Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 16, 1902
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Mary Loretta Philbin
- Mary L. Philbin
Mary Philbin
Biography
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Mary Loretta Philbin (July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993) was an American film actress of the silent film era, who is best known for playing the roles of Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite Lon Chaney, and as Dea in The Man Who Laughs. Both roles cast her as the beauty in Beauty and the Beast type stories.
Known For - Movies
The Man Who Laughs
as Dea
The Phantom of the Opera
as Christine Daaé
Hollywood Story
as Christine Daaé (archive footage) (uncredited)
Foolish Wives
as Crippled Girl (uncredited)
Merry-Go-Round
as Agnes Urban
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Christine Daae (archive footage)
Red Courage
as Eliza Fay
Penrod and Sam
as Margaret Schofield
The Thrill Chaser
as Herself - Cameo