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Kate Toncray is a Actor American born on 1 january 1867 at St. Louis (USA)

Kate Toncray

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Nationality USA
Birth 1 january 1867 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 6 december 1927 (at 60 years) at Manhattan (USA)

Kate Toncray (1867 – December 6, 1927) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 178 films between 1905 and 1925. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Manhattan, New York City.

Usually with

D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
(43 films)
Alfred Paget
Alfred Paget
(31 films)
Blanche Sweet
Blanche Sweet
(29 films)
Charles West
Charles West
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William J. Butler
William J. Butler
(24 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kate Toncray (74 films)

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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
, 1h
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alice Joyce, Percy Marmont, Helena D'Algy, Ford Sterling, Holmes Herbert, Edythe Chapman
Roles Mrs. Smith
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Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws for magazines.
The Country Kid
The Country Kid (1923)
, 1h
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Wesley Barry, Spec O'Donnell, Bruce Guerin, Kate Toncray, Helen Jerome Eddy, George Nichols
Roles Mrs. Grimes

Orphaned Ben Applegate (Barry) strives to care for his younger brothers (O'Donnell and Guerin) and run the farm left to them. Their unscrupulous legal guardian, Uncle Grimes (George Nichols) schemes to take their property and separate the brothers, but he is ultimately thwarted by a benevolent judge (George C. Pearce). The Applegates are reunited, their property restored, and they are adopted by caring neighbors.
The Charm School
The Charm School (1921)

Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Wallace Reid, Lila Lee, Adele Farrington, Lincoln Stedman, Kate Toncray, Edwin Stevens
Roles Miss Curtis

As summarized in a film publication, when Mrs. Rolles (Farrington) insists that she will not have Austin Bevans (Reid) as a son-in-law, he insists that she will. But when his aunt dies and leaves Austin a girl's boarding school in her will, Austin gives up his suit of Susie Rolles (Bains) and decides to run the school. Under his aunt's regime the girls studied microbes, etc., but Austin turns it into a charm school where the girls are taught dancing, fencing, and grace in general. Elsie (Lee), one of the students, immediately falls in love with Austin, but he fails to respond. She then tries to vamp him, but when Austin does not fall she tells him directly that she loves him. Elsie's uncle is very interested in the young Austin. When Mrs. Rolles hears of how well he is getting along, she tries to patch things up between Austin and her daughter Susie, and tells Elsie that the two are engaged. While Elsie is brokenhearted, in the end all turns out well for she and Austin.
Prisoners of Love
Prisoners of Love (1921)
, 1h
Directed by Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Betty Compson, Ralph Lewis, Claire McDowell, Clara Horton, Emory Johnson, Kate Toncray
Roles His Mother

Après avoir découvert la double vie de son père, Blanche Davis quitte le domicile familial et, sous une fausse identité, obtient un emploi à San Francisco dans le cabinet d'avocats Blair et Randolph. Elle s'éprend de Randolph, ils vivent bientôt en concubinage. Lorsque le père de Blanche vient à San Francisco avec sa jeune sœur, Randolph tombe amoureux de celle-ci et Blair, qui est amoureux de Blanche, l'emmène sur la côte est. Le père donne un chèque à Randolph pour qu'il arrange ses affaires avec son ancienne maîtresse. Blanche décide, pour le bonheur de sa sœur, de ne pas empêcher son mariage.
Nobody Home
Nobody Home (1919)

Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dorothy Gish, George Fawcett, Ralph Graves, Rudolph Valentino, Raymond Cannon, Kate Toncray
Roles The strong-minded aunt

A young woman (Gish) is superstitious, so she cannot make a move or a decision without the approval of the cards or the stars. Pursued romantically by two men, one virtuous, the other villainous, the cards point her toward the villain.
Peppy Polly
Peppy Polly (1919)
, 50minutes
Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dorothy Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Edward Peil Sr., Kate Toncray, Josephine Crowell
Roles Mrs. Kingsley Benedict

Battling Jane
Battling Jane (1918)

Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films
Actors Dorothy Gish, Katherine MacDonald, Bertram Grassby, Kate Toncray, George Nichols
Roles Charwoman

Jane, a waitress at a small town Maine hotel, assumes guardianship of a baby whose mother has died. The baby's rakish father, Dr. Sheldon, conspires to steal prize money won by Jane after she enters the child in a baby show. Jane manages to hold the doctor and his accomplice at bay until help arrives, then uses the prize money to help the war effort by purchasing Liberty Bonds and donating the rest to the Red Cross.
The Hope Chest
The Hope Chest (1918)

Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Dorothy Gish, George Fawcett, Richard Barthelmess, Sam De Grasse, Kate Toncray, Carol Dempster
Roles Mrs. Ballantyne

Sheila Moore (Gish) takes a job at a candy store to support her father, an out-of-work vaudevillian. She attracts the romantic attentions of the store owner's son Tom (Barthalmess) and marries him, incurring the wrath of Tom's parents.
Viviette
Viviette (1918)
, 50minutes
Directed by Walter Edwards
Origin USA
Actors Vivian Martin, Eugene Pallette, Harrison Ford, Kate Toncray
Roles Mrs. Ware