Cissy Fitzgerald
Date of birth: 1873-02-01
Place of birth: England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Cissy Fitz-Gerald, Marie Kathleen Kipping, Cissie Fitzgerald, Mary Kate Kipping, The Girl with the Wink
Biography
Cissy Fitzgerald (born Mary Kate Kipping; 1 February 1873 – 10 May 1941) was an English-American vaudeville actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in numerous silent and sound films. Fitzgerald acted in a popular Gaiety Girl show beginning in 1894 and was filmed in the role in 1896 in a self-titled short film shot by Thomas Edison's film company. She did not appear in films again until 1914 where she signed with the Vitagraph company and was quite popular in feature films and her own series of Cissy short films. Very little of Fitzgerald's silent material survives except her comic backup role in the 1928 Lon Chaney vehicle Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Movie Credits
Flames
1926-09-15
Railroad builder James Travers (George Nichols) wants his pretty daughter, Anne (Virginia Valli), to
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928-04-14
A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs lea
Seven Footprints to Satan
1929-01-27
A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help abou
The Arizona Wildcat
1927-11-20
Tom Mix plays a California breeder of polo ponies in love with a society gal. The cowboy saves the d
Two Flaming Youths
1927-12-17
Sheriff Ben Holden is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey when down-and-out carnival man Gabby G
I'll Show You the Town
1925-06-07
British comedian Reginald Denny plays a professor who is escorting three different women and needs t
Look Out Below
1916-03-29
Musty and his friend, Willie Work, after a comfortable night's rest in a convenient henhouse, set ou
Flowing Gold
1924-03-01
Calvin Gray, a former soldier, is hired to manage the wealth of the Briskow family in a Texas oil to
The Beauty Shoppers
1927-12-12
Peggy Raymond, a country girl, comes to New York with plans for a career in art and is taken by mist
Babbitt
1924-06-15
A small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.
Redheads Preferred
1926-12-01
In order to land an important client, Morgan is obliged to escort a beautiful redhead to a costume b
Flirtation
1934-11-09
A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose
A Madcap Adventure
1915-02-19
Willfull, headstrong and inclined to be sporty, but withal, a very lovable girl, Thomasin Webb (call
Maids a la Mode
1933-03-04
Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.
Long Pants
1926-01-31
Glenn's first attempt at wearing long trousers and being a man about town goes swimmingly as he quic
The Crown of Lies
1926-03-27
Olga Kriga, a New York boarding house maid, is loved by John Knight, an automobile salesman, asks he
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930-10-10
Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position
His Lucky Day
1929-06-02
When a young man acts foolish, he's either insane, in debt or in love, and there's not much differen
The Painted Angel
1929-12-01
The story of Mamie Hudler, aka Rodeo West, from her days as a New Orleans singer to a California Wes
Women Love Diamonds
1927-02-12
A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately.
Cornered
1924-08-01
A pair of professional thieves discover that their accomplice, Mary Brennan, is a dead-ringer for we
Lilies of the Field
1924-02-29
A young mother, Mildred, doesn't know that her husband Walter is cheating on her. One night she atte
The Love Thief
1926-06-13
To avert war between their countries an official marriage is arranged between Crown Prince Boris of
Women's Wares
1927-10-01
Salesgirl Dolly Morton becomes disillusioned about men after an incident with her boyfriend, so she
Vanity's Price
1924-09-07
Successful actress Vanna Du Maurier ignores her friends' advice and overworks herself toward her goa
Keep Moving
1915-11-01
Musty gets a job in a grocery store. Through a series of very bad encounters with various customers
Fire and Steel
1927-09-12
Terry O'Farrell pulls off several rescues in the course of the plot, whose locale is a steel mill, a
The Dust of Egypt
1915-10-04
Geoffrey's relationship with his fiancée is threatened by Ameuset, a princess of Egypt awakened afte
Heavy Villains
1915-08-14
Retired businessman F.G. Lawrence favors Philip Preston for a son-in-law; Mrs. Lawrence prefers Regg
The Esterbrook Case
1915-05-25
Paul Sturgess is engaged to Grace Van Austin. At a party at their Newport home, Grace flirts with Ho
Matinee Ladies
1927-04-09
Law student Bob Ward, short on money, takes a job as a "dancing companion" at a roadhouse, where mos
Her Big Night
1926-10-12
Tom Barrett, a motion picture press agent, noting Frances Norcross' resemblance to film star Daphne