Occupation Actress Name Louise Lester | Role Film actress Children Scott Beal | |
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Born August 8, 1867 ( 1867-08-08 ) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Died November 18, 1952, Hollywood, California, United States Movies Calamity Anne, Heroine, The Unmasking Spouse Jack Richardson (m. 1914), Frank Beal (m. ?–1934) Similar People Jack Richardson, Sydney Ayres, Tom Ricketts, B Reeves Eason, Allan Dwan | ||
Louise Lester (August 8, 1867 – November 18, 1952) was an American silent film actress. She was the first female star of Western films.
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Biography
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lester came to California in 1910 with one of the first companies assembled to make motion pictures. She made her debut in movies as a member of the Flying A Company in Santa Barbara, California after a noteworthy career on stage. She starred in over 150 films before her retirement in 1935.
Louise Lester is most famous for starring as Calamity Anne in the film series, playing the lead role in films such as Calamity Anne's Inheritance, Calamity Anne's Vanity, Calamity Anne's Beauty, and Calamity Anne, Heroine – all in 1913. The Calamity Anne series was the beginning of horse operas. She also starred with William Garwood in films such as The Oath of Pierre.
The actress' married name was Louise Lester Beal. She was the widow of Frank Beal, a film director.
Louise Lester died at the Motion Picture Country Home in 1952 at the age of 85 years. Her funeral was conducted in the chapel of the Utter-McKinley Strouthers Mortuary, 6240 Hollywood Boulevard. The services were conducted by the Bahá'í Faith. Her interment was in the Inglewood, California Park Cemetery.
Filmography
Actress
1935
Straight from the Heart as
Woman (uncredited)
1930
Wide Open as
Office Worker (uncredited)
1930
Second Choice as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1925
Galloping On as
Mrs. Moore - Wally's Mother
1924
The Desert Hawk as
Bridget
1923
Her Reputation as
Consuelo
1920
The Luck of the Irish as
The Landlady
1919
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
The Mayor of Filbert as
Belle Glover
1918
The Reckoning Day as
Mrs. Schram
1917
Nature's Calling (Short) as
His Mother
1917
Double Revenge (Short)
1916
Rehabilitated (Short) as
His Mother
1916
Professor Jeremy's Experiment (Short) as
Bridget
1916
Citizens All (Short) as
Mrs. Flannigan
1916
The Dreamer (Short) as
Martha Caldwell
1916
The Dancer (Short) as
Mrs. Madden - Johnny's Mother
1916
Dust as
Mina's mother
1916
Tangled Skeins (Short) as
Mrs. Wellington
1916
The Gentle Conspiracy (Short) as
Mrs. John Ridgely
1916
Jealousy's First Wife (Short) as
Margaret Stone
1916
Repaid (Short) as
Jack's Mother
1916
The Profligate (Short) as
Mrs. Roberts
1916
The Counterfeit Earl (Short) as
Mrs. Bronson
1916
Realization (Short) as
Elsa's Mother
1916
April as
Martha Fagan
1916
The Silken Spider (Short) as
Ursula Jacques
1915
Broadcloth and Buckskin (Short) as
Ann
1915
Playing for High Stakes (Short) as
Aunt Nancy
1915
The Sheriff of Willow Creek (Short) as
Jane Harvey - Madge's Aunt
1915
Profit from Loss (Short) as
Mrs. Dean
1915
Two Spot Joe (Short) as
Stella
1915
Hearts in Shadow (Short) as
Mrs. Burke
1915
The Barren Gain (Short) as
Mrs. Cameron - Philip's Mother
1915
The Little Lady Next Door (Short) as
The Housekeeper
1915
In Trust (Short) as
Molly
1915
Drawing the Line (Short)
1915
The Assayer of Lone Gap (Short) as
Mrs. Dugan - Belle's Mother
1915
The Exile of Bar-K Ranch (Short) as
Mrs. Jack Donald - Millie's Mother
1915
After the Storm (Short) as
Meg Fortell
1915
The Newer Way (Short) as
Mrs. Bates
1915
The Honor of the District Attorney (Short) as
Nora Mortimer - Dora's Mother
1915
Mountain Mary (Short) as
Mary Doone - Ivan's Mother
1915
A Good Business Deal (Short) as
Miss Golden
1915
One Woman's Way (Short) as
Madge Mortimer
1915
Peggy Lynn, Burglar (Short) as
Granny
1915
The Right to Happiness (Short) as
Frances Blainey - Mrs. Joe Blainey
1915
A Golden Rainbow (Short) as
Mrs. Hughes - Eric's Mother
1915
The Purple Hills (Short) as
Mrs. Crosby
1915
At the Edge of Things (Short) as
Mrs. Hawkins
1915
The Altar of Ambition (Short) as
Mrs. Dean
1915
When Empty Hearts Are Filled (Short) as
Margaret Bayly
1915
The Day of Reckoning (Short) as
Mrs. Crew
1915
The Poet of the Peaks (Short) as
Mrs. Davis
1915
A Touch of Love (Short)
1915
In the Sunlight (Short)
1915
In the Heart of the Woods (Short) as
Miriam Stern
1915
Competition (Short) as
Mrs. Cyrus Stubbs
1915
The Two Sentences (Short) as
Mrs. Jeff Wade
1915
The Echo (Short) as
Mrs. Grant
1915
Heart of Flame (Short) as
Nita
1915
She Never Knew (Short) as
Mrs. Conway - the Mother
1915
In the Twilight (Short) as
Mrs. Harris
1915
The Wily Chaperon (Short) as
Mrs. Jennings
1915
A Heart of Gold (Short) as
Mrs. Carr
1915
The Law of the Wilds (Short)
1915
Coals of Fire (Short) as
Mrs. John Vincent
1915
Refining Fires (Short) as
Sister Superior
1915
The Black Ghost Bandit (Short) as
Mrs. Palmer
1915
The Legend Beautiful (Short) as
Rachael's Mother
1914
The Sower Reaps (Short) as
Mrs. Peter Pelham
1914
The Girl in Question (Short) as
Mrs. Walton - Russell's Mother
1914
Out of the Darkness (Short) as
The Wolf's Wife
1914
The Strength o' Ten (Short) as
Betty's Mother
1914
In the Candlelight (Short) as
Ralph's Mother
1914
Redbird Wins (Short) as
The Negro Mammy
1914
Thirty Minutes of Melodrama (Short)
1914
In the Open (Short) as
Mrs. Carroll - Ben's Mother
1914
Jail Birds (Short) as
Mrs. Carson
1914
Billy's Rival (Short) as
Mary's Mother
1914
The Taming of Sunnybrook Nell (Short) as
Mrs. Durkin
1914
His Faith in Humanity (Short) as
Mrs. Robert Sands
1914
The Cocoon and the Butterfly (Short) as
Mrs. Worthington
1914
Break, Break, Break (Short) as
Mary Elizabeth Day - Tom's Mother
1914
The Aftermath (Short) as
Mrs. Morrison - Tom's Mother
1914
Their Worldly Goods (Short) as
Mrs. Vonburg
1914
The Trap (Short) as
Eliza Hunt
1914
Does It End Right? (Short) as
Mrs. Ewing
1914
A Man's Way (Short) as
Louise's Mother
1914
Feast and Famine (Short)
1914
Cameo of Yellowstone (Short) as
Paecha - the Old Squaw
1914
Nature's Touch (Short)
1914
The Painted Lady's Child (Short) as
Jane Gray - the Painted Lady
1914
The Unmasking (Short) as
Clare's Mother
1914
The Oath of Pierre (Short) as
Mrs. Naughton
1914
A Prince of Bohemia (Short) as
Mrs. Paley, a Model
1914
Metamorphosis (Short) as
Mrs. Gregson - Arthur's Mother
1914
The Lost Sermon (Short) as
Mrs. Day - Rosamond's Grandmother
1914
Beyond the City (Short) as
May Watson, a Prostitute
1914
Calamity Anne's Love Affair (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1914
David Gray's Estate (Short) as
The Teacher
1914
The Widow's Investment (Short) as
Widow Green
1914
The Last Supper (Short) as
The Woman of Poverty
1914
A Happy Coercion (Short) as
Cynthia
1914
The Turning Point (Short) as
Mrs. Reeves
1914
The Coming of the Padres (Short)
1914
A Story of Little Italy (Short)
1914
The Call of the Traumerei (Short) as
Martha Brown
1914
A Child of the Desert (Short) as
Mrs. Manning
1914
The Crucible (Short)
1914
The 'Pote Lariat' of the Flying A (Short) as
May's Mother
1914
The Cricket on the Hearth (Short) as
Tilly Slowboy
1914
True Western Hearts (Short) as
The Widow Lawrence
1914
Calamity Anne in Society (Short) as
Calamity Anne aka Anne Thompson
1914
A Blowout at Santa Banana (Short) as
Widow Slumgulian -The First Aunt
1914
At the Potter's Wheel (Short) as
Jeanne Eaton
1914
Destinies Fulfilled (Short) as
Mammy Nappers
1914
The Son of Thomas Gray (Short) as
Mrs. Thomas Gray
1913
The Rose of San Juan (Short) as
Ozozco's Mother
1913
Personal Magnetism (Short) as
Mrs. Hank Medders
1913
Trapped in a Forest Fire (Short) as
Mrs. Newton - Robert's Mother
1913
American Born (Short) as
Lady Sybil
1913
The Occult (Short) as
Mrs. Brooks - Edna's Mother
1913
At Midnight (Short) as
Sarah - the Nurse
1913
Calamity Anne's Dream (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
The Girl and the Greaser (Short) as
Donna
1913
In the Days of Trajan (Short) as
Queen of Dacia
1913
In the Mountains of Virginia (Short) as
Mrs. Hardy - Jeff's Mother
1913
Hidden Treasure Ranch (Short) as
Meena Weeks
1913
Calamity Anne's Sacrifice (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
A Pitfall of the Installment Plan (Short) as
Police Matron
1913
The Badge of Honor (Short) as
Mrs. Case
1913
Master of Himself (Short) as
Madam Hildreth
1913
Travelers of the Road (Short) as
The Gypsy
1913
Calamity Anne, Heroine (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
For the Crown (Short) as
Jeanne de la Tour
1913
Jack Meets His Waterloo (Short)
1913
For the Flag (Short) as
Duenna
1913
The Adventures of Jacques (Short) as
Nun
1913
The Scapegoat (Short)
1913
Tom Blake's Redemption (Short) as
Mrs. Blake - Tom's Mother
1913
At the Half-Breed's Mercy (Short)
1913
Truth in the Wilderness (Short)
1913
The Song of the Soup (Short) as
The City Girl's Mother
1913
A Tale of Death Valley (Short) as
Lillian's Mother
1913
Quicksands (Short)
1913
Calamity Anne Takes a Trip (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
A Husband's Mistake (Short) as
Hostess at Tea Party
1913
Reward of Courage (Short) as
Mrs.Wallace - Grace's Mother
1913
The Wishing Seat (Short)
1913
Ashes of Three (Short) as
Mother Halworth
1913
Calamity Anne's Parcel Post (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
The Great Harmony (Short)
1913
Angel of the Canyons (Short)
1913
Human Kindness (Short) as
Jasper's Wife
1913
The Road to Ruin (Short)
1913
Calamity Anne's Trust (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
In Another's Nest (Short) as
Mrs. Radway
1913
Matches (Short) as
The Village Belle's Mother
1913
Calamity Anne's Beauty (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
Cupid Never Ages (Short) as
Mrs. Ralston - John's Mother
1913
Calamity Anne, Detective (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
Jocular Winds (Short) as
Mrs. Carlton
1913
Love Is Blind (Short) as
Lady Mayne
1913
The Finer Things (Short) as
Saddler's Mother
1913
The Romance (Short) as
Laura's Maiden Aunt
1913
Calamity Anne's Vanity (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
The Awakening (Short) as
The Mother
1913
Calamity Anne's Inheritance (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1913
The Trail of Cards (Short)
1913
The Fraud That Failed (Short) as
Mrs. Wren
1912
The Girl of the Manor (Short) as
Marjorie's Aunt
1912
The Blackened Hills (Short) as
The Witch
1912
The Recognition (Short) as
Salina Masters - the Mother
1912
Nell of the Pampas (Short) as
The Half Breed
1912
The Law of God (Short) as
The Aunt
1912
The Animal Within (Short) as
Anne Carey - Jonathan's Mother
1912
Her Own Country (Short) as
Señora Mendez
1912
The Intrusion at Lompoc (Short)
1912
Man's Calling (Short) as
The Girl's Mother
1912
Maiden and Men (Short) as
Boss-Lady on Ranch
1912
The Wanderer (Short)
1912
One, Two, Three (Short)
1912
Father's Favorite (Short)
1912
Calamity Anne's Ward (Short) as
Calamity Anne
1912
White Treachery (Short)
1912
The Dawn of Passion (Short)
1912
The Greaser and the Weakling (Short) as
Mrs. Burgess (unconfirmed)
1912
The Vanishing Race (Short) as
Indian elder
1912
The Evil Inheritance (Short) as
The Mother
1912
For the Good of Her Men (Short) as
Mrs. Zeke Jessup - the Mother
1912
Cupid Through Padlocks (Short) as
Widow Bradley
1912
The Brand (Short)
1912
The Reward of Valor (Short) as
Mrs. Ward - Marguerite & Bill's Mother (unconfirmed)
1912
The Wandering Gypsy (Short) as
The Old Gypsy
1912
The Thread of Life (Short)
1912
The Haters (Short) as
The Nurse's Aunt
1912
The Pensioners (Short) as
Mrs. Bramwell - Will and Dick's Mother
1912
Her Mountain Home (Short)
1912
The Distant Relative (Short) as
The Distant Relative
1912
The Maid and the Man (Short) as
Mrs. Getrich
1912
The Broken Ties (Short)
1912
From the Four Hundred to the Herd (Short) as
Mrs. Weybrock
1912
An Assisted Elopement (Short) as
Jessie's Mother (unconfirmed)
1912
A Leap Year Comedy (Short) as
The Widow
1912
Society and Chaps (Short)
1912
An Innocent Grafter (Short)
1912
The Winning of La Mesa (Short)
1911
The Duel of the Candles (Short) as
The Widow
1911
The Trail of the Eucalyptus (Short) as
The Widow Wilcox (unconfirmed)
1911
The Land Thieves (Short) as
Mrs. WIlson - Margaret's Mother
1911
The Miner's Wife (Short) as
The Miner's Wife's Mother
1911
The Circular Fence (Short) as
Mrs. Elliott
1911
The Mother of the Ranch (Short) as
Mrs. Collins - the Mother of the Ranch
1911
Three Million Dollars (Short)
1911
The Cowboy and the Artist (Short)
1911
Auntie and the Cowboys (Short) as
Auntie
1911
The Poisoned Flume (Short) as
Mrs. Kendall
1911
The Parting of the Trails (Short)
1911
The Ranchman's Nerve (Short) as
Mrs. Peters - the Mother
1911
Cupid in Chaps (Short)
1911
The Ranch Chicken (Short)
1911
The Call of the Open Range (Short)
1911
The Actress and the Cowboys (Short)
1911
The Cowboy's Ruse (Short)
1911
The Witch of the Range (Short) as
The Witch
1911
The Elopement on Double L Ranch (Short) as
The Widow Walker - Molly's Mother
1911
A Western Dream (Short)
1911
The Opium Smuggler (Short) as
Mrs. Watson
1911
Crazy Gulch (Short)
1911
The Boss of Lucky Ranch (Short)
1911
Bertie's Bandit (Short) as
Nell's Mother
Writer
1914
Calamity Anne in Society (Short) (scenario)
1913
Calamity Anne's Dream (Short) (story)
1913
Calamity Anne's Sacrifice (Short) (story)
1913
Calamity Anne, Heroine (Short) (story)
1913
Calamity Anne, Detective (Short)
References
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