Alice Hollister

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Female

Birthday

1886-09-28

Day of death

1973-02-24 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Worcester - Massachusetts - USA

Alice Hollister

Biography

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

  • Tragedy of the Desert

    Tragedy of the Desert

  • Far from Erin's Isle

    Far from Erin's Isle

  • The Show Girl's Glove

    The Show Girl's Glove

  • The Great Lover

    The Great Lover

  • A Sawmill Hazard

    A Sawmill Hazard

  • The Fatal Legacy

    The Fatal Legacy

  • Primitive Man

    Primitive Man

  • The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

  • A Celebrated Case

    A Celebrated Case

  • The Little Gluers

    The Little Gluers

  • A Desperate Chance

    A Desperate Chance

  • The Shaughraun

    The Shaughraun

  • Her Better Self

    Her Better Self

  • The Shadow

    The Shadow

  • The Poacher's Pardon

    The Poacher's Pardon

  • Frayed Fagin's Adventures

    Frayed Fagin's Adventures

  • Ireland, the Oppressed

    Ireland, the Oppressed

  • A Wise Fool

    A Wise Fool

  • Honor Thy Father

    Honor Thy Father

  • The Scorpion's Sting

    The Scorpion's Sting

  • A Victim of Heredity

    A Victim of Heredity

  • The Stolen Ruby

    The Stolen Ruby

  • The Treasure Ship

    The Treasure Ship

  • The Wartime Siren

    The Wartime Siren

  • Into the Depths

    Into the Depths

  • The Padrone's Plot

    The Padrone's Plot

  • A Mississippi Tragedy

    A Mississippi Tragedy

  • A Stolen Identity

    A Stolen Identity

  • The Hand of Fate

    The Hand of Fate

  • The Hobo and the Myth

    The Hobo and the Myth

  • The Message of the Palms

    The Message of the Palms

  • The Storm at Sea

    The Storm at Sea

  • The Brand

    The Brand

  • Through the Flames

    Through the Flames

  • The Crooked Path

    The Crooked Path

  • The Alien

    The Alien

  • A Midnight Tragedy

    A Midnight Tragedy

  • The Knife

    The Knife

  • The Hidden Witness

    The Hidden Witness

  • From the Manger to the Cross

    From the Manger to the Cross

  • Dust of the Desert

    Dust of the Desert

  • The Destroyer

    The Destroyer

  • The Menace of Fate

    The Menace of Fate

  • The Haunting Fear

    The Haunting Fear

  • Seed and the Harvest

    Seed and the Harvest

  • The Lost Diamond

    The Lost Diamond

  • Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler

    Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler

  • The Bribe

    The Bribe

  • The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet

    The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet

  • Milestones

    Milestones

  • Married Flirts

    Married Flirts

  • The Man in Hiding

    The Man in Hiding

  • The Terror of Conscience

    The Terror of Conscience

  • The Hate That Withers

    The Hate That Withers

  • The Vampire

    The Vampire

  • The Prosecuting Attorney

    The Prosecuting Attorney

  • The Money Gulf

    The Money Gulf

  • The Man of Iron

    The Man of Iron

  • A Voice in the Dark

    A Voice in the Dark

  • The Scimitar of the Prophet

    The Scimitar of the Prophet

  • The Net of Deceit

    The Net of Deceit

  • Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec

    Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec

  • A Son of Strife

    A Son of Strife

  • An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

  • The Sign of the Broken Shackles

    The Sign of the Broken Shackles

  • The False Guardian

    The False Guardian

  • Shenandoah

    Shenandoah

  • A Virginia Feud

    A Virginia Feud

  • Loaded Dice

    Loaded Dice

  • A Sister's Burden

    A Sister's Burden

  • Driving Home the Cows

    Driving Home the Cows

  • The Devil's Dansant

    The Devil's Dansant

  • The Peril of the Dance Hall

    The Peril of the Dance Hall

  • The Maker of Dreams

    The Maker of Dreams

  • The Lotus Woman

    The Lotus Woman

  • Man's Greed for Gold

    Man's Greed for Gold

  • The Wheel of Death

    The Wheel of Death

  • Don Caesar de Bazan

    Don Caesar de Bazan

  • By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

  • The Siren's Reign

    The Siren's Reign

  • A Prisoner of the Harem

    A Prisoner of the Harem

  • The Vampire's Trail

    The Vampire's Trail

  • The Forgotten Law

    The Forgotten Law

  • Her Bitter Lesson

    Her Bitter Lesson

  • Her Husband's Friend

    Her Husband's Friend

  • The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

  • The Dancers

    The Dancers

  • The Blind Basket Weaver

    The Blind Basket Weaver

  • The Barefoot Boy

    The Barefoot Boy

  • The Cabaret Dancer

    The Cabaret Dancer

  • Vagabonds

    Vagabonds

  • The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid