Jessie Ralph
ActingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Ralph (born Jessie Ralph Chambers, November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944) was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures. She was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864. She made her acting debut in 1880, at the age of sixteen. She made it to Broadway, where George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also excelled at dramatic roles. Although she made her Hollywood debut in 1916, in a motion picture career that would eventually span 25 years, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were limited to matronly roles, but her expertise at stealing scenes captured the imagination of cinema-goers of the time. Her best-known roles are as Greta Garbo's maid in Camille, as W.C. Fields' battle-axe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick, as Myrna Loy's supercilious aunt Katherine in After the Thin Man, and as Nurse Peggotty in David Copperfield. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941. Jessie Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941, after her leg was amputated. She died four years later in her home town of Gloucester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Known For
Ann Carver's Profession
Terry
Camille
Nanine
Captain Blood
Mrs. Barlow
After the Thin Man
Katherine Forrest
The Good Earth
Cuckoo
San Francisco
Mrs. Maisie Burley
Drums Along the Mohawk
Mrs. Weaver
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Applewoman
Les Misérables
Madame Magloire
David Copperfield
Clara Peggotty
Filmography — Acting
Ann Carver's Profession
Terry
Camille
Nanine
Captain Blood
Mrs. Barlow
After the Thin Man
Katherine Forrest
The Good Earth
Cuckoo
San Francisco
Mrs. Maisie Burley
Drums Along the Mohawk
Mrs. Weaver
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Applewoman
Les Misérables
Madame Magloire
David Copperfield
Clara Peggotty
The Affairs of Cellini
Beatrice
The Blue Bird
Fairy Berylune
Jalna
Gran Whiteoaks
Mark of the Vampire
Midwife
Nana
Zoe
Double Wedding
Mrs. Kensington-Bly
The Garden Murder Case
Mrs. Hammle
The Bank Dick
Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Duchess of Ebley
Star Dust
Aunt Martha Parker
The Romance of Celluloid
Self
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Lady Mullion
Murder at the Vanities
Mrs. Helene Smith
Yellow Dust
Mrs. Brian
St. Louis Blues
Aunt Tibbie
Elmer, the Great
Sarah Crosby (uncredited)
They Met in Bombay
Duchess of Beltravers
One Night of Love
Angelina
Love Is a Headache
Sheriff Janet Winfield
I Live My Life
Mrs. O.H.B. Gage, Kay's Grandmother
The Girl from Avenue A
Mrs. Van Dyne
We Live Again
Matrona Pavlovna
Cafe Society
Mrs. De Witt
Bunker Bean
Grandmother
Four Girls in White
Miss Tobias
Coming Out Party
Nora
Port of Seven Seas
Honorine
Child of Manhattan
Aunt Minnie
The Lady from Cheyenne
Mrs. McGuinness
Enchanted April
Mrs. Phoebe Fisher
Evelyn Prentice
Mrs. Blake
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Mama McGann
The Kid From Texas
Aunt Minetta
Metropolitan
Charwoman
I Found Stella Parish
Nana
Cocktail Hour
Princess
Mickey the Kid
Veronica Hudson
Hold That Kiss
Aunt Lucy
Such a Little Queen
Mary
Paris in Spring
Countess de Charelle
The Unguarded Hour
Lady Agatha Hathaway
Walking on Air
Evelyn Bennett
I Want a Divorce
Grandma Brokaw
