Mary Philbin

Born: 1902-07-16, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 1993-05-07

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Loretta Philbin (July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993) was an American film actress of the silent film era, who is best known for playing the roles of Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite Lon Chaney, and as Dea in The Man Who Laughs. Both roles cast her as the beauty in Beauty and the Beast type stories.

Filmography

• The Man Who Laughs (1928)
• Merry-Go-Round (1923)
• Foolish Wives (1922)
• Universal Horror (1998)
• Hollywood Story (1951)
• The Gaiety Girl (1924)
• The Shannons of Broadway (1929)
• The Last Performance (1929)
• Drums of Love (1928)
• Fifth Avenue Models (1925)
• The Blazing Trail (1921)
• Where Is This West? (1923)
• Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
• The Temple of Venus (1923)
• Danger Ahead! (1921)
• Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)
• The Trouper (1922)
• The Rose of Paris (1924)
• Red Courage (1921)
• The Thrill Chaser (1923)
• Fools Highway (1924)
• After the Fog (1929)
• The Age of Desire (1923)
• Human Hearts (1922)