The Actress
movie
A romance behind the scenes after the curtain falls.
Released April 27, 1928
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
as
Rose Trelawny
Owen Moore
as
Tom Wrench
Gwen Lee
as
Avonia
Lee Moran
as
Colpoys
Roy D'Arcy
as
Gadd
Virginia Pearson
as
Mrs. Telfer
William Humphrey
as
Mr. Telfer
Effie Ellsler
as
Mrs. Mossop
Ralph Forbes
as
Arthur Gower
O. P. Heggie
as
Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower
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Andrée Tourneur
as
Clara de Foenix
Cyril Chadwick
as
Capt. de Foenix
