Esther Ralston

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.

Known For

Marie

The Prisoner

Moira Devens

The Blind Goddess

Dagmar

The Trouble With Wives

Rose Hillyer

The Heart Buster

(uncredited)

The Butterfly Man

Helen Stratton

Crossing Trails

Jack O'Clubs

Dolly

Sadie McKee

Alice O'Neil

The Best People

Charmian Dvorjak

Mister Dynamite

Kitty O'Day

Ten Modern Commandments

Miss Hofer

The Marriage Circle

Pure and Simple

Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited)

Letter of Introduction

Mrs. Darling

Peter Pan

Madeline Smith

Lonely Wives

The Lone Hand

Mary Lou Kileen

Blinky

Asta Marvelle

Rome Express

Baroness von Ballin

By Candlelight

Dorothy Manning

The Marines Are Coming

Ellen Colby

To the Last Man

Viola Avery

Shadows of the Orient

Molly Martin

Womanhandled

Miss Winkler

Ladies Crave Excitement

Elaine Vincent

Streamline Express

Louise Rillette

We're in the Legion Now

Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

Valerie Shields

Jungle Menace

Vivian McNain

The Mysterious Pilot

Ruth De Milo

Slander House

Carolyn Jordan

$50,000 Reward

Beatrice

Remembrance

Cynthia Mason

Beggar on Horseback

Olga

Strange Wives

Janet Fair

Reunion

Rose Maylie

Oliver Twist

Frances March

San Francisco Docks

Girl

Old Ironsides

Fairy Godmother

A Kiss for Cinderella

Toppie Westmacott

The Little French Girl

Antonia Farraday

The Prodigal

Jenny

Together We Live

Elissa Strange

After the Ball

Herself

The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors

Mary Jane Wilks

Huckleberry Finn

Flora Moore

Hollywood Boulevard

Mary Trevor

The Girl from Mandalay

Valarie Shields

Jungle Terror

Chewing gum baron's daughter

The Victor

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

The Kid

Ruby Anatole

Forced Landing

Nora Bayes

Tin Pan Alley

Hallie

The Sawdust Paradise

Louise Patterson

The Mighty

Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton)

The Spy Ring

Jean Waddington

Children of Divorce

Mary Gray

The American Venus

Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova

The Spotlight

Doris McDee

The Lucky Devil

Leila Lambert

Black Beauty

Miss Danforth

As Good as Married

Madge Chester

Wolves of the North

Vroni

Betrayal

Gwen de la Rue

Romance in the Rain

The Case of Lena Smith

Janet Wells

Figures Don't Lie

Patience Winslow

Half a Bride

Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry

Fashions for Women

The Rivals

Ruth Dangan

The Wheel of Life

Louise Mason

The Quarterback

Nancy Blair

Love and Learn

The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy

Holly Malloy

All's Swell on the Ocean

Diana Mallory

Something Always Happens

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Female

Birthday

1902-09-17

Place of Birth

Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

Also Known As