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.
The Prisoner
(Marie)
The Blind Goddess
(Moira Devens)
The Trouble With Wives
(Dagmar)
The Heart Buster
(Rose Hillyer)
The Butterfly Man
((uncredited))
Crossing Trails
(Helen Stratton)
Jack O'Clubs
Sadie McKee
(Dolly)
The Best People
(Alice O'Neil)
Mister Dynamite
(Charmian Dvorjak)
Ten Modern Commandments
(Kitty O'Day)
The Marriage Circle
(Miss Hofer)
Pure and Simple
Letter of Introduction
(Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited))
Peter Pan
(Mrs. Darling)
Lonely Wives
(Madeline Smith)
The Lone Hand
Blinky
(Mary Lou Kileen)
Rome Express
(Asta Marvelle)
By Candlelight
(Baroness von Ballin)
The Marines Are Coming
(Dorothy Manning)
To the Last Man
(Ellen Colby)
Shadows of the Orient
(Viola Avery)
Womanhandled
(Molly Martin)
Ladies Crave Excitement
(Miss Winkler)
Streamline Express
(Elaine Vincent)
We're in the Legion Now
(Louise Rillette)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
(Self (archive footage))
Jungle Menace
(Valerie Shields)
The Mysterious Pilot
(Vivian McNain)
Slander House
(Ruth De Milo)
$50,000 Reward
(Carolyn Jordan)
Remembrance
(Beatrice)
Beggar on Horseback
(Cynthia Mason)
Strange Wives
(Olga)
Reunion
(Janet Fair)
Oliver Twist
(Rose Maylie)
San Francisco Docks
(Frances March)
Old Ironsides
(Esther)
A Kiss for Cinderella
(Fairy Godmother)
The Little French Girl
(Toppie Westmacott)
The Prodigal
(Antonia Farraday)
Together We Live
(Jenny)
After the Ball
(Elissa Strange)
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
(Herself)
Huckleberry Finn
(Mary Jane Wilks)
Hollywood Boulevard
(Flora Moore)
The Girl from Mandalay
(Mary Trevor)
Jungle Terror
(Valarie Shields)
The Victor
(Chewing gum baron's daughter)
The Kid
(Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited))
Forced Landing
(Ruby Anatole)
Tin Pan Alley
(Nora Bayes)
The Sawdust Paradise
(Hallie)
The Mighty
(Louise Patterson)
The Spy Ring
(Jean Bruce (as Jane Carleton))
Children of Divorce
(Jean Waddington)
The American Venus
(Mary Gray)
The Spotlight
(Lizzie Stokes / Olga Rostova)
The Lucky Devil
(Doris McDee)
Black Beauty
(Leila Lambert)
As Good as Married
(Miss Danforth)
Wolves of the North
(Madge Chester)
Betrayal
(Vroni)
Romance in the Rain
(Gwen de la Rue)
The Case of Lena Smith
The Love Goddesses
((archive footage))
Figures Don't Lie
(Janet Wells)
Half a Bride
(Patience Winslow)
Fashions for Women
(Céleste de Givray and Lola Dauvry)
The Rivals
The Wheel of Life
(Ruth Dangan)
The Quarterback
(Louise Mason)
Love and Learn
(Nancy Blair)
The Further Adventures of Yorke Norroy
Our Five Daughters
Tales of Tomorrow