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Wanda Hawley est une Actrice Américaine née le 29 juillet 1895 à Pennsylvanie (Etats-Unis)

Wanda Hawley

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Nom de naissance Selma Wanda Pittack
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 29 juillet 1895 à Pennsylvanie (Etats-Unis)
Mort 18 mars 1963 (à 67 ans) à Los Angeles (Etats-Unis)

Wanda Hawley (de son vrai nom Selma Wanda Pittack), née le 30 juillet 1895 à Scranton (Pennsylvanie) et morte le 18 mars 1963 à Los Angeles (Californie), est une actrice américaine de l'époque du cinéma muet.

Biographie

Wanda Hawley naît à Scranton (Pennsylvanie), mais déménage à Seattle (Washington) avec sa famille alors qu'elle n'est encore qu'une enfant. Après ses études, elle commence le théâtre avec un groupe d'amateurs de Seattle, puis effectue des tournées aux États-Unis et au Canada comme chanteuse.

Elle fait ses débuts au cinéma avec la Fox, puis rejoint peu après Famous Players-Lasky, où elle tourne avec notamment avec Douglas Fairbanks dans Mr. Fix-It (1918), ou avec Rudolph Valentino dans The Young Rajah (1922).

Elle devient une star en jouant dans des films de Cecil B. DeMille et Sam Wood.

Sa carrière s'arrête avec l'arrivée du cinéma parlant.

Le plus souvent avec

Charles Ogle
Charles Ogle
(9 films)
Guy Oliver
Guy Oliver
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmographie de Wanda Hawley (40 films)

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The Eyes of the Totem
Réalisé par W. S. Van Dyke
Genres Drame
Acteurs Wanda Hawley, Tom Santschi, Anne Cornwall, Gareth Hughes, Bert Woodruff, W. S. Van Dyke
Rôle Mariam Hardy
Note63% 3.1587953.1587953.1587953.1587953.158795
Mariam Hardy, young daughter Betty and husband Jim live in a log cabin in the desolate and frozen north, where Jim works their mining claim. Mariam longs for a normal life in the civilized world. Her husband returns one day with cash and the news that he has sold the claim. They board a steamer bound for Tacoma. Upon reaching the city, Jim is murdered and the cash is stolen by a mysterious steely-eyed stranger. Left penniless with a small child to care for, Mariam becomes a beggar. Over the years she becomes a respectable member of society, but she always keeps a watch for the eyes of the murderer. A chance encounter reveals his identity, leading to a violent confrontation.
Le Sorcier d'Oz, 1h20
Réalisé par Larry Semon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Fantasy
Thèmes Magie, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Larry Semon, Bryant Washburn, Dorothy Dwan, Virginia Pearson, Oliver Hardy, Charles Murray
Note49% 2.46122.46122.46122.46122.4612
A toymaker (Semon) reads L. Frank Baum's book to his granddaughter. The Land of Oz is ruled by Prime Minister Kruel (Josef Swickard), aided by Ambassador Wikked (Otto Lederer), Lady Vishuss (Virginia Pearson), and the Wizard (Charles Murray), a "medicine-show hokum hustler". When the discontented people, led by Prince Kynd (Bryant Washburn), demand the return of the princess, who disappeared while a baby many years before, so she can be crowned their rightful ruler, Kruel has the Wizard distract them with a parlor trick: making a female impersonator (Frederick Ko Vert) appear out of a seemingly empty basket. Kruel sends Wikked on a mission.
Smouldering Fires, 1h20
Réalisé par Charles Dorian, Clarence Brown
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Laura La Plante, Malcolm McGregor, Tully Marshall, Wanda Hawley, Pauline Frederick, Helen Lynch
Rôle Lucy
Note68% 3.4462353.4462353.4462353.4462353.446235
At 40, businesswoman Jane Vale (Pauline Frederick) falls in love with a much younger Robert Elliott (Malcolm McGregor), a employee from her factory. She promotes him to the position of her private secretary, and out of gratitude and to defend her reputation from rumors, he asks her to marry him. However, before the marriage can take place, Jane's younger sister Dorothy (Laura La Plante) returns home from college and Robert and Dorothy fall in love. Lacking the courage to confess to Jane of his love for her sister, Robert marries Jane. Robert finds that the difference in ages between him and Jane are creating complications. When Jane realizes that Robert, though diligently attentive as a husband, is actually in love with her sister, she pretends that she has fallen out of love with him and seeks a divorce.
Mary of the Movies
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Marion Mack, Anna May Wong, Creighton Hale, Florence Lee, Jack Perrin, Raymond Cannon
Rôle Wanda Hawley (uncredited)
Note60% 3.0442353.0442353.0442353.0442353.044235
Mary (Mack), a country girl, moves to Hollywood to become a star, and earn money to pay for her brother's operation. She meets many famous stars, but has difficulty getting work. Finally, she gets a break when her resemblance to a star leads to her being cast in a film.
The Young Rajah, 54minutes
Réalisé par Phil Rosen
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Thèmes Théâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Rudolph Valentino, Charles Ogle, George Periolat, George Field, William Boyd, Bertram Grassby
Rôle Molly Cabot
Note60% 3.049773.049773.049773.049773.04977
After fifteen years, Joshua Judd (Charles Ogle) tells his adopted son, Amos (Valentino), that his real father was an Indian maharajah overthrown by Ali Khan (Bertram Grassby). Amos, then a young boy (played by an uncredited Pat Moore), was rescued by General Devi Das Gadi (George Periolat) and taken to America for his safety. (Joshua's merchant brother had been a trusted friend of the late maharajah.)
Thirty Days
Réalisé par James Cruze
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Wallace Reid, Wanda Hawley, Charles Ogle, Cyril Chadwick, Herschel Mayall, Helen Dunbar
Rôle Lucille Ledyard

As described in a film publication, because of his flirtatious tendencies, young and wealthy society man John Floyd (Reid) is put on 30 days probation by his sweetheart Lucille Ledyard (Hawley). She gets him to assist her in settlement work. He ends up soothing Carlotta (Phillips), a young woman in a tough Italian section, when her husband Giacomo Polenta (Mayall) comes home and chases John with a knife. John escapes, but Giacomo, who is wanted by the police, takes a job as a butler in the Floyd home until he has a chance to skip to Italy. Carlotta comes to warn John, but Giacomo sees her and chases her down the street with a carving knife until he is nabbed by a police officer. Judge Hooker (Ogle), a friend of the Floyds, suggests that John seek safety in jail for 30 days until Giacomo leaves for Italy, so John goes and assaults a friend and rival, is arrested, and sent to jail by the judge. In jail he runs into Giacomo but is able to escape him. Giacomo is released, but waits for John outside the prison. Lucille and a friend visit John. When released, John is tied up by some criminals and put on a steamer headed for Italy. In the end, John and Lucille are reconciled.