Estelle Taylor


Actor

About

Also Known As
Estelle Boylan
Birth Place
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Born
May 20, 1899
Died
April 15, 1958
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

Estelle Taylor was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Taylor began her acting career with roles in such films as "Footfalls" (1921), "A Fool There Was" (1922) and "Hollywood" (1923). She also appeared in "The Ten Commandments" (1923) and "The Alaskan" (1924). She continued to work steadily in film throughout the twenties and the thirties, appearing in "Tiger Love" (1...

Family & Companions

Kenneth M Peacock
Husband
Banker. Married c. 1913, divorced.
Jack Dempsey
Husband
Professional boxer. Married 1928, divorced 1931.
Paul Small
Husband
Producer. Divorced.

Biography

Estelle Taylor was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Taylor began her acting career with roles in such films as "Footfalls" (1921), "A Fool There Was" (1922) and "Hollywood" (1923). She also appeared in "The Ten Commandments" (1923) and "The Alaskan" (1924). She continued to work steadily in film throughout the twenties and the thirties, appearing in "Tiger Love" (1924), "Don Juan" (1926) and the comedy "Show People" (1928) with Marion Davies. She also appeared in the drama "Where East Is East" (1929) with Lon Chaney and the adaptation "Cimarron" (1930) with Richard Dix. Nearing the end of her career, she continued to act in the adaptation "Liliom" (1930) with Charles Farrell, the dramatic adaptation "Street Scene" (1931) with Sylvia Sidney and the Ronald Colman romance "The Unholy Garden" (1931). She also appeared in "Call Her Savage" (1932). Taylor more recently acted in "The Southerner" (1945) with Zachary Scott. Taylor's husband was Jack Dempsey. Taylor passed away in April 1958 at the age of 59.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Southerner (1945)
Lizzie
Bachelor Mother (1939)
The Frisco Kid (1935)
Forgotten Commandments (1932)
Miriam, sister of Moses
Western Limited (1932)
The secretary
Call Her Savage (1932)
Ruth Springer
The Unholy Garden (1931)
Elise Mowbry
Street Scene (1931)
Anna Maurrant
Cimarron (1931)
Dixie Lee
Liliom (1930)
Madame Muskat
Where East Is East (1929)
Madame de Sylva
Honor Bound (1928)
Evelyn Mortimer
The Whip Woman (1928)
Sari
Lady Raffles (1928)
Lady Raffles
The Singapore Mutiny (1928)
Daisy
Don Juan (1927)
Lucretia Borgia
New York (1927)
Angie Miller
Manhattan Madness (1925)
The girl
Wandering Footsteps (1925)
Helen Maynard
Phantom Justice (1924)
"Goldie" Harper
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924)
Mary, Queen of Scots
Tiger Love (1924)
Marcheta
Playthings of Desire (1924)
Gloria Dawn
Passion's Pathway (1924)
Dora Kenyon
The Alaskan (1924)
Mary Standish
Forgive and Forget (1923)
Mrs. Cameron
Bavu (1923)
Princess Annia
The Ten Commandments (1923)
Miriam
Desire (1923)
Madalyn Harlan
Mary of the Movies (1923)
Hollywood (1923)
The Lights of New York (1922)
Mrs. George Burton
Monte Cristo (1922)
Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf
Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922)
Rosita Mendez
A Fool There Was (1922)
Gilda Fontaine
A California Romance (1922)
Donna Dolores
Only a Shop Girl (1922)
Mame Mulvey
Footfalls (1921)
Peggy Hawthorne
While New York Sleeps (1920)
The girl
The Return of Tarzan (1920)
Countess Di Coude
While New York Sleeps (1920)
The Vamp
While New York Sleeps (1920)
A wife
The Adventurer (1920)
Maritana, gypsy dancing girl
Blind Wives (1920)
Anne/Annie/Annette
The Tower of Jewels (1919)
Adele Warren
The Golden Shower (1919)
Helen

Misc. Crew (Short)

Some of the Greatest (1955)
Archival Footage

Life Events

Photo Collections

A Fool There Was - Glass Slide
Here is a Glass Slide for the Fox film A Fool There Was (1922), starring Estelle Taylor and Lewis Stone. Glass slides were used by many theaters to promote coming attractions during slide shows between movie screenings.

Companions

Kenneth M Peacock
Husband
Banker. Married c. 1913, divorced.
Jack Dempsey
Husband
Professional boxer. Married 1928, divorced 1931.
Paul Small
Husband
Producer. Divorced.

Bibliography