The Most Impressive Silent Film Actors
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Different arts ask for different skills. Actors who played in silent films had to impress public audience through mimics, gestures, and posture. Here are the most impressive ones.
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Charlie Chaplin
His influence is so big that he has managed to impose himself as an icon of the silent film cinema.
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Buster Keaton
As a comedian, his genius was close to Chaplin’s. Wearing his pork pie hat, he filmed more than 100 films, silent or not.
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Stan Laurel
Laurel and Hardy made more than 20 silent films together before pursuing talking roles.
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Paul Wegener
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Douglas Fairbanks
He was known between the two World Wars as one of the most important actors of all times.
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Manuela Granada
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Sessue Hayakawa
Out of the few Japanese silent film actors who found success in Europe and USA, Sessue Hayakawa is by far the most important.
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Max Linder
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Lothar Mehnert
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Roland Young
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Arnold Korff
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Leonce Perret
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Maria Corda
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Benita Hume
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Blanche Montel
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Charles Boyer
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Rudolf Valentino
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Luis Trenker
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Rina Maggi
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Anna Held
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Tsuru Aoki
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Vittorio de Sica
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Anna Magnani
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