Winifred Kingston

Acting

Winifred Kingston

Born — Died

1894-11-11 — 1967-02-03

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Winifred Kingston was a British-born American silent film actress. Kingston was educated in Scotland and Belgium. She acted on stage in England before she began acting in the United States. On Broadway, Kingston portrayed Crobyle in Thais, Juliette Corton in The Matrimonial Bed, and Helen Farquhar in Caste

Known for

Film credits

1910s · 25 titles

David Garrick poster
1.0

The true story of the famed British actor David Garrick and his love for Ada Ingot.

David Garrick

1916

The Squaw Man poster
6.0

To save his family from disgrace, Capt. James Wynnegate takes the blame when his brother, Sir Henry, embezzles from a charitable fund. Relocating to America, James purchases a ranch in Wyoming and marries Nat-u-ritch, an indigenous woman. After the birth of the couple's son, James is startled by the arrival of Lady Diana, his brother's wife, who informs him that the nefarious Henry is dead.

The Squaw Man

1914

North of Fifty-Three poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

North of Fifty-Three

1917

The Call of the North poster
5.2

Graehme, Ned Stewart's father, was accused of adultery and killed being innocent. Ned decided to avenge his father, but got captured and sent to the long journey to death "la longue traverse".

The Call of the North

1914

No artwork available
7.0

Drama about a theatrical manager, deeply in love with his new leading actress, who discovers her secret past after her performance in "Camille" falls short of expectations.

The Road to Fame

1915

Brewster's Millions poster
6.0

The first movie adaptation of the famous novel where a young man has to spend a fortune on 60 days to inherit an even larger sum of money. Considered to be a lost film.

Brewster's Millions

1914

The Virginian poster
5.6

A good-natured but chivalrous cowboy romances the local schoolmarm and leads the posse that brings a gang of rustlers, which includes his best friend, to justice.

The Virginian

1914

The Light of Western Stars poster
NR

A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.

The Light of Western Stars

1918

The Call of the Cumberlands poster
4.8

An aspiring New York painter returns home to the Kentucky mountains to settle a feud between two rival families.

The Call of the Cumberlands

1916

The Gentleman from Indiana poster
NR

After a spectacular college football career, John Harkless leaves the university to pursue a place in Indiana politics. He buys the failing Plattville Herald and, using the newspaper to expose various illegal activities, sets out to rid the county of all mobsters and corrupt officials.

The Gentleman from Indiana

1915

Where the Trail Divides poster
NR

Col. Landers adopts two children, "How," an Indian boy, and Bess, whose parents were killed in an Indian uprising. When the children are grown, How proposes to Bess, whom he has loved since his childhood. She accepts his proposal, thus angering Clayton Craig, Lander's nephew who also wants to marry her. After Lander's death, How is exiled from the ranch, so he and Bess buy new land. One day, after he has been away, How returns to his cabin to see Bess and Craig embracing. How grants Bess her freedom after which she marries Craig and moves to New York. Some time later, How discovers oil on the land that he gave Bess, so he follows them to New York. There he finds that Craig has been unfaithful to Bess. In the end, Bess rejects Craig so that she and How can remarry and find "a trail to happiness together." -From TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.

Where the Trail Divides

1914

No artwork available
8.0

Daphne experienced the high life but realized it was all for nothing. The 'it' girl of the ballroom, courted by a wealthy and persistent admirer, was seeking a man with more substance.

The Light on the Reef

1915

The Spy poster
NR

An American is sent to Germany to unearth the identities of German agents operating in the U. S. He infiltrates the German secret service in an attempt to abscond with a list of undercover German operatives.

The Spy

1917

The Parson of Panamint poster
NR

A tough preacher comes to the rip-roaring gold town of Panamint in hopes of reforming it. But disaster awaits.

The Parson of Panamint

1916

Captain Courtesy poster
NR

A romantic melodrama set in old California.

Captain Courtesy

1915

A Son of Erin poster
7.5

Dennis O'Hara is a poverty-stricken Irishman who believes that if he comes to America he will immediately land a job as a policeman. So he manages to scrape together the funds to get him to Manhattan, and leaves his sweetheart Katie O'Grady behind while he makes his fortune. Naturally he discovers that joining the force isn't as easy as he expected, and when he does finally get in, he winds up in trouble because of the graft collections of his boss.

A Son of Erin

1916

Durand of the Bad Lands poster
NR

While out on a plundering expedition, outlaw Dick Durand comes upon a band of Indians attacking a group of settlers. Dick opens fire on the Indians, but before he forces them to flee, they kill everyone except three children and Durand himself.

Durand of the Bad Lands

1917

The Love Route poster
NR

John Ashby and Allene Houston, two neighboring ranchers, are in love, but their parents' violent dispute over the route of the new X. Y. Z. Railroad eventually drives them apart. Colonel Houston and the elder Ashby are killed in a fight, leaving John and Allene to continue the feud, John accepting a job with the railroad company and Allene swearing never to cross their property.

The Love Route

1915

Paid in Full poster
NR

Joe Brooks is taken advantage of by his employer, Captain Williams, who is a jealous former suitor of Joe's wife, Emma. Williams puts Joe in charge of the company's payroll money and has detectives set a trap for him.

Paid in Full

1914

Cameo Kirby poster
NR

Cameo Kirby is a 1914 American drama silent film directed by Oscar Apfel and written by Clara Beranger and William C. deMille. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Fred Montague, James Neill, Jode Mullally, Winifred Kingston and Dick La Reno. It is based on the play Cameo Kirby by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The film was released on December 24, 1914, by Paramount Pictures.

Cameo Kirby

1914

Davy Crockett poster
3.0

The story of the famous Tennessee frontiersman, soldier, scout, and Congressman who fought and died at the Alamo.

Davy Crockett

1916

The Seventh Noon poster
NR

Young lawyer Peter Donaldson tries to achieve fame by defending a man accused of murder, but the case is complicated by his love for a woman who is a witness for the prosecution.

The Seventh Noon

1915

No artwork available
NR

Adventerous engineer Robert Clay, goes to a South American country on an assignment by rich American Ted Langham to open an iron mine. While Robert is there, the unscrupulous General Mendoza tries to convince him to divide the mine's assets between them and President Alvarez. Mendoza starts a revolution against Alvarez when he and Clay will not go along with the plan, but he eventually is defeated after a long battle. Clay then is able to pursue his relationship with Hope, Langham's daughter, who has accompanied her father to South America.

Soldiers of Fortune

1914

The Scarlet Pimpernel poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1917

Ben Blair poster
NR

After the death of his mother, young Ben Blair finds a safe home on John Rankin’s ranch. But when Rankin is murdered, the older Ben sets out to seek vengeance.

Ben Blair

1916