Arline Pretty (September 5, 1885 – April 14, 1978) was an American film actress of the silent era.[1]
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| Born | September 5, 1885 |
| Died | April 14, 1978 (aged 92) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1913-1935 (film) |
Life and career
Pretty was born September 5, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2] Her mother was a musician.[3]
For three years, Pretty acted on stage in Washington, D. C., with the Columbia Stock Company before debuting in films in 1913.[3]
Her early film experience was as a supporting actress for King Baggot at Universal. After that, she acted for the Vitagraph Company in leading ingenue parts. She appeared as the daughter of a jailer with Douglas Fairbanks in In Again, Out Again.[4]
Pretty's film work included the Vitagraph serial The Secret Kingdom (1917),[3]
Selected filmography
- One Best Bet (1914)
- The Surprises of an Empty Hotel (1916)
- In Again, Out Again (1917)
- A Woman in Grey (1920)[2]
- Life (1920)[2]
- The Valley of Doubt (1920)
- When the Devil Drives (1922)
- Love in the Dark (1922)
- Stormswept (1923)
- The White Flower (1923)
- Bucking the Barrier (1923)[2]
- Tipped Off (1923)
- Rouged Lips (1923)
- A Fool's Awakening (1924)[2]
- Barriers Burned Away (1925)
- The Girl on the Stairs (1925)
- The Primrose Path (1925)[2]
- Virgin Lips (1928)
- Shipmates Forever (1935)
References
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.