Loyola O'Connor (born Ignatia Loyola O'Connor; July 8, 1868 – December 26, 1931), was an American stage and

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. In the early 20th century, she worked multi-year stints in stage productions such as ''

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 ...

'', '' Ben Hur'' and ''

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her aunts, one stern and one kind, in the fictional village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's joy ...

''. In 1913, she transitioned to silent films, appearing in 48 productions through 1922. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and died in

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Selected filmography

* '' The Kiss'' (1914) * ''

A Little Madonna ''A Little Madonna'' is a 1914 American silent drama film, directed by Ulysses Davis. Cast * William Desmond Taylor * Patricia Palmer * Charles Bennett * Jane Novak * Loyola O'Connor * Anne Schaefer Anne Schaefer (July 10, 1870 – Ma ...

'' (1914) * ''

The Lily and the Rose ''The Lily and the Rose''; sometimes Lily of the Rose is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Paul Powell and starring Lillian Gish. Preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast * Lillian Gish as Mary Randolph * Wilfred Lucas as Jack ...

'' (1915) * '' Out of the Darkness'' (1915) * '' The Country Boy'' (1915) * '' Hoodoo Ann'' (1916) * '' Stranded'' (1916) * ''

The Children Pay ''The Children Pay'' is a surviving 1916 American silent drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Lillian Gish. Cast * Lillian Gish as Millicent * Violet Wilkey as Jean, her sister * Keith Armour as Horace Craig * Ralph Lewis as The ...

'' (1916) * ''

Cheerful Givers ''Cheerful Givers'' is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film produced by the Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. The film stars Bessie Love and Kenneth Harlan. The film is presumed lost Lost may refer to g ...

'' (1916) * ''Atta Boy's Last Race'' (1916) * '' Nina, the Flower Girl'' (1917) * '' An Old-Fashioned Young Man'' (1917) - Mrs. James D. Burke * ''

True Heart Susie ''True Heart Susie'' is a 1919 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute. The film has seen several VHS releases as well as a DVD issu ...

'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1919) * '' Eyes of the Heart'' (1920) * '' The Tree of Knowledge'' (1920) * ''

Harriet and the Piper ''Harriet and the Piper'' is a 1920 American drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and written by Monte M. Katterjohn. It is based on the 1920 novel ''Harriet and the Piper'' by Kathleen Norris. The film stars Anita Stewart, Ward Crane, Charl ...

'' (1920) * ''

Old Dad ''Old Dad'' is a 1920 American drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and written by J. Grubb Alexander. It is based on the 1919 novel ''Old Dad'' by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. The film stars Mildred Harris, John St. Polis, Myrtle Stedman, Irving ...

'' (1920) * '' The Infidel'' (1922)

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* * 1868 births 1931 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses Deaths from cancer in California Actresses from Saint Paul, Minnesota 20th-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-1860s-stub