JOBYNA RALSON , AMERICAN SILENT MOVIE ACTRESS BORN 1899 NOVEMBER 21
JOBYNA RALSON , AMERICAN SILENT MOVIE ACTRESS BORN 1899 NOVEMBER 21 Jobyna Ralston (November 21, 1899[1] – January 22, 1967) was an American stage and film actress. Early life and career[edit source] Born Jobyna Lancaster Raulston in South Pittsburg, Tennessee,[2] in 1899 to parents who named her after famed entertainer of the time, Jobyna Howland. Ralston's mother, a portrait photographer, carefully groomed her daughter for a show business career. At the age of nine she gave her first stage performance as Cinderella during the grand opening of the Wilson theatre/Opera House in 1909. Around 1915, Ralston attended acting school in New York. She later danced chorus and sang in Broadway productions, her first being Two Little Girls in Blue.[3] This production marked her Broadway debut, when she was 21. Comedian Max Linder saw her on stage and persuaded her to go to Hollywood, where she appeared in a number of his films. She also co-starred in Humor Risk (1921)...