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Rhea Mitchell

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Rhea Mitchell

Born December 10, 1890 in Portland, Oregon, USADied September 16, 195750 films

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Rhea Mitchell (December 10, 1890 – September 16, 1957) was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era. She earned the name of "the little stunt girl" because of her willingness to attempt thrilling scenes in motion pictures.

Mitchell began her career in 1909 playing in the Baker Theatre Stock Company in her hometown of Portland, Oregon. She followed with a season in the Orpheum Circuit and a run at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco. Mitchell made her film debut in 1912 with the New York Motion Picture Corporation  and would eventually appear in over 100 films during her career. She appeared a number of times with Western star William S. Hart playing a leading role in those films. In 1916 she played in The Brink with Forrest Winant and Arthur Maude.

After 1917, her roles became smaller and she appeared in a handful of films through the mid-30s and in several bit parts during the early 1950s which often went uncredited.

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Stars in My Crown posterFirst watchStars in My Crown19507.1as Mrs. Backett (uncredited)An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.View film

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50 films as actor
  1. 1951The Unknown Man(uncredited)
  2. 1951Bannerline
  3. 1951Texas CarnivalDealer (uncredited)
  4. 1950Dial 1119
  5. 1950The Next Voice You Hear...Woman in Church (uncredited)
  6. 1950Annie Get Your GunMinor Role (uncredited)
  7. 1950Stars in My CrownMrs. Backett (uncredited)
  8. 1949In the Good Old SummertimeWoman at Window (uncredited)
  9. 1947High Wall
  10. 1947The Romance of Rosy RidgeWife (uncredited)
  11. 1946The Hoodlum SaintReporter (uncredited)
  12. 1944Mrs. ParkingtonMrs. Humphrey (uncredited)
  13. 1940I Take This WomanDecker's Secretary (uncredited)
  14. 1938The Ship That DiedPassenger on Mary Celeste
  15. 1936The Texas RangersPassenger (uncredited)
  16. 1933The Big Bluff
  17. 1928The Danger PatrolGladys Lawlor
  18. 1926Modern Youth
  19. 1923The Greatest MenaceMary Lewis
  20. 1921A Ridin' RomeoMabel Brentwood
  21. 1921Good WomenNatalie Shelby
  22. 1920The ScofferAlice Porn
  23. 1920The Devil's ClaimVirginia Crosby
  24. 1919The Hawk's TrailJean Drake
  25. 1919The Sleeping LionKate Billings
  26. 1919The Money CorralJanet Collins
  27. 1918Unexpected PlacesRuth Penfield
  28. 1918The GoatBijou Lamour
  29. 1918Boston Blackie's Little PalMary
  30. 1918The Ghost of the RanchoMary Drew
  31. 1918A Lion of the Hills
  32. 1918Social AmbitionRose
  33. 1918Honor's CrossJane Cabot
  34. 1918The Blindness of DivorceFlorence Langdon
  35. 1917Whither Thou GoestMaizie
  36. 1917The Gilded YouthMary
  37. 1916Philip Holden - WasterHelen Landon
  38. 1916The Sable BlessingMary
  39. 1916Don QuixoteLucinda
  40. 1916The Three MusketeersConstance Bonacieux
  41. 1915The Phantom ExtraHazel Flemming
  42. 1915Tools of ProvidenceDaisy Austin
  43. 1915The Diamond from the Sky
  44. 1915On the Night StageBelle Shields
  45. 1915Molly of the MountainsMolly Simms
  46. 1915The DevilMilli
  47. 1915Mr. 'Silent' HaskinsPriscilla Miller
  48. 1915The Scourge of the DesertEllen Holt
  49. 1914A Tragedy of the North WoodsHilda
  50. 1914In the Sage Brush CountryEdith Wilding