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Cissy Fitzgerald

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

Known For

Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
The Arizona Wildcat
The Arizona Wildcat
Two Flaming Youths
Two Flaming Youths
I'll Show You the Town
I'll Show You the Town
Look Out Below
Look Out Below
Flowing Gold
Flowing Gold
Babbitt
Babbitt

Filmography

1934 Flirtation
as Mrs. Nerps
1933 Maids a la Mode
as Mrs. Von Eckterhorse
1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Bit role
1929 The Painted Angel
as Ma Hudler
1929 His Lucky Day
as Mrs. Dan Dyne
1929 Seven Footprints to Satan
as Old Lady at Party
1928 Laugh, Clown, Laugh
as Giancinta
1927 Two Flaming Youths
as Madge Malarkey
1927 The Beauty Shoppers
as Mrs. Schuyler
1927 The Arizona Wildcat
as Mother Schyler
1927 Women's Wares
as Mrs. Frank Stanton
1927 Fire and Steel
as Mary O'Farrell
1927 Matinee Ladies
as Madame Leonine
1927 Women Love Diamonds
as Mrs. Ray
1926 Redheads Preferred
as Mrs. Henry Carter
1926 Her Big Night
as Mrs. Harmon
1926 Flames
as Mrs. Edgerton
1926 The Love Thief
as Countess Leopold Marjenka
1926 The Crown of Lies
as Leading Lady
1926 Long Pants
as The Widow