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Mary Loretta Philbin (July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993)[1][2] was an American film actress of the silent film era, who is best known for playing the roles of Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite Lon Chaney, and as Dea in The Man Who Laughs alongside Conrad Veidt. Both roles cast her as the beauty in Beauty and the Beast-type stories.

Mary Philbin
Philbin c. 1920
Born	(1902-07-16)July 16, 1902 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 7, 1993(1993-05-07) (aged 90) Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1918–1930
Partner	Paul Kohner (1923–1927)

Early life

Philbin was born on July 16, 1902[3] in Chicago, Illinois, into a middle-class Irish American family and raised Catholic.[4] She was an only child, and was named after her mother, Mary. Her father, John Philbin,[5] was born in Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland, and had emigrated to America in 1900.

Career

Philbin began her acting career after winning a beauty contest sponsored by Universal Pictures in Chicago.[3] After she moved to California, Erich von Stroheim signed her to a contract with Universal, deeming her a "Universal Super Jewel."[5]

She made her screen debut in 1921, and the following year was honored at the first WAMPAS Baby Stars awards, a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States, which annually honored young women whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom.^{[citation needed]}

During the 1920s, Philbin starred in a number of high-profile films, most notably in D. W. Griffith's 1928 film Drums of Love. In 1927, she appeared in Edward Sloman's Surrender with Ivan Mosjoukine,[6] though her most celebrated role was in the Universal horror film The Phantom of the Opera in 1925.[7] Philbin's ethereal screen presence was noted in a 1924 edition of Motion Picture Classic, in which she was referred to as "one of the astonishing anomalies of motion pictures...Pat O'Malley once said of her: "If I were superstitious I would think that the spirit of some great tragedienne of a forgotten past slipped into Mary's soul."[8]

Philbin played a few parts during the early talkie era and most notably dubbed her own voice when The Phantom of the Opera was given sound and re-released. She retired from the screen in 1930 and devoted her life to caring for her aging parents.^{[citation needed]}

Later life and death

Philbin spent the remainder of her life after leaving the film industry as a recluse, living in the same home in Huntington Beach, California.[3] She never married and rarely made public appearances. One rare public appearance by Philbin occurred in her later years at the Los Angeles opening of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera.

She died of pneumonia at age 90 in 1993 and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in east Los Angeles, California.[9]

Personal life

From 1923 to 1927, Philbin was in a relationship with Paul Kohner. They had been introduced to each other by Erich von Stroheim. They secretly became engaged in 1926,[10] but never married due to the disapproval of Philbin's parents (Kohner was Jewish, and the Philbin family were staunch Catholics, and they were worried that he would try to convert her to Judaism). In 1929, it was rumored that they were going to marry in June of that year, but it never happened.[11] During their relationship, Philbin had an affair with western star Guinn "Big Boy" Williams.[12]

Kohner went on to marry Lupita Tovar in 1932, while Philbin never married. When Kohner died, he still had love letters Philbin had written to him in his possession. She had also kept his.[13][14]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1921	The Blazing Trail	Talithy Millicuddy
1921	Danger Ahead	Tressie Harloow	Lost film
1921	Twelve Hours to Live		Short
1921	No Clothes to Guide Him		Short
1921	Red Courage	Eliza Fay	Lost film
1921	Sure Fire		Lost film
1921	False Kisses	Mary
1922	Foolish Wives	Crippled girl	Uncredited
1922	The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922	Herself	Short
1922	The Trouper	Mary Lee	Lost film
1922	Human Hearts	Ruth
1922	His First Job	Jimmy's Sweetheart	Short
1922	Once to Every Boy	Jimmy's Sweetheart	Short
1923	Penrod and Sam	Margaret Schofield
1923	Merry-Go-Round	Agnes Urban
1923	Where is This West?	Sallie Summers
1923	The Age of Desire	Margy (age 18)	Lost film
1923	The Temple of Venus	Moira
1923	The Thrill Chaser	Herself	Cameo appearance, lost film
1924	Fools Highway	Mamie Rose	Lost film
1924	The Gaiety Girl	Irene Tudor	Lost film
1924	The Rose of Paris	Mitsi
1925	The Phantom of the Opera	Christine Daaé
1925	Fifth Avenue Models	Isoel Ludant
1925	Stella Maris	Stella Maris / Unity Blake
1927	Life in Hollywood No.3	Herself	Short
1927	Love Me and the World Is Mine	Hannerl
1927	Surrender	Lea Lyon
1928	Drums of Love	Princess Emanuella
1928	The Man Who Laughs	Dea
1929	Girl Overboard	Joan	Lost film
1929	The Last Performance	Julie Fergeron
1929	The Shannons of Broadway	Tessie Swanzey
1929	After the Fog	Faith Barker	Final film role

Notes and references

Notes

References

• Beck, Calvin Thomas (1978). Scream Queens: Heroines of the Horrors. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-020-12140-4.
• Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift (1930). California and Californians. Vol. 3. The Lewis Publishing Co.
• Slide, Anthony (2002). Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-813-12249-6.

External links

• Mary Philbin at IMDb
• Mary Philbin at the American Film Institute catalog
• Mary Philbin at Golden Silents
• Mary Philbin at Find a Grave
• Photographs and literature

На других языках

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- [en] Mary Philbin

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[es] Mary Philbin

Mary Philbin (Chicago, 16 de julio de 1902 - Huntington Beach, 7 de mayo de 1993)[1][2] fue una actriz cinematográfica de la era del cine mudo. Philbin es probablemente más recordada por su papel de Christine Daaé en la película de 1925 El Fantasma de la Ópera, frente a la leyenda de la pantalla Lon Chaney, y por el de Dea en El hombre que ríe (1928) (The Man Who Laughs). Ambos papeles correspondían a historias del tipo de La bella y la bestia.

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[ru] Филбин, Мэри

Мэ́ри Фи́лбин (англ. Mary Philbin; 16 июля 1903 — 7 мая 1993) — американская актриса немого кино. Её наиболее известными работами являются классические фильмы ужасов «Призрак Оперы» (1925) и «Человек, который смеётся» (1928), в которых выступала в амплуа Красавицы для Чудовища.

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