Esther Ralston (September 17th, 1902- January 14th, 1994) was an American silent film star.
She began her career as a child actress in a family vaudeville act named "The Ralston Family with Baby Esther, America's Youngest Juliet". She then went on to appear in a few small silent film roles, including one alongside her brother in the 1920 film adaptation of Huckleberry Finn. Ralston gained attention as Mrs. Darling in the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan.
Her most well known sound picture was To the Last Man in 1933.
Known For
The Kid
(1921)
Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Peter Pan
(1924)
Mrs. Darling
Full Filmography
Acting
The Butterfly Man
(1920)
(uncredited)
Huckleberry Finn
(1920)
Mary Jane Wilks
Crossing Trails
(1921)
Helen Stratton
The Kid
(1921)
Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Remembrance
(1922)
Beatrice
Oliver Twist
(1922)
Rose Maylie
Pure and Simple
(1922)
The Lone Hand
(1922)
The Rivals
(1923)
Blinky
(1923)
Mary Lou Kileen
The Prisoner
(1923)
Marie
The Victor
(1923)
Chewing gum baron's daughter
The Heart Buster
(1924)
Rose Hillyer
Jack O'Clubs
(1924)
Peter Pan
(1924)
Mrs. Darling
The Marriage Circle
(1924)
Miss Hofer
Wolves of the North
(1924)
Madge Chester
$50,000 Reward
(1924)
Carolyn Jordan
Womanhandled
(1925)
Molly Martin
The Trouble With Wives
(1925)
Dagmar
The Lucky Devil
(1925)
Doris McDee
The Little French Girl
(1925)
Toppie Westmacott
Beggar on Horseback
(1925)
Cynthia Mason
A Kiss for Cinderella
(1925)
Fairy Godmother
The Best People
(1925)
Alice O'Neil
Old Ironsides
(1926)
Esther
The Quarterback
(1926)
Louise Mason
The American Venus
(1926)
Mary Gray
The Blind Goddess
(1926)
Moira Devens
Figures Don't Lie
(1927)
Janet Wells
Ten Modern Commandments
(1927)
Kitty O'Day
The Spotlight
(1927)
Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova
Children of Divorce
(1927)
Jean Waddington
Fashions for Women
(1927)
Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry
Love and Learn
(1928)
Nancy Blair
Half a Bride
(1928)
Patience Winslow
The Sawdust Paradise
(1928)
Hallie
The Case of Lena Smith
(1929)
The Mighty
(1929)
Louise Patterson
The Wheel of Life
(1929)
Ruth Dangan
Betrayal
(1929)
Vroni
The Prodigal
(1931)
Antonia Farraday
Lonely Wives
(1931)
Madeline Smith
After the Ball
(1932)
Elissa Strange
Rome Express
(1932)
Asta Marvelle
By Candlelight
(1933)
Baroness von Ballin
To the Last Man
(1933)
Ellen Colby
Black Beauty
(1933)
Leila Lambert
Romance in the Rain
(1934)
Gwen de la Rue
Strange Wives
(1934)
Olga
The Marines Are Coming
(1934)
Dorothy Manning
Sadie McKee
(1934)
Dolly Merrick
Forced Landing
(1935)
Ruby Anatole
Together We Live
(1935)
Jenny
Streamline Express
(1935)
Elaine Vincent
Ladies Crave Excitement
(1935)
Miss Winkler
Mister Dynamite
(1935)
Charmian Dvorjak
The Girl from Mandalay
(1936)
Mary Trevor
Hollywood Boulevard
(1936)
Flora Moore
Reunion
(1936)
Janet Fair
We're in the Legion Now
(1936)
Louise Rillette
The Mysterious Pilot
(1937)
Vivian McNain
Shadows of the Orient
(1937)
Viola Avery
Jungle Menace
(1937)
Valerie Shields
As Good as Married
(1937)
Miss Danforth
The Spy Ring
(1938)
Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton)
Slander House
(1938)
Ruth De Milo
Letter of Introduction
(1938)
Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley
(1940)
Nora Bayes
San Francisco Docks
(1940)
Frances March
Jungle Terror
(1946)
Valarie Shields
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
(1993)
Herself
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
(1999)
Self (archive footage)