Alice Terry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alice Terry

actress

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1899

Place of Birth: Vincennes, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 22-Dec-1987

Profession: actor, film director, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Alice Terry

  • Alice Frances Taeffe (July 24, 1900 – December 22, 1987), known professionally as Alice Terry, was an American film actress and director.
  • She began her career during the silent film era, appearing in thirty-nine films between 1916 and 1933.
  • While Terry's trademark look was her blonde hair, she was actually a brunette, and put on her first blonde wig in Hearts Are Trumps (1920) to look different from Francelia Billington, the other actress in the film.
  • Terry played several different characters in the 1916 anti-war film Civilization, co-directed by Thomas H.
  • Ince and Reginald Barker.
  • Alice wore the blonde wig again in her most acclaimed role as "Marguerite" in film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), and kept the wig for any future roles.
  • In 1925 her husband Rex Ingram co-directed Ben-Hur, filming parts of it in Italy.
  • The two decided to move to the French Riviera, where they set up a small studio in Nice and made several films on location in North Africa, Spain, and Italy for MGM and others.
  • In 1933, Terry made her last film appearance in Baroud, which she also co-directed with husband.

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