Louise Emmons (January 7, 1858 – March 6, 1935) was an American character actress. She appeared in several films between 1914 and 1935.

Early years

Information about her early life is contradictory. Older sources give 1852 or 1861 as her birth year. An article in ''Classic Images'' in December 2016 states that she was born in 1872 as Louise Atkinson in California. She was of German descent. Allan Elleburger stated in 2017 that Emmons was born as Louie A. Adkison in 1858 near Camptonville, California. Elleberger says that "got their start from the 1910 census; even though she was in fact 52-years-old, she gave her age to the census enumerator as 37 (making her two years younger than her husband)".

Career

Louise Emmons worked for some time as a portrait artist. She already was at an advanced age when she made her first silent film in 1914. With "the kind of face that could stop a clock" she appeared in over 65 films until 1935, mostly in small roles. She specialized in portraying old hags, such as the evil headmistress from the Our Gang film '' Mush and Milk'' (1933). Her last film was the horror movie '' Mark of the Vampire'' (1935), where she played an old gypsy.

Personal life

Emmons married Roswell Emmons on April 21, 1904 in Santa Barbara, California. They had one son. Her husband died in 1919, leaving her a widow with a 12-year-son to raise.

Death

Emmons died in 1935 from heart disease and pneumonia at the Hollywood Hospital. She was buried in an unmarked grave at

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in Los Angeles until her grave was given a marker on March 23, 2014.

Selected filmography

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Judith of Bethulia ''Judith of Bethulia'' (1914 in film, 1914) is an American film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall, and produced and directed by D. W. Griffith, based on the play "Judith and the Holofernes" (1896) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, which itself ...

'' (1914) - Bethulian Begging for Food (uncredited) * ''

His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz ''His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz'' is a 1914 American silent fantasy adventure film directed by J. Farrell MacDonald, and written and produced by L. Frank Baum. It stars Violet MacMillan, Frank Moore, Vivian Reed, Todd Wright, Pierre Coud ...

'' (1914) * ''

The Last Egyptian ''The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile'' is a novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The book was published anonymously on May 1, 1908Katharine M. Rogers, ''L. Frank Baum, Creator of Oz: A Biography'', New Y ...

'' (1914) - Tilga, Keeper of the Harem * ''

He Fell in Love with His Wife ''He Fell in Love with His Wife'' is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Julia Crawford Ivers and E.P. Roe. The film stars Florence Rockwell, Forrest Stanley, Page Peters, Lydia Yeamans Titus and Ho ...

'' (1916) - One of Bridget's Relations (uncredited) * ''

Bobbie of the Ballet ''Bobbie of the Ballet'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney, Louise Lovely, Gretchen Lederer and Jay Belasco. It was written by Ida May Park, based on a story by Grant Carpenter. Actress Loui ...

'' (1916) - Tenement Dweller (uncredited) * ''

The Grasp of Greed ''The Grasp of Greed'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse, written by Ida May Park, and starring Lon Chaney and Louise Lovely. The screenplay was adapted from an 1888 H. Rider Haggard story called "Mr. Meeson's Will" ...

'' (1916) - Shipwreck Survivor (uncredited) * '' The Stronger Love'' (1916) - Widow Serviss * '' Mixed Blood'' (1916) - Mrs. Valyez * ''

Polly Redhead ''Polly Redhead'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Ella Hall, Gertrude Astor and Charles Hill Mailes.Parish & Pitts p.75 Cast * Ella Hall as Polly Redhead * Gertrude Astor as Lady Caroline * Cha ...

'' (1917) - Mrs. Meekin * ''

Hearts of the World ''Hearts of the World'' (also known as ''Love's Struggle'') is a 1918 American silent film, silent World War I propaganda film written, produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. In an effort to change the American public's neutral stance regardin ...

'' (1918) - (uncredited) * ''

The Eyes of Julia Deep ''The Eyes of Julia Deep'' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film starring Mary Miles Minter and directed by Lloyd Ingraham. The film is based on the short story by the same name, written by Kate L. McLaurin. It is one of the few films starr ...

'' (1918) - In Theater Audience (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1918) - Ugly woman at Court (uncredited) * ''The Wildcat of Paris'' (1918) - (uncredited) * ''

The Heart of Humanity ''The Heart of Humanity'' is a 1918 American silent war propaganda film produced by Universal Pictures and directed by Allen Holubar. The film stars Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell, and Erich von Stroheim. Overview The film "follows the gen ...

'' (1918) - Village Woman Holding Baby's Shoe (uncredited) * ''

Captain Kidd, Jr. ''Captain Kidd, Jr.'' is a 1919 American silent film produced by and starring Mary Pickford and directed by William Desmond Taylor. It is her last released film for distribution by Paramount Pictures before moving to First National. The film i ...

'' (1919) - (uncredited) * ''

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) - Churchgoer (uncredited) * ''

The Hawk's Trail ''The Hawk's Trail'' is a 1919 American crime film, crime film serial directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It is considered to be a lost film. Cast * King Baggot as Sheldon Steele / The Hawk * Grace Darmond as Claire Drake * Rhea Mitchell as Jean Drake ...

'' (1919) - Old Hag (uncredited) * ''

Flames of the Flesh ''Flames of the Flesh'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edward LeSaint, and starring Gladys Brockwell, William Scott, Harry Spingler, Ben Deeley, Charles K. French, Louis Fitzroy, and Rosita Marstini. The film was released by F ...

'' (1920) - Undetermined Role (uncredited) * ''

The Son of Tarzan ''The Son of Tarzan'' is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was written between January 21 and May 11, 1915, and first published in the magazine ' ...

'' (1920) - Old Woman with Sheik (uncredited) * '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1921) - French Mother Bidding Farewell (uncredited) * ''

The Conquering Power ''The Conquering Power'' (1921) is an American silent romantic drama directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, and Ralph Lewis. The film was based on the 1833 novel '' Eugénie Grandet'' by Honoré de Balzac. Its se ...

'' (1921) - Washerwoman (uncredited) * '' White Eagle'' (1922) - Stone Ear * ''

Foolish Wives ''Foolish Wives'' is a 1922 American erotic silent drama film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures under their Super-Jewel banner and written and directed by Erich von Stroheim. The drama features von Stroheim, Rudolph Christians, ...

'' (1922) - Mother Garoupe (uncredited) * '' The Bride's Play'' (1922) - Faggot Carrier (uncredited) * ''

The Green Temptation ''The Green Temptation'' is a lost 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Betty Compson. It was written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Monte Katterjohn based upon the short story "The Noose" by Constanc ...

'' (1922) - (uncredited) * '' Blood and Sand'' (1922) - Old woman (uncredited) * '' Big Stakes'' (1922) - Mercedes' Dueña (uncredited) * '' Manslaughter'' (1922) - Prison Inmate in Laundry Sequence (uncredited) * ''

Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is dep ...

'' (1922) - Villager (uncredited) * ''

Three Ages ''Three Ages'' is a 1923 black-and-white American feature-length silent comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery. The first feature Keaton wrote, directed, produced, and starred in (unlike ''The Saphead'', in which he only ...

'' (1923) - Old Fortune Teller (uncredited) * ''

Scaramouche Scaramouche () or Scaramouch (; from Italian Scaramuccia , literally "little skirmisher") is a stock clown character of the 16th-century commedia dell'arte (comic theatrical arts of Italian literature). The role combined characteristics of the ...

'' (1923) - Villager (uncredited) * '' Maytime'' (1923) - Gypsy Fortune Teller (uncredited) * ''

The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments ( Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ ...

'' (1923) - Elderly Israelite (uncredited) * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1924) - Secondary Role (uncredited) * ''

Pioneer's Gold ''Pioneer's Gold'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Victor Adamson and starring Kathryn McGuire, Pete Morrison and Virginia Warwick.Munden, p. 604. It was produced by the independent Sanford Productions. Synopsis An elderly ...

'' (1924) - Mother La Monte * '' Open All Night'' (1924) - Bicycle Race Spectator (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 Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor. ...

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

The Blackbird ''The Blackbird'' is a 1926 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. The screenplay was written by Waldemar Young, based on a story "The Mockingbird" by Tod Browning (which was originally supposed to be the ...

'' (1926) - Old Lady at Mission (uncredited) * ''

The Greater Glory ''The Greater Glory'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Curt Rehfeld. The film starred Conway Tearle and Boris Karloff. ''The Greater Glory'' is sometimes listed as ''The Viennese Medley'', the title of Edith O'Shaughnessy's no ...

'' (1926) - Old Woman (uncredited) * ''

The Temptress ''The Temptress'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore, and Roy D'Arcy. It premiered on October 10, 1926. The film melodrama was based on a novel by ...

'' (1926) - Newspaper Vendor (uncredited) * ''

Winners of the Wilderness ''Winners of the Wilderness'' is a 1927 American silent war drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Tim McCoy and Joan Crawford. In this costume drama, set during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Rene Contrecouer (Crawford), t ...

'' (1927) - Frontier Woman (uncredited) * '' Bring Home the Turkey'' (1927, Short) - Headmistress * '' When a Man Loves'' (1927) - Smiling Hag (uncredited) * '' The King of Kings'' (1927) - Member of the Crowd (uncredited) * '' Captain Salvation'' (1927) - Woman on Prison Ship (uncredited) * '' The Unknown'' (1927) - Gypsy Woman (uncredited) * '' My Best Girl'' (1927) - Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) * '' The Enemy'' (1927) - (uncredited) * '' Spoilers of the West'' (1927) - Settler (uncredited) * ''

The Man Who Laughs ''The Man Who Laughs'' (also published under the title ''By Order of the King'' from its subtitle in French) is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title ''L'Homme qui rit''. It takes place in England beg ...

'' (1928) - Gypsy Hag (uncredited) * '' Lonesome'' (1928) - Telephone Caller (uncredited) * '' West of Zanzibar'' (1928) - Old Woman on Street (uncredited) * ''

Evangeline ''Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie'' is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written in English and published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during t ...

'' (1929) - Women Receiving Apple (uncredited) * '' Captain of the Guard'' (1930) - Peasant (uncredited) * ''

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, whic ...

'' (1931) - Old Prisoner with Vodka (uncredited) * '' A Connecticut Yankee'' (1931) - Old Hag in Dungeon (uncredited) * ''

Waterloo Bridge Waterloo Bridge () is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges. Its name commemorates the victory of the British, Dutch and Prussians at t ...

'' (1931) - Passerby in Front of Theatre (uncredited) * '' Heaven on Earth'' (1931) - Maggie * ''

The Wet Parade ''The Wet Parade'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Robert Young, Myrna Loy, Walter Huston, Lewis Stone and Jimmy Durante. It is based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair. The film shows how two ...

'' (1932) - Cackling Hag in New York City Bar (uncredited) * ''

The Famous Ferguson Case ''The Famous Ferguson Case'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Joan Blondell, Grant Mitchell and Vivienne Osborne.Louis Pizzitola. ''Hearst Over Hollywood: Power, Passion, and Propaganda in the Movies' ...

'' (1932) - Jennie Gibbs AKA Pig Woman (uncredited) * ''False Faces'' (1932) - Woman in Montage (uncredited) * ''

If I Had a Million ''If I Had a Million'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Paramount Studios anthology film starring Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, Jack Oakie, Frances Dee and Charlie Ruggles, among others. There were seven directors: Ern ...

'' (1932) - Idylwood Resident (uncredited) * ''

Ladies They Talk About ''Ladies They Talk About'' is a 1933 pre-Code American crime drama directed by Howard Bretherton and William Keighley, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, and Lyle Talbot. The film is about an attractive woman who is a member of a ba ...

'' (1933) - Prisoner Jessie Jones (uncredited) * ''

King Kong King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...

'' (1933) - Old Woman in Line at Mission (uncredited) * '' Mush and Milk'' (1933, Short) - Cap's Wife * ''

Roman Scandals ''Roman Scandals'' is a 1933 American black-and-white pre-Code musical film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle. The film features a number of intricate production ...

'' (1933) - Roman Citizen (uncredited) * '' Fugitive Lovers'' (1934) - Pittsburgh Bus Station Newspaper Hawker (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1934) - Old Woman at Stage Door (uncredited) * ''

I Believed in You ''I Believed in You'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Irving Cummings and written by William M. Conselman. The film stars Rosemary Ames, John Boles, Victor Jory, Gertrude Michael, George Meeker and Leslie Fenton. The film was ...

'' (1934) - Street Beggar (uncredited) * '' The Return of Chandu'' (1934) - Sisaba - Hag hs. 4–5(uncredited) * '' Mark of the Vampire'' (1935) - Old Gypsy Woman (uncredited) (final film role)

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