Jessie Arnold (December 3, 1884 – May 5, 1955) was an American character and film actress. She was a character actress who appeared in more than 150 films from silent shorts to the early 1950s. She starred in the 1916 film ''
Cross Purposes
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William Worthington.
In 1916 she joined Universal City's stock company after touring Australia and "the Orient".
She was in the serial ''
Timothy Hobbs'' directed by
Wallace Berry
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Death
She died on May 5, 1955, aged 70 in Los Angeles, California, United States. She is interred in Hansville Cemetery.
Filmography
*''Temptation
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'', (1915) (uncredited)
*''Cross Purposes
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'' (1916) as Lisa
*''Tennessee's Pardner
''Tennessee's Pardner'' is a surviving 1916 American Western film directed by George Melford, written by Marion Fairfax, and starring Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Charles Clary, Jessie Arnold, Ronald Bradbury, and Raymond Hatton. It was released Feb ...
'' (1916) as Kate Kent
*''The Social Pirates
''The Social Pirates'' is a 1916 American silent film serial directed by James W. Horne. It starred Marin Sais, Ollie Kirkby and True Boardman. It was written by George Bronson Howard and produced by the Kalem Company.''Pictorial History of Silen ...
'' (1916)
*''Shoes
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'' (1916) as Lil, co-worker at store
*'' Rough and Ready'' (1918) as Estelle Darrow
*'' The Dark Mirror'' (1920) as Inez
*'' Blackbirds'' (1920) as Suzanne
*''The Idol of the North
''The Idol of the North'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Frank S. Beresford and Tom McNamara based upon a story by J. Clarkson Miller. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Edwin August, E.J. R ...
'' (1921) as Big Blond
*'' Fury'' (1923) as Boy's Mother
*''Innocence
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In relation ...
'' (1923) as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
*''Playing with Souls
''Playing with Souls'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Jacqueline Logan, Mary Astor, and Clive Brook
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'' (1925) as Louise
*''The Hard Hombre
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'' (1931) as Mrs. Patton
*''Behind Jury Doors
''Behind Jury Doors'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Helen Chandler, William Collier Jr. and Blanche Friderici.Pitts, p. 329
Cast
* Helen Chandler as Elsa Lanfield
* William Collier Jr. as ...
'' (1932) as Ma Mauger
*''Virtue
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'' (1932) as Landlady
*''Whistlin' Dan
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'' (1932) as Horty "Whistlin' Dan"
*''Hot Saturday
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'' (1932) as Aunt Minnie
* ''Police Car 17
''Police Car 17'' is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp and Edwin Maxwell (actor), Edwin Maxwell.Fetrow, p. 511
Cast
* Tim McCoy as Tim Conlon
* Evalyn Knapp as Helen Regan
* Edwi ...
'' (1933) as Neighbor
*'' The Beloved Brat'' (1938) as Nurse (uncredited)
*''Haunted House
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'' (1940) as Mrs. Emily Henshaw
*''What's Buzzin', Cousin?
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'' (1943) as Mrs. Hillbilly
*''My Kingdom for a Cook
''My Kingdom for a Cook'' is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Richard Wallace, which stars Charles Coburn, Marguerite Chapman, and Bill Carter.
Synopsis
A visiting British emissary on a goodwill tour of the United States struggles to re ...
'' (1943) as Mrs. Forsythe
*''Louisiana Hayride
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'' (1944) as Aunt Hepzibah (uncredited)
*''Sundown Valley
''Sundown Valley'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Benjamin H. Kline and written by Luci Ward. The film stars Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Jeanne Bates and Jimmy Wakely. The film was released on March 23, 1944, by Columbia Picture ...
'' (1944) as Mom Johnson
*'' Lawless Empire'' (1945) as Mrs. Murphy
*'' Keeper of the Bees'' (1947) as Mrs. Postmaster
*''My Dog Rusty
''My Dog Rusty'' is a 1948 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring Ted Donaldson, John Litel and Ann Doran. It was part of the eight-film Rusty series of films produced by Columbia Pictures, about a boy and his valiant German Sh ...
'' (1948) as Mrs. Stokes (uncredited)
*''Air Hostess
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'' (1949) as Mrs. Peabody
*''The Traveling Saleswoman
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'' (1950) as Lady Customer (uncredited)
*''When the Redskins Rode
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I ...
'' (1951) as Gossip at Wrestling Match
References
External links
Findagrave entry
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20th-century American actresses
1884 births
1955 deaths