Alice Hollister
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 28, 1886
- Died
- February 24, 1973
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Dancers 1925
as Mrs. Mayne
Married Flirts 1924
as Mrs. Callender
The Forgotten Law 1922
as Rosalie
A Wise Fool 1921
as Carmen Dolores
A Voice in the Dark 1921
as Amelia Ellingham
The Great Lover 1920
as Bianca
Milestones 1920
as Gertrude Rhead
Loaded Dice 1918
Actor
The Knife 1918
as Stella Hill
- A Son of Strife
A Son of Strife 1918
as Xenia Vaskova
Her Better Self 1917
as Aggie May
The Lotus Woman 1916
as Juana
- The Money Gulf
The Money Gulf 1915
as Ruth Mason
The Sign of the Broken Shackles 1915
as Irene Cross - a Tenant
- The Net of Deceit
The Net of Deceit 1915
as Gabrielle - an Adventuress
- The Man in Hiding
The Man in Hiding 1915
as Ruth - Tom's Sweetheart
The Maker of Dreams 1915
as Lorna Greene - the Daughter
The Crooked Path 1915
as Mary - an Orphan
Don Caesar de Bazan 1915
as Maritana
- Honor Thy Father
Honor Thy Father 1915
as Alma Fenway - Chick's Wife
The Haunting Fear 1915
as Katherine
A Sister's Burden 1915
as Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter
The Destroyer 1915
as Cherie - a Dancer
The Siren's Reign 1915
as Grace - a Soubrette
- The Stolen Ruby
The Stolen Ruby 1915
as Marcia Judson - an Adventuress
The Scorpion's Sting 1915
as Lyda Marston - the Daughter
- The Hate That Withers
The Hate That Withers 1914
as Iola Neville - a Flirt
- The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet
The Mystery of the Yellow Sunbonnet 1914
as Jessica Spear - an Adventuress
- Her Bitter Lesson
Her Bitter Lesson 1914
as Mrs. Evelyn Dane
The Man of Iron 1914
as Margery Stanley - the Daughter
- A Midnight Tragedy
A Midnight Tragedy 1914
as Marjory Priestman - the Wife
- The Menace of Fate
The Menace of Fate 1914
as Ethel WIlton - the Daughter, age 19
- The False Guardian
The False Guardian 1914
as Helen Graham - an Orphan
- Seed and the Harvest
Seed and the Harvest 1914
as Ida McIntyre - Lawyer
- Into the Depths
Into the Depths 1914
Actor
The Devil's Dansant 1914
as Valerie Farrar - the Wife
The Barefoot Boy 1914
as Eleanor Hastings - the Mother
- The Hand of Fate
The Hand of Fate 1914
as Florence - a Stenographer
The Brand 1914
as Rose Hayden - a Girl of the Slums
- The Storm at Sea
The Storm at Sea 1914
as Jane
The Vampire's Trail 1914
as Rita Caselli - a Cabaret Singer
Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler 1914
as Mary Redding - Kit's Wife
- Through the Flames
Through the Flames 1914
as Marion Hall - Donald's Wife
The Show Girl's Glove 1914
as Stella Desmond - the Show Girl
The Treasure Ship 1914
as Beth Bascom - the Daughter
Wolfe or the Conquest of Quebec 1914
as Katherine Lowther
- A Celebrated Case
A Celebrated Case 1914
Actor
The Cabaret Dancer 1914
as Martha - Don's Sweetheart
- The Shadow
The Shadow 1914
as Jane Dean - the Daughter
- Her Husband's Friend
Her Husband's Friend 1914
as Alice Lund - the Wife
Frayed Fagin's Adventures 1913
Actor
- The Padrone's Plot
The Padrone's Plot 1913
as Tony's Wife
Primitive Man 1913
as Betty - a Girl of the Mountains
The Vampire 1913
as Sybil
- The Hobo and the Myth
The Hobo and the Myth 1913
Actor
The Fatal Legacy 1913
as Maud Halleck - Jack's Wife
- The Bribe
The Bribe 1913
as Dora Malcolm
The Blind Basket Weaver 1913
as Anna - Paul's Crippled Sweetheart
A Virginia Feud 1913
as Rose McDonald
The Lost Diamond 1913
as Nancy - the Accomplice
A Stolen Identity 1913
as Mildred Anderson
- The Hidden Witness
The Hidden Witness 1913
as Bernice Hamilton - the Governess
Shenandoah 1913
as Mrs. Constance Haverhill
- The Wheel of Death
The Wheel of Death 1913
as Mary Brown - the Wife
The Terror of Conscience 1913
as Carmela - the Street Singer
- A Victim of Heredity
A Victim of Heredity 1913
as Jane - the Thief's Daughter
Man's Greed for Gold 1913
as Mrs. Carter
The Alien 1913
as Josina - Paola's Wife
The Scimitar of the Prophet 1913
as Doris Harris - his wife
A Mississippi Tragedy 1913
Actor
The Wartime Siren 1913
as Rosalie Ashby
The Message of the Palms 1913
as Lovie Carlton - the Colonel's Daughter
- The Peril of the Dance Hall
The Peril of the Dance Hall 1913
as Pepita Florenti
The Prosecuting Attorney 1913
as The Attorney's Wife
- A Desperate Chance
A Desperate Chance 1913
as Ruth - the Telegraph Operator
- A Sawmill Hazard
A Sawmill Hazard 1913
as Alice Hollister
- The Shaughraun
The Shaughraun 1912
as Moyra
Ireland, the Oppressed 1912
as Peggy
The Little Gluers 1912
as Nora Drew
From the Manger to the Cross 1912
as Mary Magdalene
The Poacher's Pardon 1912
as Dora - the Gamekeeper's Daughter
- A Prisoner of the Harem
A Prisoner of the Harem 1912
as Zorah
Tragedy of the Desert 1912
as Zenab, The Arab Girl
An Arabian Tragedy 1912
as Hanifi (Slave Girl) Ayub's 2nd Wife
Dust of the Desert 1912
Actor
Far from Erin's Isle 1912
Actor
- Vagabonds
Vagabonds 1912
as Jane
- Driving Home the Cows
Driving Home the Cows 1912
Actor
- The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid 1911
as Policeman's Wife
The Colleen Bawn 1911
as Anne Chute
- The Fiddler’s Requiem
The Fiddler’s Requiem 1911
as Bridesmaid
By a Woman's Wit 1911
as Pamela
Credits from TMDB.