Chrissie White
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Biography: From Wikipedia Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in over 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White was married to actor and film director Henry Edwards, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most famous and newsworthy celebrity couples. She starred in the 1920 film The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss, which as of August 2010 is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Birthday: May 23, 1895
Deathday: August 18, 1989
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Gender: Female
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Tilly's Party
Overview: Two young men help two girls escape.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-04-01
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The Secret
Overview: Covert operations on the home front find solutions to shortages just next door.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-01
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The City of Beautiful Nonsense
Overview: A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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The Joke That Failed
Overview: A girl's beau poses as a burglar to fool her boastful father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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Tilly in a Boarding House
Overview: Girls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-16
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Tilly and the Fire Engines
Overview: Tomboys drive a fire engine through a fairground and hose the firemen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-09-16
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Wife the Weaker Vessel
Overview: Chrissie White, one of Hepworth Studios' biggest stars, heads up this feisty battle-of-the-sexes comedy about an independent young lady who, for the sake of a rich husband, poses as the epitome of Victorian femininity - weak, docile and submissive. But when he steps out of line the gloves come off to reveal 'Physical Culture Phyllis', who punches well above her weight!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-09-30
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The Basilisk
Overview: A mesmerist, obsessed with putting a beautiful woman under his power, hypnotizes her to try to force her to kill her fiancé. His plans are altered with the appearance of a deadly serpent.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-01
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Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor
Overview: Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-09-16
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Aylwin
Overview: A woman disapproves of her stepson's love for a girl who goes mad when her drunken father dies in a landslide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-07-01
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The Call of the Sea
Overview: Lt. Cmdr. Good is a naval officer who goes on an extensive search for his long-lost friend who mysteriously disappeared on a tropical island.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-30
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The Amazing Quest of Mr Ernest Bliss
Overview: A millionaire bets £25,000 that he can earn his own living for six months.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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Schoolgirl Rebels
Overview: A schoolgirl annoys the new teacher by getting her friends to answer an inspector incorrectly.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1915-02-01
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The World of Wonderful Reality
Overview: A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-01
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Lily of the Alley
Overview: Bill and Lily are newly married. Bert works as a tea salesman and is of a naturally cheery disposition. Over time however, worries about the security of his job and income prey on his mind and he frets over not being able to provide for Lily. With his worries heightened by the fear that he is about to go blind, he falls into a deep depression .....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-01
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The Kinsman
Overview: A Cockney poses as his drowned double, who is saved and poses as a chauffeur.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-27
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Are We Down-Hearted?
Overview: Cecil Hepworth’s Vivaphone film features Hay Plumb singing George Robins’ optimistic 1906 ditty concerning the mischievous responses of a poor family to regular visits from the bailiffs.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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When Tilly's Uncle Flirted
Overview: Tomboys play tricks on their uncle when he flirts with a maid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-03-18
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The Poet's Windfall
Overview: A poet struggles to get her work accepted.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-01
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The Exploits of Tubby
Overview: A ten-part series of comedies in which a man repeatedly gets into trouble with his wife.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-01
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How Things Do Develop
Overview: A professor takes daughter's suitor's camera by mistake.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-01
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Broken in the Wars
Overview: 'Lady introduces wounded cobbler to Minister of Pensions, who makes him gift from King's Fund.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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The Second String
Overview: After his brother's suicide, Alec Dale is determined to get revenge on the woman that he believes drove him to his death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-07-01
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