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Arline Pretty
BornSeptember 5, 1885
DiedApril 14, 1978 (aged 92)
OccupationActress
Years active1913-1935 (film)

Arline Pretty (September 5, 1885 – April 14, 1978) was an American film actress of the silent era.[1]

Life and career

Pretty was born September 5, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2] Her mother was a musician.[3]

For three years, Pretty acted on stage in Washington, D. C., with the Columbia Stock Company before debuting in films in 1913.[3]

Her early film experience was as a supporting actress for King Baggot at Universal. After that, she acted for the Vitagraph Company in leading ingenue parts. She appeared as the daughter of a jailer with Douglas Fairbanks in In Again, Out Again.[4]

Pretty's film work included the Vitagraph serial The Secret Kingdom (1917),[3]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Munden p.616
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Arline Pretty". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Wollstein, Hans J. "Arline Pretty". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "This Week's Mirror Cover". Dramatic Mirror. LXXVII (1998): 2. April 7, 1917. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.