Stella Adams
Actress of the silent and early sound film eras (1883-1962) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 79
Stella Adams was an American actress. Born in Sherman, Texas, she moved to Oakland, California in her childhood and was educated in schools in that city. She made her stage debut at the Tivoli Theatre in San Francisco in 1899 and had an active career with American stock theatre companies until 1912.
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Hot ScotchFilm1936
Theodora Goes WildFilm, Townswoman (uncredited)1934
The Tonto KidFilm, Edna May's Landlady1933
The Vampire BatFilm, Georgiana1932
Sister to JudasFilm, Mrs. Fane1930His Honor the MayorFilm, (uncredited)1928
Me, GangsterFilm, Lizzie Williams1926
The Silent TrailerFilm, Mrs. Coleman1917
Hubby's Night OutFilm, Cook1916Good Night, NurseFilm, Stella1915All AboardFilm, The Old Maid1913
The Girl RanchersFilm, Mrs. Houston1912
The Lady Barber of Roaring GulchFilm, Mrs. Allen - Marcia's Mother1909In the Sultan's PowerFilm1883Born24 April 1883People around Stella
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Neal Burns Also in Good Night, Nurse and That Doggone Baby
Harry L. Rattenberry Also in All Aboard and Good Night, Nurse
Louise Glaum Also in The Lady Barber of Roaring Gulch (1912)
Eddie Lyons Also in The Lady Barber of Roaring Gulch (1912)
Donald MacDonald Also in The Lady Barber of Roaring Gulch (1912)
Virginia True Boardman Also in Sister to Judas (1932)
Al Christie Directed The Girl Ranchers and Hubby's Night Out
Russell Bassett Also in The Lady Barber of Roaring Gulch (1912)
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About this person
During that period she appeared in the chorus of two Broadway musicals in New York, and also portrayed the role of Javotte in the original Broadway production of Alfred Baldwin Sloane and Sydney Rosenfeld's comic opera The Mocking Bird in 1902-1903. While working in stock theatre in Los Angeles she was cast in her first leading role in a film, starring in In the Sultan's Power (1909). She continued to work as a stage actress in her home state of California until joining the Nestor Film Company in 1912. She made more than a 100 short silent films over the five year period, and also some feature length pictures. After her marriage in 1917 she stopped performing for the next nine year, but resumed performing in pictures from 1926 until her retirement in 1936. In her later career she appeared in sound films.
