
Person
Colleen Moore
Acting · 1899–1988 · Port Huron, Michigan, USA
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.
Known for

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self

Broken Chains
Mercy Boone

Hollywood
Self

Painted People
Ellie Byrne

Broken Hearts of Broadway
Mary Ellis

Footlights and Fools
Betty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray

His Nibs
The Girl

Oh Kay!
Lady Kay Rutfield

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

The Savage
Lizette
Filmography
- 2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHerself (archive footage)
- 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaSelf (archive footage)
- 1980HollywoodSelf
- 1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
- 1934The Scarlet LetterHester Prynne
- 1934Success at Any PriceSarah Griswold
- 1934Social RegisterPatsy Shaw
- 1933The Power and the GlorySally Garner
- 1929Footlights and FoolsBetty Murphy / Fifi D'Auray
- 1929Smiling Irish EyesKathleen O'Connor
- 1929Why Be Good?Pert Kelly
- 1929Synthetic SinBetty Fairfax
- 1928Lilac TimeJeannine
- 1928Oh Kay!Lady Kay Rutfield
- 1928Happiness AheadMary Randall
- 1927Her Wild OatMary Brown
- 1927Life in Hollywood No. 2Herself
- 1927Naughty But NiceBernice Sumners
- 1927Orchids and Ermine'Pink' Watson
- 1927Life in HollywoodSelf
- 1926TwinkletoesTwink 'Twinkletoes' Minasi
- 1926It Must Be LoveFernie Schmidt
- 1926Ella CindersElla Cinders
- 1926IreneIrene O'Dare
- 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristChariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- 1925We ModernsMary Sundale
- 1925The Desert FlowerMaggie Fortune
- 1925SallySally
- 1924So BigSelina Peake
- 1924Flirting with LoveGilda Lamont
- 1924The Perfect FlapperTommie Lou Pember
- 1924Painted PeopleEllie Byrne
- 1924Through the DarkMary McGinn
- 1923Flaming YouthPatricia Fentriss
- 1923April ShowersMaggie Muldoon
- 1923The HuntressBela
- 1923Broken Hearts of BroadwayMary Ellis
- 1923Slippy McGeeMary Virginia
- 1923The Nth CommandmentSarah Juke
- 1923Look Your BestPerla Quaranta
- 1922The Ninety and NineRuth Blake
- 1922Broken ChainsMercy Boone
- 1922Forsaking All OthersPenelope Mason
- 1922AffinitiesFanny Illington
- 1922The Wall FlowerIdalene Nobbin
- 1922The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922Self
- 1922Come on OverMoyna Killiea
- 1921The Lotus EaterMavis
- 1921His NibsThe Girl
- 1921The Sky PilotGwen
- 1920DintyDoreen O'Sullivan
- 1920So Long LettyGrace Miller
- 1920Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)self
- 1920The Devil's ClaimIndora
- 1920When Dawn CameMary Harrison
- 1920Her Bridal Night-MareMary
- 1920The CycloneSylvia Sturgis
- 1919A Roman ScandalMary
- 1919Common PropertyTatyoe - "Tatyana"
- 1919The Egg Crate WallopKitty Haskell
- 1919The Man in the MoonlightRosine Delorme
- 1919The Wilderness TrailJeanne Fitzpatrick
- 1919The BusherMazie Palmer
- 1918Little Orphant AnnieAnnie
- 1918A Hoosier RomancePatience Thompson
- 1917The SavageLizette
- 1917The Little AmericanMaid (uncredited)
- 1917Hands Up!Marjorie Houston
- 1917An Old Fashioned Young ManMargaret
- 1917The Bad BoyRuth
- 1916The Prince of GraustarkMaid (uncredited)
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