Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Texas Guinan is a Actor American born on 12 january 1884 at Waco (USA)

Texas Guinan

Texas Guinan
  • Infos
  • Photos
  • Best films
  • Family
  • Characters
  • Awards
If you like this person, let us know!
Birth name Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan
Nationality USA
Birth 12 january 1884 at Waco (USA)
Death 5 november 1933 (at 49 years) at Vancouver (Canada)

Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan (January 12, 1884 – November 5, 1933) was an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur.

Usually with

Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
(2 films)
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor
(2 films)
Roy Del Ruth
Roy Del Ruth
(1 films)
Bryan Foy
Bryan Foy
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Texas Guinan (14 films)

Display filmography as list

Actress

Broadway Thru a Keyhole, 1h30
Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Paul Kelly, Constance Cummings, Russ Columbo, Texas Guinan, Gregory Ratoff, Lucille Ball
Roles Tex Kaley
Rating64% 3.238043.238043.238043.238043.23804
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
Winner Take All, 1h6
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore, Virginia Bruce, Alan Mowbray
Roles Texas Guinan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.9994952.9994952.9994952.9994952.999495
Rising boxer Jimmy Kane is sent from New York City to the Rosario Ranch and Hot Springs in New Mexico to regain his health after spending too much time with women and drink. There he meets young widow Peggy Harmon and her son Dickie. She eventually falls in love with him, and he likes her too. When Jimmy finds out that she will have to cut short her son's treatment because she will not receive an insurance payout, Jimmy takes on a tough fight in Tijuana to raise the $600 she needs. The marks on his face show Peggy where the money came from.
Glorifying the American Girl, 1h36
Directed by Millard Webb
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Mary Eaton, Noah Beery Sr., Irving Berlin, Billie Burke, Eddie Cantor, Gloria Shea
Roles Self (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9022252.9022252.9022252.9022252.902225
The plot involves a young woman (Mary Eaton) who wants to be in the Follies, but in the meantime is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend (Edward Crandall), who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer (Dan Healy) asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.
Queen of the Night Clubs, 1h
Directed by Bryan Foy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Texas Guinan, John Davidson, Lila Lee, John Miljan, Arthur Housman, Eddie Foy, Jr.
Roles Texas Malone
Rating74% 3.736363.736363.736363.736363.73636
After working as a hostess for Nick and Andy, Tex Malone leaves their employ and opens a club of her own. Looking for talent to book for the floor show, Tex hires Bee Walters and thereby breaks up Bee's act with Eddie Parr. Andy spitefully kills Tex's friend, Holland, and young Eddie is arrested for the crime on circumstantial evidence. Tex then learns from Eddie's father, Phil, that Eddie is her long-lost son. At the trial, Tex comes to Eddie's defense and persuades one member of the jury that there is reasonable doubt of Eddie's guilt. The jury repairs to Tex's club, where Tex discovers a piece of evidence that conclusively links Andy with the murder. Eddie is freed, and Tex and Phil get together for a second honeymoon.
A Moonshine Feud
Directed by Jay Hunt
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Texas Guinan, Pat Hartigan
Rating67% 3.3818153.3818153.3818153.3818153.381815
The She Wolf
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Texas Guinan, George Chesebro, Jack Richardson, Josie Sedgwick
Roles The She Wolf

As described in a film magazine, The She Wolf (Guinan) walks into The Last Hope saloon and discovers its Chinese owner Mui Fing (Wing) and the sheriff (Richardson) cheating a Stranger (Chesebro) in a card game. Drawing her gun, she joins in the game, and in the fight that follows the Stranger is wounded. She takes him back to her shack and tends to him. Several days later the sheriff, who heads a band of outlaws, robs a mail coach and leaves some letters scattered on the road. The She Wolf picks one up and finds that it was written by Sallie Bigby (Wild) to her sweetheart John Williams. The letter says that Sallie's father is in the power of the Chinese saloon owner and that she will be compelled to marry him unless she is rescued. The She Wolf returns to the saloon and starts a second fight, and carries off Sallie to her cabin. Matters are then resolved when Sallie and her sweetheart meet and the Stranger letting it be known that he intends to marry the woman who nursed him back to health.
The Gun Woman
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Texas Guinan, Francis McDonald, Ed Brady
Roles The Tigress
Rating70% 3.524523.524523.524523.524523.52452
La Mesa, une ville minière de l'Ouest sur le déclin, subit les hold-ups d'un mystérieux homme masqué surnommé le "Percepteur". "Le Bostonien, qui arrive à La Mesa dans une diligence volée par le Percepteur, devient l'adjoint du shérif. Il est attiré par "la Tigresse", une propriétaire de dancing, qui, elle, tombe amoureuse d'un autre étranger, "le Gentleman".
The Love Brokers, 50minutes
Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Alma Rubens, Texas Guinan, Lee Hill
Roles Olga Grey

Charlotte Carter, une jeune artiste, vient de s'installer à New York. Peter Ladislaw, un de ses admirateurs, lui demande de l'aider financièrement et elle promet de le faire pour lui éviter d'être arrêté. Olga Grey la convainc d'épouser un riche amateur d'arts, Gerard Townshend, qui a été blessé lors d'un accident et qui semble près de mourir. Charlotte consent et l'épouse. Mais Gerard est opéré et retrouve la santé. Honteuse de ce qu'elle a fait, Charlotte lui avoue qu'elle l'a épousé pour son argent, mais il lui pardonne. Olga et Peter tentent de les faire divorcer, mais ils sont tombés réellement amoureux l'un de l'autre.
The Fuel of Life
Directed by Walter Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Belle Bennett, Texas Guinan, Lee Hill, Lee Phelps, J. Barney Sherry
Roles Violet Hilton

Lorsqu'elle découvre que son mari Roger l'a trompée, Angela De Haven décide que tous les hommes paieront pour ce forfait. Roger, désespérant de regagner l'amour de sa femme, part naviguer dans les mers du sud, et disparaît en mer.