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Jessie Ralph Patton (née Chambers; November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944), known as Jessie Ralph, was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic films.

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Jessie Ralph
Trailer for The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
Born	Jessie Ralph Chambers (1864-11-05)November 5, 1864 Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	May 30, 1944(1944-05-30) (aged 79) Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1880–1941
Spouse(s)	William Patton (?–?; his death)

Early life

Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864, she made her acting debut in stock theater in 1880, at age 16.[1]

On Broadway, George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also appeared in dramatic roles.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Her Broadway debut came in The Kreutzer Sonata (1906), and her final appearance on Broadway came in The Good Earth (1932).[2]

Ralph debuted in two-reel films in New York in 1915 and went to Hollywood in 1933.[1] in a motion picture career that eventually spanned 25 years, she became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 then, so her parts 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 Aunt Katherine (in a state of permanent high dudgeon) in After the Thin Man, and as Peggotty in David Copperfield. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941.

Personal life

She was married to actor William Patton until his death.[3]

Death

Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941 after her leg was amputated.[1] She was a diabetic. She died three years later in her hometown of Gloucester on May 30, 1944 at 79 of a heart attack. Her gravesite is in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in her native Gloucester, Massachusetts.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1915	A Ringer for Max			short
1915	The Galloper	Sybil
1915	Mary's Lamb	Mary Lamb
1916	New York	Mrs. Macey	George Fitzmaurice
1919	The Madonna of the Slums			short
1921	Such a Little Queen	Mary	George Fawcett
1933	Child of Manhattan	Aunt Minnie	Edward Buzzell
1933	Elmer, the Great	Sarah Crosby	Mervyn LeRoy	uncredited
1933	Cocktail Hour	Princess de Longville	Victor Schertzinger
1933	Ann Carver's Profession	Terry (Graham's Maid)	Edward Buzzell
1934	Nana	Zoe	George Fitzmaurice
1934	Coming Out Party	Nora	John G. Blystone
1934	Murder at the Vanities	Mrs. Helene Smith	Mitchell Leisen
1934	The Affairs of Cellini	Beatrice	Gregory La Cava
1934	One Night of Love	Angelina	Victor Schertzinger
1934	We Live Again	Matrona Pavlovna	Rouben Mamoulian
1934	Evelyn Prentice	Mrs. Blake	William K. Howard
1935	David Copperfield	Nurse Peggotty	George Cukor
1935	Enchanted April	Mrs. Phoebe Fisher	Harry Beaumont
1935	Vanessa: Her Love Story	Lady Mullion	William K. Howard
1935	Les Misérables	Madame Magloire	Richard Boleslawski
1935	Mark of the Vampire	Midwife	Tod Browning
1935	Paris in Spring	Countess de Charelle	Lewis Milestone
1935	Jalna	Gran Whiteoak	John Cromwell
1935	I Live My Life	Mrs. O.H.B. Gage, Kay's Grandmother	W. S. Van Dyke
1935	Metropolitan	Charwoman	Richard Boleslawski
1935	I Found Stella Parish	Nana	Mervyn LeRoy
1935	Captain Blood	Mrs. Barlow	Michael Curtiz
1936	The Garden Murder Case	Mrs. Hammle	Edwin L. Marin
1936	Yellow Dust	Mrs. Bryan	Jimmy Anderson (assistant)
1936	Little Lord Fauntleroy	The Applewoman	John Cromwell
1936	The Unguarded Hour	Lady Hathaway	Sam Wood
1936	Bunker Bean	Grandmother	Edward Killy
1936	San Francisco	Mrs. Maisie Burley	W. S. Van Dyke
1936	Walking on Air	Evelyn Bennett	Joseph Santley
1936	Camille	Nanine	George Cukor
1936	After the Thin Man	Aunt Katherine Forrest	W. S. Van Dyke
1937	The Good Earth	Cuckoo	Gustav Machatý (uncredited)
1937	The Last of Mrs. Cheyney	Duchess	George Fitzmaurice (uncredited)
1937	Double Wedding	Mrs. Kensington-Bly	Richard Thorpe
1938	Love Is a Headache	Sheriff Janet Winfield	Richard Thorpe
1938	Hold That Kiss	Aunt Lucy	Edwin L. Marin
1938	Port of Seven Seas	Honorine	James Whale
1939	Four Girls in White	Miss Tobias	S. Sylvan Simon
1939	St. Louis Blues	Aunt Tibbie	Raoul Walsh
1939	Cafe Society	Mrs. De Witt	Edward H. Griffith
1939	The Kid from Texas	Aunt Minetta	S. Sylvan Simon
1939	Mickey the Kid	Veronica M. Hudson	Arthur Lubin
1939	Drums Along the Mohawk	Mrs. Weaver	John Ford
1940	The Blue Bird	Fairy Berylune	Walter Lang
1940	Star Dust	Aunt Martha Parker	Walter Lang
1940	I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby	Mama McGann	Albert S. Rogell
1940	Girl from Avenue A	Mrs. Van Dyne	Otto Brower
1940	I Want a Divorce	Grandma Brokaw	Ralph Murphy
1940	The Bank Dick	Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
1941	The Lady from Cheyenne	Mrs. McGuinness	Frank Lloyd
1941	They Met in Bombay	Duchess of Beltravers	Clarence Brown	final film role

References

External links

• Jessie Ralph at IMDb
• Jessie Ralph at the Internet Broadway Database
• Jessie Ralph portrait at NY Public Library Billy Rose Collection

На других языках

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[de] Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph (* 5. November 1864 in Gloucester, Massachusetts; † 30. Mai 1944 ebenda) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Jessie Ralph

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[es] Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph Chambers (Gloucester, Massachusetts, 5 de noviembre de 1864 - ídem, 30 de mayo de 1944) fue una actriz estadounidense. Participó por muchos años en los teatros de Broadway antes de trabajar en el cine de los años 1930. Regordeta en su físico, desempeñó roles característicos de abuelas afables, damas piadosas, o estrictas ayas. Entre sus papeles más destacados figuran el de Peggoty en el filme David Copperfield (1935) y el hada Berylune en El pájaro azul (1940). También apareció en El burlador de Florencia (1934), El capitán Blood (1935), Bunker Bean (1936), Camille (1936), The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937), The Kid from Texas (1939) y Una mujer de carácter (1941).

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[ru] Ральф, Джесси

Джесси Ральф (англ. Jessie Ralph; 5 ноября 1864 (1864-11-05) — 30 мая 1944) — американская актриса.

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