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Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 04, 1864
Died May 30, 1944 (79)
Birthplace Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Ralph (born Jessie Ralph Chambers, November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944) was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures. She was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864. She made her acting debu ... t in 1880, at the age of sixteen. She made it to Broadway, where George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also excelled at dramatic roles. Although she made her Hollywood debut in 1916, in a motion picture career that would eventually span 25 years, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were limited to matronly roles, but her expertise at stealing scenes captured the imagination of cinema-goers of the time. Her best-known roles are as Greta Garbo's maid in Camille, as W.C. Fields' battle-axe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick, as Myrna Loy's supercilious aunt Katherine in After the Thin Man, and as Nurse Peggotty in David Copperfield. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941. Jessie Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941, after her leg was amputated. She died four years later in her home town of Gloucester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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They Met in Bombay

They Met in Bombay

1941

as Duchess of Beltravers

The Lady from Cheyenne

The Lady from Cheyenne

1941

as Mrs. McGuinness

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

as Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch

The Girl from Avenue A

The Girl from Avenue A

1940

as Mrs. Van Dyne

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

1940

as Fairy Berylune

I Want a Divorce

I Want a Divorce

1940

as Grandma Brokaw

Star Dust

Star Dust

1940

as Aunt Martha Parker

Cafe Society

Cafe Society

1939

as Mrs. De Witt

The Kid From Texas

The Kid From Texas

1939

as Aunt Minetta

Mickey the Kid

Mickey the Kid

1939

as Veronica Hudson

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

1939

as Aunt Tibbie

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

as Mrs. Weaver

Four Girls in White

Four Girls in White

1939

as Miss Tobias

Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss

1938

as Aunt Lucy

Port of Seven Seas

Port of Seven Seas

1938

as Honorine

Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache

1938

as Sheriff Janet Winfield

Double Wedding

Double Wedding

1937

as Mrs. Kensington-Bly

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937

as The Duchess of Ebley

The Good Earth

The Good Earth

1937

as Cuckoo

Walking on Air

Walking on Air

1936

as Evelyn Bennett

Bunker Bean

Bunker Bean

1936

as Grandmother

Yellow Dust

Yellow Dust

1936

as Mrs. Brian

Camille

Camille

1936

as Nanine

The Unguarded Hour

The Unguarded Hour

1936

as Lady Agatha Hathaway

San Francisco

San Francisco

1936

as Mrs. Maisie Burley

After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man

1936

as Aunt Katherine Forrest

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1936

as Applewoman

The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case

1936

as Mrs. Hammle

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1935

as Clara Peggotty

I Found Stella Parish

I Found Stella Parish

1935

as Nana

Paris in Spring

Paris in Spring

1935

as Countess de Charelle

I Live My Life

I Live My Life

1935

as Mrs. O.H.B. Gage, Kay's Grandmother

Jalna

Jalna

1935

as Gran Whiteoaks

Enchanted April

Enchanted April

1935

as Mrs. Phoebe Fisher

Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire

1935

as Midwife

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1935

as Madame Magloire

Metropolitan

Metropolitan

1935

as Charwoman

Captain Blood

Captain Blood

1935

as Mrs. Barlow

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Vanessa: Her Love Story

1935

as Lady Mullion

One Night of Love

One Night of Love

1934

as Angelina

The Affairs of Cellini

The Affairs of Cellini

1934

as Beatrice

Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities

1934

as Mrs. Helene Smith

We Live Again

We Live Again

1934

as Matrona Pavlovna

Coming Out Party

Coming Out Party

1934

as Nora

Nana

Nana

1934

as Zoe

Evelyn Prentice

Evelyn Prentice

1934

as Mrs. Blake

Child of Manhattan

Child of Manhattan

1933

as Aunt Minnie

Cocktail Hour

Cocktail Hour

1933

as Princess de Longville

Ann Carver's Profession

Ann Carver's Profession

1933

as Terry

Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great

1933

as Sarah Crosby (uncredited)

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