Sylvia Ashton

Sylvia Ashton

Sylvia Ashton (born January 26, 1880 in Denver , Colorado , † November 17, 1940 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress of the silent film era .

For many years she was a member of Cecil B. DeMille's troupe. Between 1912 and 1929 she starred in 134 films. She ended her career with the start of talkies. Fairground of Love is a partial sound film in which she played.

Sylvia Ashton, right with Betty Compson and below with Walter Hiers and Leatrice Joy . Motion Picture Magazine , August 1922

Filmography (selection)

• 1916: The Nick of Time Baby
• 1916: Matching Dreams
• 1916: Viviana
• 1916: A Sanitarium Scramble
• 1916: Haystacks and Steeples
• 1917: Whose Baby?
• 1918: Old Wives for New
• 1918: We Can't Have Everything
• 1918: A Pair of Silk Stockings
• 1918: The Goat
• 1918: Fuss and Feathers
• 1919: Don't Change Your Husband
• 1919: Peggy Does Her Darndest
• 1919: For Better, for Worse
• 1919: Men, Women, and Money
• 1920: Jack Straw
• 1920: Mrs. Temple's Telegram
• 1920: Sweet Lavender
• 1920: Jenny Be Good
• 1920: Why Change Your Wife?
• 1920: Thou Art the Man
• 1920: The Soul of Youth
• 1920: Conrad in Quest of His Youth
• 1921: Sham
• 1921: The Snob
• 1922: Saturday Night
• 1922: For the Defense
• 1922: Our Leading Citizen
• 1922: While Satan Sleeps
• 1922: Women on the wrong track (Manslaughter)
• 1922: Youth to Youth
• 1923: The White Flower
• 1923: Desire
• 1924: Greed
• 1927: Cheating Cheaters
• 1928: Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
• 1928: Love Fairground (The Barker)
• 1928: The Head Man
• 1928: The Crash
• 1928: Bachelor's Paradise
• 1928: Queen Kelly
• 1928: The Leopard Lady

Web links

Commons : Sylvia Ashton  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sylvia Ashton in the Internet Movie Database (English)