Estelle Taylor

Estelle Taylor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Estelle Taylor (May 20, 1894—April 15, 1958) was an American Hollywood actress whose career was most prominent during the silent film era of the 1920s. Born Ida Estelle Taylor in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Harry D Taylor and Ida LaBertha (Barrett) Taylor, Estelle married three times during her lifetime. Her first husband was banker Kenneth Malcom Peacock, her second was William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (Jack Dempsey the world heavyweight boxing champion), and theatrical producer Paul Smith. After relocating to Hollywood, she began taking bit parts in films. One of Taylor's earliest successes was in 1920 in Fox's While New York Sleeps with Marc McDermott. She and McDermott play three sets of characters in different time periods. This film was lost for decades but has been recently discovered and screened at a film festival in Los Angeles. Taylor is possibly best recalled for her roles in the 1922 drama Monte Cristo opposite John Gilbert, the enormously successful 1923 Cecil B. DeMille directed The Ten Commandments as Miriam, the sister of Moses; as Lucrezia Borgia in the 1926 Warner Bros.' first feature-length film with synchronized Vitaphone sound effects and musical soundtrack Don Juan opposite John Barrymore, Mary Astor and Warner Oland, 1927's New York, opposite Ricardo Cortez and Lois Wilson, 1931's Street Scene with Sylvia Sidney and both the Academy Award winning Cimarron and the Clara Bow talkie, Call Her Savage in 1932. Taylor married heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Dempsey, in 1925. She was supposed to have co-starred in a movie with actor Rudolph Valentino which would have brought her more widespread fame but he died just before production was to begin. In 1928 she and husband Dempsey starred in a Broadway play titled The Big Fight, loosely based around Dempsey's boxing popularity, which ran for 31 performances at the Majestic Theatre. When she divorced Jack in July, 1933 she walked away with $40,000 in cash as well as 3 of their cars and their $150,000 estate. When a fan came up to her for an autographed picture of her, which had Jack's name on top she allegedly wrote: "This is the last time that son-of-a-bitch will be on top of me." Her marriage to Dempsey produced no children. Taylor was a close friend of Mexican-born actress Lupe Vélez, and on the evening of December 13, 1944 she spent several hours at a restaurant having dinner and drinks with the actress before Vélez returned home and committed suicide. The ensuing press coverage briefly propelled Taylor once again into the headlines. Taylor's last film appearance was in the 1945 Jean Renoir directed drama The Southerner. In her later years, Taylor devoted her free time to her pets and was the president and founder of the California Pet Owners' Protective League. In 1953, Taylor served on the City Animal Regulation Commission in Los Angeles, California. Taylor died in 1958.She had been suffering for some time with cancer and had been bedridden the last six months. She was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Estelle Taylor was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1620 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. In a 1983 American made-for-television movie biopic of boxer Jack Dempsey, Estelle Taylor was portrayed by British actress Victoria Tennant. Description above from the Wikipedia article Estelle Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Wilmington, Delaware, USA
    Birthday
    5/20/1894
Show People
Show People
7.1
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
6.6
Cimarron
Cimarron
5.5
The Southerner
The Southerner
6.6
Bavu
Bavu
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Only a Shop Girl
Only a Shop Girl
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Mary of the Movies
Mary of the Movies
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Lady Raffles
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The Unholy Garden
The Unholy Garden
6
Don Juan
Don Juan
6.6
Hollywood
Hollywood
7
Street Scene
Street Scene
6.8
Frisco Kid
Frisco Kid
6.8
Liliom
Liliom
6.6
Where East Is East
Where East Is East
5.7
Footfalls
Footfalls
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Pusher-in-the-Face
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Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo
6.4
The Alaskan
The Alaskan
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Call Her Savage
Call Her Savage
5.6
Western Limited
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While New York Sleeps
While New York Sleeps
0
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
4.3
The Revenge of Tarzan
The Revenge of Tarzan
5.5
Bachelor Mother
Bachelor Mother
7.1
New York
New York
0
Tiger Love
Tiger Love
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Thorns and Orange Blossoms
Thorns and Orange Blossoms
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Wandering Footsteps
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Blind Wives
Blind Wives
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Honor Bound
Honor Bound
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The Golden Shower
The Golden Shower
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A Broadway Saint
A Broadway Saint
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A Fool There Was
A Fool There Was
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The Whip Woman
The Whip Woman
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