Marie Jeanne Wright (1862 – 1 May 1949) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in

Dover Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...

and died in

Hendon Hendon is an urban area in the Borough of Barnet, North-West London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has been part of Great ...

Partial filmography

* ''God Bless Our Red, White and Blue'' (1918) - The Woman * '' Quinneys'' (1919) - Mabel Dredge * ''

The Kinsman ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

'' (1919) - Duchess * ''

Mrs. Thompson ''Mrs. Thompson'' is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Minna Grey, C. M. Hallard and Isobel Elsom. It was released in the United States on 6 April 1923. It was adapted from a 1911 novel by William Babington ...

'' (1919) - Yates * ''

Testimony In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter. Etymology The words "testimony" and "testify" both derive from the Latin word ''testis'', referring to the notion of a disinterested third-party witness. La ...

'' (1920) - Lizzie Emmett * '' Paddy the Next Best Thing'' (1923) - Mary O'Hara * '' The Sea Urchin'' (1926) - Mary Wynchbeck * ''Unto Each Other'' (1929) * ''

Murder! ''Murder!'' is a 1930 British thriller film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. Written by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville and Walter C. Mycroft, it is based on the 192 ...

'' (1930) - Miss Mitcham * '' Tilly of Bloomsbury'' (1931) - Mrs. Banks * '' Black Coffee'' (1931) - Miss Amory * '' Up for the Cup'' (1931) - Mrs. Entwhistle * ''

Help Yourself Help is a word meaning to give aid or signal distress. Help may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Help'' (2010 film), a Bollywood horror film * ''Help'' (2021 theatrical film), a British psychological thriller film * '' ...

'' (1931) - Sparrow * ''

A Lucky Sweep ''A Lucky Sweep'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring John Longden, Diana Beaumont and A. G. Poulton. It was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.264 Cast * John Longden as Bill Higgins * Dian ...

'' (1932) - Martha * ''

Naughty Cinderella ''Naughty Cinderella'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jean Daumery and starring John Stuart, Winna Winifried and Betty Huntley-Wright. It was produced as a quota quickie by Warner Bros. at the company's Teddington Studios in London. ...

'' (1933) - Mrs. Barrow * ''

This Acting Business ''This Acting Business'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by John Daumery and starring Hugh Williams, Wendy Barrie and Donald Calthrop. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers.Chibn ...

'' (1933) - Mrs. Dooley * ''

Love's Old Sweet Song "Love's Old Sweet Song" is a Victorian parlour song published in 1884 by composer James Lynam Molloy and lyricist Graham Clifton Bingham. The first line of the chorus is "Just a song at twilight", and its title is sometimes misidentified as su ...

'' (1933) - Sarah * '' A Cup of Kindness'' (1934) - Mrs. Mabel Ramsbottom * '' City of Beautiful Nonsense'' (1935) - Dorothy Gray * '' The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss'' (1936) - Mrs. Heath * '' Hail and Farewell'' (1936) - Mrs. Perkins * ''

Victoria the Great ''Victoria the Great'' is a 1937 British historical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook and Walter Rilla. When Laurence Housman's play ''Victoria Regina'' was banned by the Lord Chamberlain (in 1935 the royal ...

'' (1937) - Old Kitty * '' Silver Top'' (1938) - Mrs. Deeping * ''

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror ''Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring George Curzon, Tod Slaughter and Greta Gynt. It was George Curzon's third and final outing as the fictional detective Sexton Blake. Plot ...

'' (1938) - Mrs. Bardell * ''

Strange Boarders ''Strange Boarders'' is a 1938 British comedy thriller film, directed by Herbert Mason, produced by Edward Black for Gainsborough Pictures, and starring Tom Walls, Renée Saint-Cyr, Googie Withers and Ronald Adam. The film is an adaptation o ...

'' (1938) - Miss Toulson - Old Lady Who Gets Knocked Down (uncredited) * ''

Sixty Glorious Years ''Sixty Glorious Years'' is a 1938 British colour film directed by Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director. He was one of the most successful British filmmakers f ...

'' (1938) - Maggie * '' Black Eyes'' (1939) - Miss Brown * ''

Gaslight Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a gaseous fuel, such as hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, coal gas (town gas) or natural gas. The light is produced either direct ...

'' (1940) - Alice Barlow (final film role)

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* 1862 births 1949 deaths English film actresses English stage actresses English silent film actresses 20th-century English actresses Actresses from Kent People from Dover, Kent {{UK-film-actor-stub