Biography
Colleen Moore (born Kathleen Morrison, August 19, 1899 – January 25, 1988) was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era. Moore became one of the most fashionable and highly-paid stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut. A huge star in her day, approximately half of Moore's films are now considered lost, including her first talking picture from 1929. What was perhaps her most celebrated film during her lifetime, Flaming Youth (1923), is now mostly lost as well, with only one reel surviving. Moore took a brief hiatus from acting between 1929 and 1933, just as sound was being added to motion pictures. After the hiatus, her four sound pictures released in 1933 and 1934 were not financial successes. Moore then retired permanently from screen acting.
Movies & TV Shows
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
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Ella Cinders (1926) — Ella Cinders
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The Little American (1917) — Maid (uncredited)
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The Power and the Glory (1933) — Sally Garner
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Hollywood (1980) — Self
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The Scarlet Letter (1934) — Hester Prynne
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Why Be Good? (1929) — Pert Kelly
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The Busher (1919) — Mazie Palmer
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Success at Any Price (1934) — Sarah Griswold
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Irene (1926) — Irene O'Dare
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The Sky Pilot (1921) — Gwen
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Lilac Time (1928) — Jeannine
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Dinty (1920) — Doreen O'Sullivan
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Orchids and Ermine (1927) — 'Pink' Watson
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Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923) — Mary Ellis
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The Nth Commandment (1923) — Sarah Juke
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) — Self (archive footage)
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Social Register (1934) — Patsy Shaw
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Flaming Youth (1923) — Patricia Fentriss
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Twinkletoes (1926) — Twink 'Twinkletoes' Minasi
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Her Bridal Night-Mare (1920) — Mary
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Little Orphant Annie (1918) — Annie
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The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) — Self
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A Roman Scandal (1919) — Mary
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His Nibs (1921) — The Girl
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The Devil's Claim (1920) — Indora
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Synthetic Sin (1929) — Betty Fairfax
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Come on Over (1922) — Moyna Killiea
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011) — Herself (archive footage)
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Naughty But Nice (1927) — Bernice Sumners
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So Big (1924) — Selina Peake
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Broken Chains (1922) — Mercy Boone
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Through the Dark (1924) — Mary McGinn
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The Ninety and Nine (1922) — Ruth Blake
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Footlights and Fools (1929) — Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray
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Her Wild Oat (1927) — Mary Brown
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We Moderns (1925) — Mary Sundale
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The Perfect Flapper (1924) — Tommie Lou Pember
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Painted People (1924) — Ellie Byrne
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The Huntress (1923) — Bela