CARMEL MYERS signature SILENT movie ACTRESS

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CARMEL MYERS
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SIGNED correspance card 3 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches.
AUTHENTICALLY signed, Very GOOD condition. An uncommon and scarce autograph.
CARMEL MYERS  (April 9, 1899 – November 9, 1980) was an American actress who achieved her greatest successes in silent film.
Her most popular film from this period—which does not feature her in a vamp role—is probably the romantic comedy All Night, opposite Rudolph Valentino, who was then a little-known actor. She also worked with him in A Society Sensation. By 1924, she was working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, making such films as Broadway After Dark, which also starred Adolphe Menjou, Norma Shearer, and Anna Q. Nilsson.
Myers, c. 1922
In 1925, she appeared in arguably her most famous role, that of the Egyptian vamp Iras in Ben-Hur, who tries to seduce both Messala (Francis X. Bushman) and Ben-Hur himself (Ramón Novarro). This film was a boost to her career, and she appeared in major roles throughout the 1920s, including Tell It to the Marines in 1926 with Lon Chaney, Sr., William Haines, and Eleanor Boardman. Myers appeared in Four Walls and Dream of Love, both with Joan Crawford in 1928; and in The Show of Shows (1929), a showcase of popular contemporary film actors.
Myers had a fairly successful sound career, mostly in supporting roles, perhaps due to her image as a vamp rather than as a sympathetic heroine. Subsequently, she began giving more attention to her private life following the birth of her son in May 1932. Amongst her popular sound films are Svengali (1931) and The Mad Genius (1931), both with John Barrymore and Marian Marsh, and a small role in 1944's The Conspirators, which featured Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet.
Myers died of a heart attack on November 9, 1980, in Los Angeles Medical Center at the age of 80.
Partial filmography
Georgia Pearce (1915)
Intolerance (1916) as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916) as Waitress (uncredited)
The Bad Boy (1917) as Bit Role (uncredited)
Stage Struck (1917) as Bit Role (uncredited)
A Love Sublime (1917) as Toinette
A Daughter of the Poor (1917) as Hazel Fleming
Might and the Man (1917) as Winifred
The Haunted Pajamas (1917) as Frances Kirkland
Sirens of the Sea (1917) as Julie
The Lash of Power (1917) as Marion Sherwood
My Unmarried Wife (1918) as Mary Cunningham
The Wife He Bought (1918) as Janice Brieson
The Girl in the Dark (1918) as Lois Fox
The Wine Girl (1918) as Bona
The Marriage Lie (1918) as Eileen Orton
A Broadway Scandal (1918) as Nenette Bisson
The City of Tears (1918) as Rosa Carillo
The Dream Lady (1918) as Rosamond Gilbert
A Society Sensation (1918, short) as Sydney Parmelee
All Night (1918) as Elizabeth Lane
Who Will Marry Me? (1919) as Rosie Sanguinetti
The Little White Savage (1919) as Minnie Lee
In Folly's Trail (1920) as Lita O'Farrell
The Gilded Dream (1920) as Leona
Beautifully Trimmed (1920) as Norine Lawton
The Mad Marriage (1921) as Jane Judd
The Dangerous Moment (1921) as Sylvia Palprini
Cheated Love (1921) as Sonya Schonema
The Kiss (1921) as Erolinda Vargas
Breaking Through (1921) as Bettina Lowden
A Daughter of the Law (1921) as Nora Hayes
The Love Gambler (1922) as Jean McClelland
The Danger Point (1922) as Alice Torrance
The Last Hour (1923) as Saidee McCall
The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923) as Angy Brice
Good-By Girls! (1923) as Florence Brown
The Little Girl Next Door (1923) as Milly Amory
Mary of the Movies (1923) as Herself (uncredited)
Slave of Desire (1923) as Countess Fedora
The Dancer of the Nile (1923) as Arvia
The Love Pirate (1923) as Ruby Le Maar
Reno (1923) as Mrs. Dora Carson Tappan
Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924) as Mrs. Belmire
Beau Brummel (1924) as Lady Hester Stanhope
Broadway After Dark (1924) as Lenore Vance
Babbitt (1924) as Tanis Judique
Garragan (1924)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) as Iras
The Devil's Circus (1926) as Yonna
The Gay Deceiver (1926) as Countess de Sano
Tell It to the Marines (1926) as Zaya
Camille (1926, short) as Agatha
The Demi-Bride (1927) as Madame Girard
The Understanding Heart (1927) as Kelcey Dale
The Girl from Rio (1927) as Lola
Sorrell and Son (1927) as Flo Palfrey
A Certain Young Man (1928) as Mrs. Crutchley
Prowlers of the Sea (1928) as Mercedes
Four Walls (1928) as Bertha
Dream of Love (1928) as The Countess
The Ghost Talks (1929) as Marie Haley
Careers (1929) as The Woman
The Careless Age (1929) as Rayetta
Broadway Scandals (1929) as Valeska
The Show of Shows (1929) as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number
The Ship from Shanghai (1930) as Viola Thorpe
A Lady Surrenders (1930) as Sonia
The Lion and the Lamb (1931) as Inez
Svengali (1931) as Madame Honori
Pleasure (1931) as Mrs. Dorothy Whitley
Chinatown After Dark (1931) as Madame Ying Su
The Mad Genius (1931) as Sonya Preskoya
Nice Women (1931) as Dorothy Drew
No Living Witness (1942) as Emillia
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934) as Flower Girl
Lady for a Night (1942) as Mrs. Dickson
The Conspirators (1944) as Baroness von Kluge (uncredited)
George White's Scandals (1945) as Leslie (uncredited)
Whistle Stop (1946) as Estelle
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) as Woman Journalist (final film role)