Ricca Allen (June 9, 1863 – September 13, 1949) was a Canadian-born stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1941.
Allen was born in
Victoria, British Columbia
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[ to John Allen of ]Oakland, California
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. She later had her own company in vaudeville.Los Angeles, California
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Partial filmography
* ''Fatty Again
''Fatty Again'' is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Cast
* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
* Minta Durfee
* Charles Murray
* Ricca Allen
* Jess Dandy as Carnival Boss (uncredited)
See also
* List of Americ ...
'' (1914)
* ''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)
* '' Aladdin’s Other Lamp (1917)
* '' The Mortal Sin'' (1917)
* '' The Lifted Veil'' (1917)
* '' Life's Whirlpool'' (1917)
* '' Outwitted'' (1917)
* ''The Duchess of Doubt
''The Duchess of Doubt'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film, directed by George D. Baker. It stars Emmy Wehlen, Ricca Allen, and Frank Currier, and was released on May 28, 1917.
Cast
Production
Some of the scenes were shot on location in ...
'' (1917)
* '' God's Man'' (1917)
* '' A Wife by Proxy'' (1917)
* ''Lady Barnacle
''Lady Barnacle'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film, directed by John H. Collins. It stars Viola Dana, Robert Walker, and Augustus Phillips, and was released on June 4, 1917.
Cast list
* Viola Dana as Lakshima
* Robert Walker as George Mo ...
'' (1917)
* '' The Heart of a Girl'' (1918)
* ''Our Mrs. McChesney
''Our Mrs. McChesney'' is a lost 1918 American silent comedy-drama film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures, directed by Ralph Ince, and based on the 1915 play by Edna Ferber and George V. Hobart which starred Ethel Barrymore.
Barrymore ...
'' (1918)
* '' The Shell Game'' (1918)
* '' With Neatness and Dispatch'' (1918)
* ''The Divorcee
''The Divorcee'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film written by Nick Grindé, John Meehan, and Zelda Sears, based on the 1929 novel ''Ex-Wife'' by Ursula Parrott. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who was nominated for the Academy ...
'' (1919)
* ''Speedy Meade
''Speedy Meade'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by Ira M. Lowry and starring Louis Bennison, Katherine MacDonald, Neil Moran, Claire Adams, and Norman Jefferies. The film was released by Goldwyn Pictures on March 23, 1919.
Pl ...
'' (1919)
* '' The Man Who Stayed at Home'' (1919)
* ''Headin' Home
''Headin' Home'' is a 1920 American silent biopic sports film directed by Lawrence C. Windom. It attempts to create a mythology surrounding the life of baseball player Babe Ruth.
The screenplay was written by Arthur "Bugs" Baer from a story b ...
'' (1920)
* '' The Song of the Soul'' (1920)
* ''The Oath The Oath may refer to:
Books
* ''The Oath'' (Wiesel novel), a 1973 novel by Elie Wiesel
* ''The Oath'' (Peretti novel), a 1995 novel by Frank E. Peretti
* '' The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court'', a 2012 book by Jeffrey Toobin ...
'' (1921)
* ''Silas Marner
''Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe'' is the third novel by George Eliot. It was published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, the novel is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ...
'' (1922)
* ''The Empty Cradle
''The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity (And What To Do About It)'' is a 2004 book by Phillip Longman of the New America Foundation about declining birthrates around the world, the challenges that Longman believes wi ...
'' (1923)
* ''The Mad Dancer
''The Mad Dancer'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Ann Pennington, Johnnie Walker, and Coit Albertson.
Synopsis
Mimi, a dancer who lives in the Latin Quarter of Paris, poses nude for a sculpture. Wh ...
'' (1925)
* '' The Virgin Wife'' (1926)
* ''Close Harmony
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'' (1929)
* '' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' (1936)
* ''One Million B.C.
''One Million B.C.'' is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles ''Cave Man'', ''Man and His Mate'' and ''Tumak''.
The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist ...
'' (1940)
References
External links
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*
Ricca Allen
(New York City Public Library, Billy Rose collection)
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1863 births
1949 deaths
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
Actresses from Victoria, British Columbia
Vaudeville performers
19th-century American actresses
20th-century American actresses
Canadian emigrants to the United States