Louise Emmons

Louise Emmons
Louise Emmons in Mush and Milk (1933)
Born	1852 or 1861 Germany
Died	March 6, 1935 Hollywood, California U.S.
Occupation	actress
Years active	1914–1935

Louise Emmons (born 1852 or 1861^[1] - March 6, 1935) was a German-born character actress in the United States.

German-born character actress Louise Emmons had already an advanced age when she made her first silent film in 1914. With "the kind of face that could stop a clock"^[2] she appeared in over 65 films until 1935, mostly in small, but memorable roles. She specialized in portraying old hags, perhaps most notable as the evil headmistress from the Our Gang film Mush and Milk (1933). Her last film was the horror movie Mark of the Vampire (1935), where she played an old gypsy. Louise Emmons was buried in an unmarked grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles until her grave was given a marker on March 23, 2014.^[3]

Filmography (selection)

• Judith of Bethulia (1914)
• The Grasp of Greed (1916)
• Bobbie of the Ballet (1916)
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
• White Eagle (1922 serial)
• Foolish Wives (1922)
• Robin Hood (1922)
• Blood and Sand (1922)
• Three Ages (1923)
• The Ten Commandments (1923)
• Open All Night (1924)
• The Temptress (1926)
• The Greater Glory (1926)
• Bring Home the Turkey (1927)
• The King of Kings (1927)
• The Unknown (1927)
• When a Man Loves (1927)
• The Enemy (1927)
• The Man Who Laughs (1928)
• Lonesome (1928)
• West of Zanzibar (1928)
• Waterloo Bridge (1931)
• If I Had a Million (1932)
• King Kong (1933)
• Mush and Milk (1933)
• Mark of the Vampire (1935)

References

1. Her exact birthplace and birth date is unknown, and her sources about her birth year are controversial: Find A Grave states that she was born in 1852, while IMDb says 1861
2. Louise Emmons at LordHeath
3. IMDb Trivia of Louise Emmons

External links

• Louise Emmons at the Internet Movie Database
• Louise Emmons at Find a Grave