Shannon Day (born Sylvia Day; August 5, 1896 – February 24, 1977) was an American
silent film
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actress
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who appeared in supporting parts in numerous productions.
Day was born on August 5, 1896, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her education was in New York City's public schools and in the Art Students League there.
Day began performing on stage when she was a child. Billed as Sylvia Day, she appeared on Broadway in ''Ziegfeld Nine O'Clock Review'' (1919). Her film debut came in 1921 in
Cecil B. DeMille
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Forbidden Fruit
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When Day left acting in films, she began teaching drama in Manhattan. She died on February 24, 1977, in New York, aged 80.
Partial filmography
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Forbidden Fruit
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Man, Woman & Marriage
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The Affairs of Anatol
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Plot
Socialite Anatol Spencer ...
The Woman He Married
''The Woman He Married'' is a 1922 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. The film is considered to be lost film, lost.
Plot
As reviewed in a film magazine, a rich man's son marries an artist's model, and is then disinh ...
Captain Fly-by-Night
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The Marriage Market
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The Star Dust Trail
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So This Is Marriage
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Silent Pal
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Breed of the Sea
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Cast
* Ralph Ince as Tod Pembroke, Captain Blaze Devine / Tom Pembroke
* Margaret ...
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*''The Gypsy Romance'' (1926)
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The Barrier
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Big Town
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'' (1932)
*''Hotel Variety'' (1933)
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
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Premise
The film tells of Harry (Langdon) a ne'er-do-well who falls in ...