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Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph

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Born November 4, 1864 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

Died May 30, 1944

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Jessie Ralph (born Jessie Ralph Chambers, November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944) was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures.

She was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864. She made her acting debut in 1880, at the age of sixteen. She made it to Broadway, where George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also excelled at dramatic roles. Although she made her Hollywood debut in 1916, in a motion picture career that would eventually span 25 years, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were limited to matronly roles, but her expertise at stealing scenes captured the imagination of cinema-goers of the time. Her best-known roles are as Greta Garbo's maid in Camille, as W.C. Fields' battle-axe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick, as Myrna Loy's supercilious aunt Katherine in After the Thin Man, and as Nurse Peggotty in David Copperfield. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941.

Jessie Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941, after her leg was amputated. She died four years later in her home town of Gloucester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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The Great Man: W.C. Fields Poster

The Great Man: W.C. Fields Documentary2005Nurse Peggotty )

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter Poster

Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter Documentary1982Actress - 'The Bank Dick'

The Lady from Cheyenne Poster

The Lady from Cheyenne Feature Film1941Mrs. McGuinness

They Met in Bombay Poster

They Met in Bombay Feature Film1941Duchess of Beltravers

Girl from Avenue A Poster

Girl from Avenue A Feature Film1940Mrs. Van Dyne

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Poster

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Feature Film1940Mama McGann

I Want a Divorce Poster

I Want a Divorce Feature Film1940Grandma Brokaw

Star Dust Poster

Star Dust Feature Film1940Aunt Martha Parker

The Bank Dick Poster

The Bank Dick Feature Film1940Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch

The Blue Bird Poster

The Blue Bird Feature Film1940Fairy Berylune

Cafe Society Poster

Cafe Society Feature Film1939Mrs. De Witt

Drums Along the Mohawk Poster

Drums Along the Mohawk Feature Film1939Mrs. Weaver

Four Girls in White Poster

Four Girls in White Feature Film1939Miss Tobias

Mickey the Kid Poster

Mickey the Kid Feature Film1939Veronica M. Hudson

St. Louis Blues Poster

St. Louis Blues Feature Film1939Aunt Tibbie

The Kid from Texas Poster

The Kid from Texas Feature Film1939Aunt Minetta

Hold That Kiss Poster

Hold That Kiss Feature Film1938Aunt Lucy

Love Is a Headache Poster

Love Is a Headache Feature Film1938Sheriff Janet Winfield

Port of Seven Seas Poster

Port of Seven Seas Feature Film1938Honorine

Double Wedding Poster

Double Wedding Feature Film1937Mrs. Kensington-Bly

The Good Earth Poster

The Good Earth Feature Film1937Cuckoo

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Poster

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Feature Film1937Duchess

The Romance of Celluloid Poster

The Romance of Celluloid Short Film1937Self

After the Thin Man Poster

After the Thin Man Feature Film1936Aunt Katherine

Bunker Bean Poster

Bunker Bean Feature Film1936Grandmother

Camille Feature Film1936Nanine

Little Lord Fauntleroy Poster

Little Lord Fauntleroy Feature Film1936The Applewoman

San Francisco Poster

San Francisco Feature Film1936Mrs. Maisie Burley

The Garden Murder Case Poster

The Garden Murder Case Feature Film1936Mrs. Hammle

The Unguarded Hour Poster

The Unguarded Hour Feature Film1936Lady Hathaway

Walking on Air Poster

Walking on Air Feature Film1936Evelyn Bennett

Yellow Dust Poster

Yellow Dust Feature Film1936Mrs. Bryan

Captain Blood Poster

Captain Blood Feature Film1935Mrs. Barlow

David Copperfield Poster

David Copperfield Feature Film1935Nurse Peggotty

Enchanted April Poster

Enchanted April Feature Film1935Mrs. Phoebe Fisher

I Found Stella Parish Poster

I Found Stella Parish Feature Film1935Nana

I Live My Life Poster

I Live My Life Feature Film1935Mrs. Gage

Jalna Feature Film1935Gran Whiteoak

Les Misérables Poster

Les Misérables Feature Film1935Madame Magloire

Mark of the Vampire Poster

Mark of the Vampire Feature Film1935Midwife

Metropolitan Poster

Metropolitan Feature Film1935Charwoman

Paris in Spring Poster

Paris in Spring Feature Film1935Countess de Charelle

Vanessa, Her Love Story Poster

Vanessa, Her Love Story Feature Film1935Lady Mullion

Coming Out Party Poster

Coming Out Party Feature Film1934Nora

Evelyn Prentice Poster

Evelyn Prentice Feature Film1934Mrs. Blake

Murder at the Vanities Poster

Murder at the Vanities Feature Film1934Mrs. Helene Smith

Nana Feature Film1934Zoe

One Night of Love Poster

One Night of Love Feature Film1934Angelina

The Affairs of Cellini Poster

The Affairs of Cellini Feature Film1934Beatrice

We Live Again Poster

We Live Again Feature Film1934Matrona Pavlovna

Ann Carver's Profession Poster

Ann Carver's Profession Feature Film1933Terry - Graham's Maid

Child of Manhattan Poster

Child of Manhattan Feature Film1933Aunt Minnie

Cocktail Hour Poster

Cocktail Hour Feature Film1933Princess de Longville

Elmer, the Great Poster

Elmer, the Great Feature Film1933Sarah Crosby

Such a Little Queen Poster

Such a Little Queen Feature Film1921Mary

The Madonna of the Slums Poster

The Madonna of the Slums Short Film1919

New York Feature Film1916Mrs. Macey

A Ringer for Max Poster

A Ringer for Max Short Film1915

Mary's Lamb Feature Film1915Mary Lamb

The Galloper Poster

The Galloper Feature Film1915Sybil

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