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

The Arizona Wildcat

Two Flaming Youths

I'll Show You the Town

Look Out Below

Flowing Gold

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