Biography
Esther Ralston (September 17th, 1902- January 14th, 1994) was an American silent film star. She began her career as a child actress in a family vaudeville act named "The Ralston Family with Baby Esther, America's Youngest Juliet". She then went on to appear in a few small silent film roles, including one alongside her brother in the 1920 film adaptation of Huckleberry Finn. Ralston gained attention as Mrs. Darling in the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan. Her most well known sound picture was To the Last Man in 1933.
Acted in 85
1940s
- 1946
Jungle Terror
Valarie Shields
- 1940
San Francisco Docks
Frances March
Tin Pan Alley
Nora Bayes
1930s
- 1938
The Spy Ring
Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton)
- 1937
The Mysterious Pilot
Vivian McNain
Jungle Menace
Valerie Shields
As Good as Married
Miss Danforth
- 1936
We're in the Legion Now
Louise Rillette
Reunion
Janet Fair
Hollywood Boulevard
Flora Moore
The Girl from Mandalay
Mary Trevor
- 1935
Forced Landing
Ruby Anatole
Streamline Express
Elaine Vincent
Together We Live
Jenny
Shadows of the Orient
Viola Avery
Ladies Crave Excitement
Miss Winkler
Mister Dynamite
Charmian Dvorjak
- 1934
Strange Wives
Olga
The Marines Are Coming
Dorothy Manning
Romance in the Rain
Gwen de la Rue
Sadie McKee
Dolly
- 1933
By Candlelight
Baroness von Ballin
Black Beauty
Leila Lambert
- 1932
After the Ball
Elissa Strange
Rome Express
Asta Marvelle
- 1931
The Prodigal
Antonia Farraday
Lonely Wives
Madeline Smith
1920s
- 1929
The Mighty
Louise Patterson
The Wheel of Life
Ruth Dangan
The Case of Lena Smith
Lena Smith
- 1928
The Sawdust Paradise
Hallie
Half a Bride
Patience Winslow
Something Always Happens
Diana Mallory
Love and Learn
Nancy Blair
- 1927
The Spotlight
Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova
Figures Don't Lie
Janet Wells
Ten Modern Commandments
Kitty O'Day
Children of Divorce
Jean Waddington
Fashions for Women
Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry
- 1926
Old Ironsides
Girl
The Quarterback
Louise Mason
The American Venus
Mary Gray
- 1925
Womanhandled
Molly Martin
A Kiss for Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
The Best People
Alice O'Neil
The Trouble With Wives
Dagmar
The Lucky Devil
Doris McDee
Beggar on Horseback
Cynthia Mason
The Goose Hangs High
Dagmar Carroll
The Little French Girl
Toppie Westmacott
- 1924
Peter Pan
Mrs. Darling
$50,000 Reward
Carolyn Jordan
Wolves of the North
Madge Chester
All's Swell on the Ocean
Holly Malloy
The Heart Buster
Rose Hillyer
Fight and Win
Holly Malloy
The Marriage Circle
Miss Hofer
Jack O'Clubs
Movie
- 1923
The Rivals
Movie
Pure Grit
Stella Bolling
The Wild Party
Bess Furth
Blinky
Mary Lou Kileen
Railroaded
Joan Dunster
The Victor
Chewing gum baron's daughter
The Phantom Fortune
Mary Rogers
The Prisoner
Marie
- 1922
Oliver Twist
Rose Maylie
The Lone Hand
Movie
Youth to Youth
Movie
Remembrance
Beatrice
Daring Danger
Ethel Stanton
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
Movie
Pure and Simple
Movie
- 1921
Crossing Trails
Helen Stratton
- 1920
Whispering Devils
Rose Gibbard
The Butterfly Man
(uncredited)
Dangerous to Men
Movie
The Peddler of Lies
Movie
Huckleberry Finn
Mary Jane Wilks
Appearances2
1990s
- 1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self (archive footage)
- 1993
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Herself