Marion Leonard

ActorWriter Jun 8 (died age 74) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1908–1955 (47 year career)

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Biography

Marion Leonard (June 9, 1881 – January 9, 1956) was an American stage actress who became one of the first motion picture celebrities in the early years of the silent film era.

Known For

Film

The Lonely Villa

6.0 1909

Film

The Sealed Room

The Countess

Film

A Trap for Santa Claus

Helen Rogers (uncredited)

Film

A Drunkard's Reformation

Woman in the Play

Film

As It Is in Life

Sweetheart

Film

Pippa Passes

Ottima

Film

The Violin Maker of Cremona

The Judge's Companion

Film

The Voice of the Violin

Helen Walker

Filmography

Acting (167)

Movies (167)

Film Fun

1955

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.0

The Dragon’s Claw

1915

The Vow

1915

The Awakening of Donna Isolla

1914

as Donna Isola

The Drift

1914

The Rose of Yesteryear

Mother Love

The Light Unseen

Journey’s Ending

A Leaf in the Storm

As in a Looking Glass

1913

as Lena Despard

The Seed of the Fathers

1913

as The Mother

Carmen

1913

as Carmen

A Tender-Hearted Crook

1913

The Dead Secret

1913

as Mother / Daughter (dual role)

Those Who Live in Glass Houses

1913

Tears O’Peggy

1912

The Leader of the Band

1912

Through Flaming Gates

1912

as The Penitent Mother - the Moth

Through Memory Blank

1912

The End of the Circle

1912

What Avails the Crown

1912

as The Princess

The Conflict's End

1912

4.0

The Voice of the Millions

1912

as The Girl Advocate

The Seal of Time

1912

The Strength of the Weak

Lost a Husband

So Speaks the Heart

The Unknown Bride

as The Actress

In Honor Bound

Thus Many Souls

In Payment Full

Under Her Wing

as Bessie Trenton - the Stenographer

The Light on the Way

1912

The Defender of the Name

1912

as John Potter's Loyal Sister

The Trump Card

1911

as Grace - George's Sister

Over the Shading Edge

1911

as Jane Grierson

On Kentucky Soil

1911

Till Death Do Us Part

1911

The Command from Galilee

1911

as The Peasant Girl

A Brass Button

1911

as Support

The Price of Vanity

1911

as Mrs. Murray

The Little Avenger

1911

For Remembrance

1911

A Left Hook

1911

as Adele

From the Valley of Shadows

1911

Souls Courageous

1911

In the Teepee’s Light

1911

as Wild Dove

The Two Paths

1911

The Conflict

1911

O’er Grim Fields Scarred

1911

as Belle Meade

The Last Laugh

For His Sake

The Vows

In Flowers Paled

as Helen Blair

On the Reef

1910

as Grace Wallace

An Affair of Hearts

A Salutary Lesson

The Gray of the Dawn

Where the Sea and the Shore Doth Meet

1910

The Armorer’s Daughter

1910

as Narania

The Thin Dark Line

The Rocky Road

In Old California

as Perdita

The Call to Arms

1910

as The Lord's Wife, Regina

Thou Shalt Not

Rose o' Salem Town

The Gold Seekers

The Call

His Last Dollar

as The Woman

The Sorrows of the Unfaithful

1910

The Refuge

1910

as The Wife

The Cloister’s Touch

as Elsa - the Mother

Over Silent Paths

as The Daughter

The Converts

The Duke’s Plan

as Flametta - the Duke's Daughter

Gold Is Not All

Love Among the Roses

as The Lady

The Two Brothers

as Red Rose

As It Is in Life

as Sweetheart

The Oath and the Man

Trying to Get Arrested

1909

as Extra

3.5

The Voice of the Violin

1909

as Helen Walker

4.7

The Salvation Army Lass

1909

as Landlady / Shoplifter

4.0

A Drunkard's Reformation

as Woman in the Play

Through the Breakers

as Mrs. Nostrand

The Note in the Shoe

as Factory Employee

The Lonely Villa

Nursing a Viper

as The Wife

A Burglar’s Mistake

as Mrs. Newman

The Roue’s Heart

as The Blind Sculptress

4.5

The Brahma Diamond

1909

as Dancer (unconfirmed)

1.5

The Indian Runner's Romance

1909

3.0

A Sweet Revenge

1909

as Paul's Fiancee - The Jilted One

The Broken Locket

as Mexican Woman

Leather Stocking

as One of the Colonel's Nieces

Lucky Jim

as Gertrude

The Golden Louis

as Reveller

The Criminal Hypnotist

1909

as The Man's Fiancee

2.0

The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period

1909

as The Catholic's Wife

Tragic Love

as In Factory

Pranks

as Ethel

The Mills of the Gods

as Nellie

A Fool's Revenge

as The daughter

His Lost Love

as The Sister / At Wedding

2.0

The Girls and Daddy

1909

as At Black & Tan Ball

The Eavesdropper

as Mercedes

The Sealed Room

as The Countess

The Peachbasket Hat

as The Gypsy

The Gibson Goddess

as Nanette Ranfrea

Pippa Passes

as Ottima

A Rural Elopement

as In Crowd

The Children's Friend

The Maniac Cook

as Mrs. Holland

The Jilt

as Dorothy Kirk

A Rude Hostess

as Mrs. Leffingwell

In Little Italy

as Marie Cadrona

Two Memories

as Marion Francis

Her First Biscuits

as Biscuit Victim

The Light That Came

as Vivian

The Expiation

as Helen Waterbury - John's Wife

A Wreath in Time

His Duty

as Woman in store

At the Altar

as Minnie, the Daughter

The Prussian Spy

as Lady Florence

Resurrection

as A Prisoner

The Violin Maker of Cremona

1909

as The Judge's Companion

The Medicine Bottle

as Mrs. Parker

A New Trick

as The Woman

The Sacrifice

as At Wigmaker's

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

as Mrs. Trouble

The Welcome Burglar

as Alice Pierce

The Lure of the Gown

as Isabelle

The Fascinating Mrs. Francis

as Mrs. Francis

Love Finds a Way

as Their Daughter

A Trap for Santa Claus

1909

as Helen Rogers (uncredited)

5.5

The Restoration

1909

as Mrs. Morley

4.5

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

as The Second Wife

The Hindoo Dagger

as The Woman

The Cord of Life

as Galora's Wife

In the Watches of the Night

as Mrs. John Whitney

The Way of Man

as Wedding Guest

The Day After

as Mrs. Hilton

The Winning Coat

as Noblewoman

Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

as Landlady

One Touch of Nature

as Sicilian Woman

Comata, the Sioux

as Clear Eyes

The Test

as At the Hotel

The Faded Lilies

In the Window Recess

as Mrs. Wallace

Fools of Fate

as Fanny Webster

The Heart of an Outlaw

as The Outlaw's Wife

Drive for a Life

as Madame Lebrun

And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

1909

as The Mother

1.5

The Politician's Love Story

1909

as Peters - the Cartoonist

4.3

The Helping Hand

1908

as Wedding Guest

2.0

The Test of Friendship

1908

as Guest / Woman at Wigmaker's

4.0

At the Crossroads of Life

1908

as Daughter

4.0

The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter

1908

as Daughter

3.5

The Greaser's Gauntlet

1908

as Mildred West

1.0

The Christmas Burglars

as Customer

The Fatal Hour

Where the Breakers Roar

1908

3.2

The Feud and the Turkey

1908

as Nellie Caufield as an Adult

2.0

An Awful Moment

1908

as Fiammetta, Matteo's Wife

2.8

Father Gets in the Game

1908

3.3

The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora

1908

as Kidnapped Woman

2.5

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Those Little Flowers

1913

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