Louise Rial ( – August 10, 1940)''American and British Theatrical Biography'' c. 1979 by J. P. Wearing.. was an American stage and film actress. Rials's parents were Thomas C. Grover and Caroline Grover (''nee'' Chamberlin). She had four siblings Burr, Leonard, Lucien and Julia Grover. Her theatrical debut came in ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1878). She continued acting on stage before entering

silent films 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, whe ...

in 1915 with the early

Fox Film Corporation The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film ...

. On August 10, 1940, Rial died in her New York City home, aged 91. She is buried in an actor's plot at

Kensico Cemetery Kensico Cemetery, located in Valhalla, Westchester County, New York was founded in 1889, when many New York City cemeteries were becoming full, and rural cemeteries were being created near the railroads that served the city. Initially , it was ...

Valhalla New York. Her daughter Vira Rial is buried with her in the plot.

Filmography

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'' (1915) *''The Marble Heart'' (1916) *''

A Wife's Sacrifice ''A Wife's Sacrifice'' is a lost film, lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards (director), J. Gordon Edwards and produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Cast See also *List of Fox Film films *1937 Fox vault ...

'' (1916) *''The Spider and the Fly'' (1916) *''

A Daughter of the Gods ''A Daughter of the Gods'' was a 1916 American silent fantasy drama film written and directed by Herbert Brenon. The film was controversial because of the sequences of what was regarded as superfluous nudity by the character Anitia, played by A ...

'' (1916) *'' Tangled Lives'' (1917) *'' My Little Sister'' (1919)

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Louise Rial at IBDb.comportrait
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Louise and Jay Rial
1881 poster for "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Wayback Machine)
Louise Rial
with Robert B. Mantell and Genevieve Hamper in Fox's "A Wife's Sacrifice" 1916 page 107 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rial, Louise 1850s births 1940 deaths American stage actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses