Clarissa Selwynne

{{Short description|British actress (1886–1948)}} {{Use British English|date=November 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Clarissa Selwynne | image = Clarissa Selwynne in Beau Brummel 1924 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Selwynne in ''Beau Brummel'' (1924) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|02|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = London, England, UK | death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|06|13|1886|02|26|df=yes}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | other_names = Clarissa Schultz | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1913–1937 }} '''Clarissa Selwynne''' (26 February 1886 – 13 June 1948) was a British stage and film actress.<ref>Kear & King p. 143</ref> She settled in the United States, working in Hollywood where she appeared in around 100 films.

==Partial filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Hearts in Exile'' (1915) *''The Master Hand'' (1915) *''The Masked Rider'' (1916) *''The Curse of Eve'' (1917) *''The Double Standard'' (1917) *''Princess Virtue'' (1917) *''The Wax Model'' (1917) *''Smashing Through'' (1918) *''The White Man's Law'' (1918) *''The Talk of the Town'' (1918) *''The Black Gate'' (1919) *''Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie'' (1919) *''Girls'' (1919) *''The Parisian Tigress'' (1919) *''The Scarlet Shadow'' (1919) *''Out of the Storm'' (1920) *''The Cup of Fury'' (1920) *''Society Secrets'' (1921) *''Queenie'' (1921) *''Straight from Paris'' (1921) *''The Lure of Jade'' (1921) *''Up and at 'Em'' (1922) *''You Can't Get Away with It'' (1923) *''The Brass Bottle'' (1923) *''Black Oxen'' (1923) *''Why Women Remarry'' (1923) *''One Glorious Night'' (1924) *''Secrets'' (1924) *''Beau Brummel'' (1924) *''Mademoiselle Midnight'' (1924) *''The Dangerous Flirt'' (1924) *''The Last Man on Earth'' (1924) *''We Moderns'' (1925) *''Broadway Lady'' (1925) *''Infatuation'' (1925) *''The Fate of a Flirt'' (1925) *''High Steppers'' (1926) *''Quarantined Rivals'' (1927) *''Naughty but Nice'' (1927) *''The Devil Dancer'' (1927) *''Jazz Mad'' (1928) *''The Heart of a Follies Girl'' (1928) *''Sinner's Parade'' (1928) *''My Man'' (1928) *''Confessions of a Wife'' (1928) *''Hard to Get'' (1929) *''The Isle of Lost Ships'' (1929) *''The Love Trap'' (1929) *''Lilies of the Field'' (1930) *''Slightly Married'' (1932) *''My Pal, the King'' (1932) *''Cynara'' (1932) *''Jane Eyre'' (1934) *''Melody of My Heart'' (1936) *''Everything Is Rhythm'' (1936) *''One Good Turn'' (1936) *''Sporting Love'' (1936) *''Everything in Life'' (1936) *''Call It a Day'' (1937) *''Women of Glamour'' (1937) {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Lynn Kear and James King. ''Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook''. McFarland, 2009.

==External links== {{Commons category|Clarissa Selwynne}} *{{IMDb name|0783647}} *[http://www.kinotv.com/page/bio.php?namecode=93950&q=0&l=en Clarissa Selwynne](Kinotv)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Selwynne, Clarissa}} Category:1886 births Category:1948 deaths Category:British film actresses Category:British stage actresses Category:British emigrants to the United States Category:Actresses from London