Mary Philbin
Movie Actress
Silent film actress who played Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera and Dea in The Man Who Laughs.
Her acting career began after winning a beauty contest sponsored by Universal.
She was unable to make the transition from silent films to talkies like many popular actresses of the silent era.
She never married but was engaged twice.
She appeared in the 1928 film Drums of Love, which was directed by the revered D.W. Griffith.