Alice Hollister
Born
September 28, 1886
Died
February 24, 1973 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Worcester - Massachusetts - USA
From Wikipedia
Alice Hollister (September 28, 1886 – February 24, 1973) was an American silent film actress who appeared in 85 films between 1911 and 1925.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she is believed to have been the daughter of French-Canadian immigrants. In 1903, at age seventeen, she married George K. Hollister who a few years later became a pioneer cinematographer with Kalem Studios in New York City. They had a daughter, Doris Ethel, born in 1906, and George Jr., born in 1908.
When Kalem Studios began sending a film crew to Florida in the wintertime, Alice Hollister accompanied her husband. She began appearing in film in 1911, at first because of the small crew and the frequent need for a female in a bit part. However, she liked acting and went on to appear in many films, the last in 1925.
One of Hollister's most important roles was that of Mary Magdalene in the film From the Manger to the Cross (1912). Filmed on location in Palestine, this film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
The Vampire (1913) made her the first recognized vamp in cinema, predating Theda Bara in A Fool There Was (1915). For that role, she was dubbed "the original vampire". She reprised the character in The Vampire's Trail (1914) and The Lotus Woman (1916), her last film for Kalem.
Alice Hollister's husband died in 1952 and she died in 1973, aged 86, in Costa Mesa, California. They are interred together in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Solace at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Known For
The Dancers
Mrs. Mayne
1925
Married Flirts
Mrs. Callender
1924
The Forgotten Law
Rosalie
1922
A Wise Fool
Carmen Dolores
1921
A Voice in the Dark
Amelia Ellingham
1921
The Great Lover
Bianca
1920
Milestones
Gertrude Rhead
1920
Loaded Dice
1918
The Knife
Stella Hill
1918
A Son of Strife
Xenia Vaskova
1918
Her Better Self
Aggie May
1917
The Lotus Woman
Juana
1916
The Money Gulf
Ruth Mason
1915
The Sign of the Broken Shackles
Irene Cross - a Tenant
1915
The Net of Deceit
Gabrielle - an Adventuress
1915
The Man in Hiding
Ruth - Tom's Sweetheart
1915
The Maker of Dreams
Lorna Greene - the Daughter
1915
The Crooked Path
Mary - an Orphan
1915
Don Caesar de Bazan
Maritana
1915
Honor Thy Father
Alma Fenway - Chick's Wife
1915
The Haunting Fear
Katherine
1915
A Sister's Burden
Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter
1915
The Destroyer
Cherie - a Dancer
1915
The Siren's Reign
Grace - a Soubrette
1915
The Stolen Ruby
Marcia Judson - an Adventuress
1915
The Scorpion's Sting
Lyda Marston - the Daughter
1915
The Hate That Withers
Iola Neville - a Flirt
1914
The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet
Jessica Spear - an Adventuress
1914
Her Bitter Lesson
Mrs. Evelyn Dane
1914
The Man of Iron
Margery Stanley - the Daughter
1914
A Midnight Tragedy
Marjory Priestman - the Wife
1914
The Menace of Fate
Ethel WIlton - the Daughter, age 19
1914
The False Guardian
Helen Graham - an Orphan
1914
Seed and the Harvest
Ida McIntyre - Lawyer
1914
Into the Depths
1914
The Devil's Dansant
Valerie Farrar - the Wife
1914
The Hand of Fate
Florence - a Stenographer
1914
The Barefoot Boy
Eleanor Hastings - the Mother
1914
The Brand
Rose Hayden - a Girl of the Slums
1914
The Storm at Sea
Jane
1914
The Vampire's Trail
Rita Caselli - a Cabaret Singer
1914
Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler
Mary Redding - Kit's Wife
1914
Through the Flames
Marion Hall - Donald's Wife
1914
The Show Girl's Glove
Stella Desmond - the Show Girl
1914
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec
Katherine Lowther
1914
The Treasure Ship
Beth Bascom - the Daughter
1914
A Celebrated Case
1914
The Cabaret Dancer
Martha - Don's Sweetheart
1914
The Shadow
Jane Dean - the Daughter
1914
Her Husband's Friend
Alice Lund - the Wife
1914
Frayed Fagin's Adventures
1913
The Padrone's Plot
Tony's Wife
1913
Primitive Man
Betty - a Girl of the Mountains
1913
The Vampire
Sybil
1913
The Hobo and the Myth
1913
The Fatal Legacy
Maud Halleck - Jack's Wife
1913
The Bribe
Dora Malcolm
1913
The Blind Basket Weaver
Anna - Paul's Crippled Sweetheart
1913
A Virginia Feud
Rose McDonald
1913
The Lost Diamond
Nancy - the Accomplice
1913
A Stolen Identity
Mildred Anderson
1913
The Hidden Witness
Bernice Hamilton - the Governess
1913
Shenandoah
Mrs. Constance Haverhill
1913
The Wheel of Death
Mary Brown - the Wife
1913
The Terror of Conscience
Carmela - the Street Singer
1913
A Victim of Heredity
Jane - the Thief's Daughter
1913
Man's Greed for Gold
Mrs. Carter
1913
The Alien
Josina - Paola's Wife
1913
The Scimitar of the Prophet
Doris Harris - his wife
1913
A Mississippi Tragedy
1913
The Wartime Siren
Rosalie Ashby
1913
The Message of the Palms
Lovie Carlton - the Colonel's Daughter
1913
The Peril of the Dance Hall
Pepita Florenti
1913
The Prosecuting Attorney
The Attorney's Wife
1913
A Desperate Chance
Ruth - the Telegraph Operator
1913
A Sawmill Hazard
Alice Hollister
1913
The Shaughraun
Moyra
1912
Ireland, the Oppressed
Peggy
1912
The Little Gluers
Nora Drew
1912
From the Manger to the Cross
Mary Magdalene
1912
The Poacher's Pardon
Dora - the Gamekeeper's Daughter
1912
A Prisoner of the Harem
Zorah
1912
Tragedy of the Desert
Zenab, The Arab Girl
1912
An Arabian Tragedy
Hanifi (Slave Girl) Ayub's 2nd Wife
1912
Dust of the Desert
1912
Far from Erin's Isle
1912
Vagabonds
Jane
1912
Driving Home the Cows
1912
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
Policeman's Wife
1911
The Colleen Bawn
Anne Chute
1911
The Fiddler’s Requiem
Bridesmaid
1911
By a Woman's Wit
Pamela
1911