. Gaidaroff * '' Foreign Devils'' (1927) - Mrs. Conger * '' Love Me and the World Is Mine'' (1927) - The Porter's Wife * ''

Once and Forever ''Once and Forever'' is a 1927 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Phil Goldstone and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, John Harron and Burr McIntosh.Munden p.567 The film's sets were designed by the art director George Sawley. Cast * ...

'' (1927) - Katherine * ''

Love Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of ...

'' (1927) - Grand Duchess * '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1928) - Lady Beekman * ''

The Trail of '98 ''The Trail of '98'' is a 1928 American silent action-adventure/drama film featuring Harry Carey and Dolores del Río about the Klondike Gold Rush. The film was originally released by MGM in a short-lived widescreen process called “Fantom S ...

'' (1928) - Mrs. Bulkey * ''

The Case of Lena Smith ''The Case of Lena Smith'' is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Esther Ralston and James Hall, and released by Paramount Pictures. ''The Case of Lena Smith'' is ranked by film critics as among the � ...

'' (1929) - Frau Hofrat * ''

'' (1929) - Parthenia Ann Hawks * ''

The Bridge of San Luis Rey ''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and was the best-selling work of fiction that year. Premise ''The Bri ...

'' (1929) - Marquesa * ''

The Man from Blankley's ''The Man from Blankley's'' is a lost 1930 American pre-Code comedy film, directed by Alfred E. Green. It starred John Barrymore and Loretta Young. The film was based on the 1903 play by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, writing under the pseudonym "F. An ...

'' (1930) - Mrs. Tidmarsh * ''

Dumbbells in Ermine ''Dumbbells in Ermine'' is a 1930 American early talkie pre-Code comedy film based on the 1925 play ''Weak Sisters'' by Lynn Starling. The film stars Robert Armstrong and Barbara Kent, and features Beryl Mercer, James Gleason, and Claude Gilli ...

'' (1930) - Gossiper (uncredited) * '' The Flirting Widow'' (1930) - Aunt Ida * ''

Song o' My Heart ''Song o' My Heart'' is a 1930 Pre-Code American film directed by Frank Borzage and starring John McCormack, Alice Joyce, Maureen O'Sullivan, Effie Ellsler and John Garrick. It was O'Sullivan's second film role. The film was double-shot in b ...

'' (1930) - Aunt Elizabeth * ''

She's My Weakness ''She's My Weakness'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Melville W. Brown (assisted by Dewey Starkey) and starring Sue Carol and Arthur Lake. The screenplay was written by J. Walter Ruben, based on the Broadway play ...

'' (1930) - Mrs. Oberlander * '' New Moon'' (1930) - Countess Anastasia Strogoff * '' Unfaithful'' (1931) - Auntie Janie * '' It's a Wise Child'' (1931) - Jane Appleby * ''

Misbehaving Ladies ''Misbehaving Ladies'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Lila Lee, Ben Lyon and Louise Fazenda. It is also known as ''The Queen of Main Street''. Cast * Lila Lee as Princess Ellen * Ben Lyon as ...

'' (1931) - Meta Oliver * ''

Detective Lloyd ''Detective Lloyd'' (1931) is a 12-chapter Universal Pictures, Universal Serial (film), movie serial. A co-production between the United States, American company Universal Studios, Universal and the United Kingdom, British company General Films ...

'' (1932, Serial) - The Manor Ghost * ''

Aren't We All? ''Aren't We All?'' is a comic play by Frederick Lonsdale. At the core of the drawing room comedy's slim plot is the Hon. William Tatham who, having been consigned to the proverbial doghouse for a romantic indiscretion, is determined to catch hi ...

'' (1932) - Angela * ''

Lucky Ladies ''Lucky Ladies'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by John Rawlins and starring Sydney Fairbrother, Emily Fitzroy and Tracy Holmes. Plot summary Some sisters inherit a large sum of money. Cast * Sydney Fairbrother as Angle Tuckett * ...

'' (1932) - Cleo Honeycutt * ''

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'' (1932) - Mrs. Strangeways * ''

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'' (1933) - Aunt Augusta * ''

Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...

'' (1933) - Sancho Panza's wife * '' Her Imaginary Lover'' (1933) - Aunt Lydia Raleigh * ''

Dick Turpin Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher ea ...

'' (1934) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Man with Two Faces'' (1934) - Hattie * '' Two Heads on a Pillow'' (1934) - Mrs. Van Suydam * ''

The Captain Hates the Sea ''The Captain Hates the Sea'' is a 1934 comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and released by Columbia Pictures. The film, which involves a '' Grand Hotel''-style series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship, is ...

'' (1934) - Mrs. Victoria Griswold * ''

China Seas The China Seas consist of a series of marginal seas in the Western Pacific Ocean, around China. They are the major components signifying the transition from the continent of Asia to the Pacific Ocean.Pinxian Wang, Qianyu Li, Chun-Feng Li, ''Geolog ...

'' (1935) - Mrs. Higgins (uncredited) * ''

She Couldn't Take It ''She Couldn't Take It'' is a 1935 screwball comedy film made at Columbia Pictures, directed by Tay Garnett, written by C. Graham Baker, Gene Towne and Oliver H.P. Garrett, and starring George Raft and Joan Bennett. It was one of the few comed ...

'' (1935) - Party Guest (uncredited) * ''

Border Flight ''Border Flight'' is a 1936 American aviation drama film directed by Otho Lovering and written by Stuart Anthony, Arthur J. Beckhard and Ewing Scott. The film stars Frances Farmer, John Howard, Roscoe Karns, Robert Cummings, Grant Withers and ...

'' (1936) - Old Maid (uncredited) * ''

The Bold Caballero ''The Bold Caballero'' is a 1936 American Western film written and directed by Wells Root. It is based on the character Zorro, created by Johnston McCulley. The characters Don Alejandro Vega (Don Diego's father) and Bernardo are notably absent. ...

'' (1936) - Lady Isabella's Chaperone * '' Nothing Sacred'' (1937) - Guest at Banquet (uncredited) * ''

The Frontiersmen ''The Frontiersmen'' (sometimes erroneously labeled as ''The Frontiersman'') is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Norman Houston and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, George "Gabby" Hayes, Rus ...

'' (1938) - School Teacher aka Snooksie * ''

Vigil in the Night ''Vigil in the Night'' is a 1940 RKO Pictures drama film based on the 1939 serialized novel '' Vigil in the Night'' by A. J. Cronin. The film was produced and directed by George Stevens and stars Carole Lombard, Brian Aherne and Anne Shirley. ...

'' (1940) - Sister Gilson * ''

The Flame of New Orleans ''The Flame of New Orleans'' is a 1941 comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Marlene Dietrich and Bruce Cabot in his first comedy role. The supporting cast features Roland Young, Andy Devine and Franklin Pangborn. It was the last of t ...

'' (1941) - Cousin * ''

Two-Faced Woman ''Two-Faced Woman'' is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Greta Garbo in her final film role, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, and Roland Young. The movie was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Garbo pla ...

'' (1941) - Rhumba Dancer (uncredited) * '' Forever and a Day'' (1943) - Ms. Fulcher * '' The White Cliffs of Dover'' (1944) - Spinster in Boardinghouse (uncredited) (final film role)

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