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Amelia Summerville is a Actor American born on 13 october 1862 at New York City (USA)
Amelia Summerville (1862–1934), born Amelia Shaw, was an Irish-born American stage and silent film actress.
Summerville was born in County Kildare, Ireland and migrated to Toronto, Canada as a child.
She first appeared on stage at the age of 7 in an operetta in Toronto.
In 1884, Summerville appeared in her first leading role in the play Adonis. She originated the role of Rosetta, the Mountain Maid.
Summerville appeared in fourteen Broadway plays from 1899 to 1925. She also performed in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.
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Birth name Amelia Shaw
Nationality USA
Birth 13 october 1862 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 january 1934 (at 71 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 13 october 1862 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 january 1934 (at 71 years)
Summerville was born in County Kildare, Ireland and migrated to Toronto, Canada as a child.
She first appeared on stage at the age of 7 in an operetta in Toronto.
In 1884, Summerville appeared in her first leading role in the play Adonis. She originated the role of Rosetta, the Mountain Maid.
Summerville appeared in fourteen Broadway plays from 1899 to 1925. She also performed in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.
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The Great Deception (1926)
Directed by Howard Higgin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ben Lyon, Aileen Pringle, Basil Rathbone, Sam Hardy, Amelia Summerville, Charlotte Walker
Roles Lady Jane
Romola (1924)
, 2hDirected by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Ronald Colman, Charles Lane, Charles Lane
Roles Brigida
Rating60%
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as Tito Melema, a young Italianate-Greek scholar. Tito becomes acquainted with several other Florentines, including Nello the barber and a young girl named Tessa. He is also introduced to a blind scholar named Bardo de' Bardi, and his daughter Romola. As Tito becomes settled in Florence, assisting Bardo with classical studies, he falls in love with Romola.
Romance (1920)
, 1h10Directed by Chester Withey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Doris Keane, Basil Sydney, Betty Ross Clarke, Amelia Summerville, John Davidson
Roles Miss Armstrong
As described in a film publication, a youth (Arthur Rankin) in the prologue seeks advice from his grandfather (Sydney), who then recalls a romance of his own youth which is then shown as a flashback. A priest (Sydney) is in love with an Italian opera singer (Keane), and the drama involves the conflict between his efforts to rise above worldly things or to leave with her. The romance ends with a deep note of pathos.
April Folly (1920)
, 50minutesDirected by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Amelia Summerville, Conway Tearle, Marion Davies, J. Herbert Frank, Warren Cook, Spencer Charters
Roles Olive Connal
Rating80%
The Witness for the Defense (1919)
, 50minutesDirected by George Fitzmaurice
Genres Drama
Actors Elsie Ferguson, Warner Oland, Wyndham Standing, Vernon Steele, Amelia Summerville, Etienne Girardot
Roles Margaret Pettifer
Rating76%
The Probation Wife (1919)
, 1hDirected by Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Norma Talmadge, Thomas Meighan, Alec B. Francis, Amelia Summerville
Roles Eunice Galway
Getting Mary Married (1919)
Directed by Allan Dwan
Genres Comedy
Actors Marion Davies, Norman Kerry, Matt Moore, Frederick Burton, Amelia Summerville
Roles Mrs. Bussard
Rating62%
Mrs. Dane's Defense (1918)
, 50minutesDirected by Hugh Ford
Origin USA
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Pauline Frederick, Frank Losee, Leslie Austin, Maude Turner Gordon, Ida Darling, Cyril Chadwick
Roles The Duchess of Grantby
How Could You, Caroline? (1918)
Directed by Frederick A. Thomson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Bessie Love, James W. Morrison, Amelia Summerville
Roles Mrs. Rogers
Caroline (Love), a student at a boarding school, leaves her boyfriend to elope with Reginald, a chauffeur (Hawley). When the chauffeur is exposed as a thief, Caroline returns to her boyfriend Bob (Morrison).