Mabel Ballin
ActingAlso Known As
Mabel Croft
Biography
From Wikipedia Mabel Ballin (January 1, 1887 – July 24, 1958) was an American motion-picture actress of the silent film era. Born Mabel Croft in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she originally studied painting. Her landscapes were noticed at an exhibition and led to an offer to appear in films. Ballin appeared in 28 films between 1917 and 1925. She achieved popularity during World War I. She is best known for her role in Riders of the Purple Sage (1925). Her other notable roles included The Glorious Adventure (1918), Jane Eyre (1921), and Vanity Fair (1923), in which she played Becky Sharp. She married artist-turned-director Hugo Ballin in 1917, and they remained married until his death in 1956. She died in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. She was interred in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica with her husband.
Movies
(18 total)
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jane Withersteen
The White Heather
as Marion Hume
Lord and Lady Algy
as Mrs. Tudway
Laughing Bill Hyde
as Alice Walker
The Danger Game
as May Wentworth
Jane Eyre
as Jane Eyre
Vanity Fair
as Becky Sharp
Code of the West
as Mary Stockwell
Pagan Love
as Kathleen Levinsky
Under Crimson Skies
as Helen Clayton
For Valour
as Alice Davis
Barriers Burned Away
as Christine Randolph
The Spreading Dawn
as Georgina Vanderpyl
The Illustrious Prince
as Penelope Morse
Other Women's Clothes
as Jacqueline Lee
Beauty and the Bad Man
as Cassie
The Quickening Flame
as Hester Blaine