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Cissy Fitzgerald is a Actor British born on 1 january 1873 at England (United-kingdom)

Cissy Fitzgerald

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 january 1873 at England (United-kingdom)
Death 10 may 1941 (at 68 years)

Cissy Fitzgerald (1 February 1873 – 10 May 1941) was an English-American vaudeville actress, dancer and singer who appeared in numerous silent and sound films. She made her first film almost at the beginning of film in 1896 appearing in a self-titled short film shot by Thomas Edison. She did not appear in films again until 1914 where she signed with the Vitagraph company and was quite popular in feature films and her own series of Cissy short films. Very little of Fitzgerald's silent material survives today but she can be seen in a comic backup role in the 1928 Lon Chaney vehicle Laugh, Clown, Laugh.

Fitzgerald later laid claims to having been the first woman ever filmed in motion pictures when she went to the Edison labs at New Jersey in 1896 to shoot 50 feet of film. This claim is certainly disputed as Annabelle Whitford had been filmed in 1894 by Edison engineer W. K. L. Dickson and the Lumiere's over in France were shooting motion pictures, ie men and women coming and going from a factory, by 1896. Fitzgerald had been appearing in a popular play "The Gaiety Girl" beginning in 1894 and was still in this play when she went to Edison.



Fitzgerald was married to Oliver Mark Tucker and had two children, a son and a daughter.

Usually with

Gwen Lee
Gwen Lee
(3 films)
Loretta Young
Loretta Young
(3 films)
Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon
(2 films)
Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor
(1 films)
Paul McCullough
Paul McCullough
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Cissy Fitzgerald (17 films)

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Actress

Seven Footprints to Satan
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
, 1h
Directed by Benjamin Christensen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Thelma Todd, Creighton Hale, William V. Mong, Sheldon Lewis, Sōjin Kamiyama, DeWitt Jennings
Roles Old Lady at Party
Rating65% 3.287233.287233.287233.287233.28723
Jim and Eve, a young society couple, are kidnapped on the eve of Jim's departure for Africa and brought to a mansion that is home to a strange and glamorous Satanic cult.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
, 1h13
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Circus films, Films based on plays
Actors Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young, Nils Asther, Cissy Fitzgerald, Gwen Lee
Roles Giancinta
Rating74% 3.742833.742833.742833.742833.74283
Tito (Lon Chaney), a traveling circus clown, finds an abandoned child. Tito adopts her and raises her as his daughter, naming her Simonetta after his brother Simon (Bernard Siegel). One day the now teen-aged Simonetta (Loretta Young) encounters Luigi (Nils Asther), a wealthy man who falls madly in love with her, but upon seeing that he already has a girlfriend, she rejects him. She returns home to the circus and Tito suddenly realizes she is no longer a child. Tito further realizes he has feelings for Simonetta, but also knows his feelings are improper because he raised her as his daughter.
Women Love Diamonds
Women Love Diamonds (1927)
, 1h10
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Pauline Starke, Owen Moore, Lionel Barrymore, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Cissy Fitzgerald, Gwen Lee
Roles Mrs. Ray
Rating65% 3.2763153.2763153.2763153.2763153.276315
Mavis Ray (Pauline Starke) is a young debutant living with her mother and with the backing of Hugo Harlan (Lionel Barrymore), whom she calls her uncle. She is in love with socialite Jerry Croker-Kelley (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), and goes with him to meet his family against Harlan's wishes. Mavis and Jerry wish to elope if they cannot get Harlan's permission to marry. At Jerry's house, Mavis finds herself ill at ease with Jerry's family, who live simply despite their wealth. When Harlan comes to the house, he takes Jerry aside and tells him something that causes him to abandon his relationship with Mavis.
Two Flaming Youths
Two Flaming Youths (1927)
, 55minutes
Directed by John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors W. C. Fields, Chester Conklin, Mary Brian, George Irving, Jack Luden, Cissy Fitzgerald
Roles Madge Malarkey

Sheriff Ben Holden (Conklin) is in love hotel owner Madge Malarkey (Fitzgerald) when down-and-out carnival man Gabby Gilfoil (Fields) show up hoping to take her for some money. Gilfoil is mistaken for the wanted man Slippery Sawtelle (Quinn). Neither suitor gets Malarkey but manage to take her husband (wealthy Simeon Trott) (Irving) for or a bundle.
Redheads Preferred
Redheads Preferred (1926)

Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Marjorie Daw, Raymond Hitchcock, Theodore von Eltz, Cissy Fitzgerald, Vivien Oakland
Roles Mrs. Henry Carter

John Morgan, un mari modèle, afin de promouvoir un contrat d'affaires avec Henry Carter, boit beaucoup et va à une soirée avec une rousse, espérant cacher l'escapade à sa femme, Angela. Grâce à une connaissance de Mme Williams, une amie d'Henry, Angela apprend les plans de son mari et, en mettant une perruque rousse, elle l'accompagne au bal. L'arrivée de la femme jalouse de Carter entraîne de nombreuses complications amusantes. Quand Angela apprend le but de sa tromperie, elle gère les affaires de sorte que Morgan réussisse à obtenir le contrat mais garde son identité secrète.