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.
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
76
Gender
Female
Birthday
1902-09-17
Place of Birth
Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
Also Known As