Irma Harrison

{{Infobox person |name = Irma Harrison |image = Irma Harrison and Gareth Hughes 1919.jpg |caption = Harrison (left) with Gareth Hughes, 1919 |birth_date = {{birth date|1903|02|24}} |birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1975|01|22|1903|02|24}} |death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. |occupation = Film actress }}

'''Irma Harrison''' (February 24, 1903 – January 22, 1975) was an American film actress. She starred in the films ''Love's Penalty'' (1921) and ''The Yellowback'' (1929).

Virginia Flohri sang a song she acted out as Toots in the 1929 film ''Alibi''.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p28lDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22irma+harrison%22&pg=PA119 | title=Celluloid Symphonies: Texts and Contexts in Film Music History | isbn=9780520241015 | last1=Hubbert | first1=Julie | date=2 March 2011 | publisher=University of California Press }}</ref> She performed wearing burnt cork (blackface) in D. W. Griffith's 1922 film ''One Exciting Night''.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yxupgt6nNFMC&dq=%22irma+harrison%22&pg=PA133 | isbn=978-1-55849-934-8 | title=Burnt Cork: Traditions and Legacies of Blackface Minstrelsy | date=2012 | publisher=Univ of Massachusetts Press }}</ref>

== Filmography == *''The Red Viper'' (1919) as Yolanda Kosloff<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yiqtSteBU-8C&dq=%22irma+harrison%22&pg=RA1-PT225 | isbn=978-0-8131-4163-3 | title=John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars | date=12 April 2013 | publisher=University Press of Kentucky }}</ref> *''The Fighting Kentuckians'' *''Love's Penalty'' (1921) as Sally Clayton *''The Daughter of Devil Dan''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_TC7IqzSUmsC&dq=%22irma+harrison%22&pg=PA57 | isbn=978-1-4349-4640-9 | title=Where the Movies Played in Downtown Pittsburg(h) | publisher=Dorrance }}</ref> (1921) *''One Exciting Night'' (1922)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5RYAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22irma+harrison%22&pg=RA2-PA335 | title=Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide | date=1922 }}</ref> as The Colored Maid<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dOXxDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22irma+harrison%22&pg=PA139 | isbn=978-1-83902-000-1 | title=The Griffith Project, Volume 10: Films Produced 1919-1946 | date=25 July 2019 | publisher=Bloomsbury }}</ref> *''His Darker Self'' (1924) as Darktown's Cleopatra<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJYZDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22irma+harrison%22&pg=PA109 | isbn=978-0-7864-5429-7 | title=Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography | date=21 October 2009 | publisher=McFarland }}</ref> *''For Woman's Favor'' (1924) as The Lamb *''Lena Rivers'' (1925) as Anne Nichols *''Lilies of the Streets'' (1925) as Margy<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOxzDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22irma+harrison%22&pg=PA106 | isbn=978-1-4766-7568-8 | title="Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin | date=November 2018 | publisher=McFarland }}</ref> Hopkins *''Alibi'' (1929) as Toots *''The Yellowback'' (1929) as Elsie Loisel *''Dad's Day'' (1929)<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M7vwCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22irma+harrison%22&pg=PA70 | isbn=978-1-4766-0684-2 | title=The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931 | date=14 June 2015 | publisher=McFarland }}</ref> *''Vengeance'' (1930) as Nidia

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Irma}} Category:1903 births Category:1975 deaths Category:Actresses from New Orleans Category:American film actresses Category:20th-century American actresses Category:American silent film actresses