Gertrude McCoy
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Gertrude McCoy was an American film actress of the silent era
. She appeared in 131 films between 1911
and 1926
.
She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia
and died in Atlanta, Georgia
.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
. She appeared in 131 films between 1911
1911 in film
The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 23: D.W Griffith shows the first major close-up shot on film with the successful release of The Lonedale Operator proving his ever growing mastery of how to utilise film....
and 1926
1926 in film
-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
.
She was born in Sugar Valley, Georgia
Sugar Valley, Georgia
Sugar Valley is a very small unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States, northwest of Calhoun and east of Horn Mountain Ridge. Georgia Highway 136 runs through the center of the town.-Geography:...
and died in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
.
Selected filmography
- Tell Your ChildrenTell Your ChildrenTell Your Children is a 1922 drama film directed by Donald Crisp. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. It was the first film in which later Carry On actor Charles Hawtrey was to appear — he was aged eight at the time...
(1922) - Was She Guilty?Was She Guilty?Was She Guilty? is a British-Dutch silent crime film directed by George Beranger.-Cast:* Gertrude McCoy - Ruth Herwood* Zoe Palmer - Mary * Louis Willoughby - George Midhurst, lawyer...
(1922) - Always Tell Your WifeAlways Tell Your WifeAlways Tell Your Wife is a 1923 short comedy film directed by Hugh Croise and an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock. Only one of the two reels are known to survive. It was a remake of the 1914 film of the same name....
(1923) - The Diamond ManThe Diamond ManThe Diamond Man is a 1924 British crime film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Arthur Wontner, Mary Odette and Reginald Fox. It was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. The movie is silent and black and white. Distributed by Butcher's film service, script written by Eliot Stannard, and produced...
(1924) - Chappy: That's All (1924)
- Miriam Rozella (1924)
- Nets of DestinyNets of DestinyNets of Destiny is a 1924 British drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Stewart Rome, Mary Odette and Gertrude McCoy. It was an adaptation of the novel The Salving of a Derelict by Maurice Drake...
(1924) - NelsonNelson (1926 film)Nelson is a 1926 British historical film directed by Walter Summers and starring Cedric Hardwicke, Gertrude McCoy and Frank Perfitt. A biopic of Admiral Horatio Nelson, it is based on the biography by Robert Southey.-Partial cast:...
(1926) - A Royal DivorceA Royal Divorce (1926 film)A Royal Divorce is a 1926 British historical drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gwylim Evans, Gertrude McCoy and Lillian Hall-Davis. It was based on a play by C.C. Collingham and depicts the romantic relationship and political divorce between Napoleon and his wife Josephine...
(1926) - Verborgene Gluten (1928)
