Alice Frances Taaffe (July 29, 1900 â€" December 22, 1987), known
professionally as Alice Terry, was an American film actress and
director. She began her career during the silent film era, appearing
in thirty-nine films between 1916 and 1933. While Terry's trademark
look was her blonde hair, she was actually a brunette, and put on her
first blonde wig in Hearts Are Trumps (1920) to look different from
Francelia Billington, the other actress in the film. Terry played
several different characters in the 1916 anti-war film Civilization,
co-directed by Thomas H. Ince and Reginald Barker. Alice wore the
blonde wig again in her most acclaimed role as "Marguerite" in film
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), and kept the wig for any
future roles. In 1925 her husband Rex Ingram co-directed Ben-Hur,
filming parts of it in Italy. The two decided to move to the French
Riviera, where they set up a small studio in Nice and made several
films on location in North Africa, Spain, and Italy for MGM and
others. In 1933, Terry made her last film appearance in Baroud, which
she also co-directed with husband.Alice Frances Taaffe was born in
Vincennes, Indiana, on July 29, 1900, the daughter of Matthew Taaffe
(1868â€"1907) and Ella Isadore Thorn (1864â€"1935). She had a sister,
Edna (born 1892) and a brother, Robert (born 1893).She made her film
debut in 1916 in Not My Sister, opposite Bessie Barriscale and William
Desmond Taylor.
professionally as Alice Terry, was an American film actress and
director. She began her career during the silent film era, appearing
in thirty-nine films between 1916 and 1933. While Terry's trademark
look was her blonde hair, she was actually a brunette, and put on her
first blonde wig in Hearts Are Trumps (1920) to look different from
Francelia Billington, the other actress in the film. Terry played
several different characters in the 1916 anti-war film Civilization,
co-directed by Thomas H. Ince and Reginald Barker. Alice wore the
blonde wig again in her most acclaimed role as "Marguerite" in film
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), and kept the wig for any
future roles. In 1925 her husband Rex Ingram co-directed Ben-Hur,
filming parts of it in Italy. The two decided to move to the French
Riviera, where they set up a small studio in Nice and made several
films on location in North Africa, Spain, and Italy for MGM and
others. In 1933, Terry made her last film appearance in Baroud, which
she also co-directed with husband.Alice Frances Taaffe was born in
Vincennes, Indiana, on July 29, 1900, the daughter of Matthew Taaffe
(1868â€"1907) and Ella Isadore Thorn (1864â€"1935). She had a sister,
Edna (born 1892) and a brother, Robert (born 1893).She made her film
debut in 1916 in Not My Sister, opposite Bessie Barriscale and William
Desmond Taylor.
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