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Her Greatest Performance
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Her Greatest Performance

Aug 1, 1916
1h 32m
★ 0.0

Overview

Retired actress poses as dresser to scare murderer into confessing and clearing her son.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Ideal Films
BFI

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Cast

Ellen Terry

Julia Lovelace

Ellen Terry

Dennis Neilson-Terry

Gerald Lovelace

Dennis Neilson-Terry

Joan Morgan

Barbara Lovelace

Joan Morgan

James Lindsay

Jim Douglas

James Lindsay

Gladys Mason

Mary Scott

Gladys Mason

Edith Craig

The Dresser

Edith Craig

J. Nelson Ramsay

J. Nelson Ramsay

Barbara Hannay

Barbara Hannay

E. Vivian Reynolds

E. Vivian Reynolds

Fred Rains

Fred Rains

Harry Lofting

Harry Lofting

Marjorie Hume

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Marjorie Hume