Mollie McConnell (September 24, 1865 – December 9, 1920) was an

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. McConnell was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Mills Seminary in Oakland, California. She studied further at "Miss Grant's college" in Chicago, but left there in favor of acting. Before her 1913 movie debut, she was a national and international theater performer. In 1914, she signed a contract with

Balboa Amusement Producing Company The Balboa Amusement Producing Company (also known as Balboa Studios) was a film production company in Long Beach, California, from 1913 to 1918 that produced more than 1000 films, around 90% of which have been lost film, lost. Some of the notab ...

and played matronly roles in many of their films. She starred with

William Garwood William Davis Garwood, Jr. (April 28, 1884 – December 28, 1950) was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent film era in the 1910s. Between 1911 and 1913, Garwood starred in a number of early adaptions of popula ...

in the 1914 western '' A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch''. She married Will A. McConnell in the fall of 1890.

Partial filmography

*'' A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch'' (1914) *'' The Red Circle'' (1915) * ''

Should a Wife Forgive? ''Should a Wife Forgive?'' is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring Lillian Lorraine, Mabel Van Buren, and Lew Cody.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 84 Cast * Lillian Lorraine as La Belle Rose ...

'' (1915) *''

Pay Dirt ''Pay Dirt'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring himself, Marguerite Nichols, Gordon Sackville, Mollie McConnell, Daniel Gilfether, and Charles Dudley. The film was released by General Film Company on June 1 ...

'' (1916) * ''

Shadows and Sunshine ''Shadows and Sunshine'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and starring Marie Osborne, Leon Pardue, and Lucy Payton.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 165 Cast * Marie Osborne as Little Mary * Le ...

'' (1916) *'' Joy and the Dragon'' (1916) *'' Vengeance of the Dead'' (1917) *'' The Wildcat'' (1917) *''

The Neglected Wife ''The Neglected Wife'' is a 1917 American drama film serial directed by William Bertram. Cast * Ruth Roland as Margaret Warner * Roland Bottomley as Horace Kennedy * Corinne Grant as Mary Kennedy * Neil Hardin as Edgar Doyle (as Neil C. Hardi ...

'' (1917) *''

Bab the Fixer ''Bab the Fixer'' is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film produced by E. D. Horkheimer and distributed by Mutual Film. Sherwood MacDonald directed and Jackie Saunders (wife of producer Horkheimer), who co-wrote the screenplay, stars. The film ...

'' (1917) *'' The Climber'' (1917) *'' Set Free'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * ''

Go West, Young Man Go west, young man may refer to: * "Go West, young man", a quote often attributed to American author Horace Greeley concerning America's expansion westward Film and television * ''Go West, Young Man'' (1918 film), an American comedy western film ...

'' (1918) * '' The Demon'' (1918) *''

Roped ''Roped'' was a 1919 American Western-comedy film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost. ''Roped'' is one of at least 25 films in which director John Ford and actor Harry Carey collaborated on bet ...

'' (1919) *''

Bare Fists ''Bare Fists'' (also known as ''The Man Who Wouldn’t Shoot'') is a 1919 American Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. It is considered to be a lost film. John Ford and actor Harry Carey collaborated on at least 25 f ...

'' (1919) * ''

One of the Finest ''One of the Finest'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Tom Moore, Seena Owen and Peaches Jackson.Langman p.396 Cast * Tom Moore as Larry Hayes * Seena Owen as Frances Hudson * Peaches Jackson as Mar ...

'' (1919) *''

Fools and Their Money ''Fools and Their Money'' is a lost 1919 silent film comedy directed by Herbert Blaché and starring Emmy Wehlen. Maxwell Karger produced and it was released through Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture product ...

'' (1919) *'' The Feud'' (1919) *''

Dangerous to Men ''Dangerous to Men'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film directed by William C. Dowland and starring Viola Dana. It was distributed through Metro Pictures.Black Beauty ''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill.Merriam-Webster (1995). ...

'' (1921) *''

The Home Stretch ''The Home Stretch'' is a surviving 1921 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and written by Louis Stevens. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Beatrice Burnham, Walt Whitman, Margaret Livingston, Wade Boteler, Mary Jane Irving, an ...

'' (1921) * ''

Hearts and Masks ''Hearts and Masks'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Elinor Field, Francis McDonald and Lloyd Bacon.Munden p.334 Cast * Elinor Field as Alice Gaynor * Francis McDonald as Galloping Dick * Lloyd Ba ...

'' (1921)

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