
Film
The Actress
1928 · 1h 10m · Drama · Comedy
A romance behind the scenes after the curtain falls.
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Overview
A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The rest of the play deals with the budding romance and trials and tribulations of their love, as well as the changing face of late-19th-century theatre.
Cast

Norma Shearer
Rose Trelawny

Owen Moore
Tom Wrench

Gwen Lee
Avonia

Lee Moran
Colpoys

Roy D'Arcy
Gadd

Virginia Pearson
Mrs. Telfer

William Humphrey
Mr. Telfer

Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Mossop

Ralph Forbes
Arthur Gower

O. P. Heggie
Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower
Andrée Tourneur
Clara de Foenix

Cyril Chadwick
Capt. de Foenix

Margaret Seddon
Miss Trafalgar Gower
Crew
- Sidney FranklinDirector
- Richard SchayerWriter
- Albert LewinWriter
Media
Details
- Release date
- April 27, 1928
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
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