Portrait of Sylvia Ashton

Acting

Sylvia Ashton

Career

Active from 1912 to 1929, busiest in 1919 and 1921 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Greed
Greed
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sylvia Ashton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.6, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.8, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Cinema 4
  • Silent Film Era 3
  • Silent Film 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Early Cinema 2
  • Silent Era Romance 2
  • Silent Era Comedy 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1920s

39 titles ยท average score 71
Queen Kelly
Queen Kelly (1929)
GoodWatch score 85

as Kelly's Aunt (uncredited)

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)

as Ma Slocum

The Barker
The Barker (1928)

as Ma Benson

Cheating Cheaters
Cheating Cheaters (1927)

as Mrs. Brockton

Red Signals
Red Signals (1927)

as Opal Summers

Greed
Greed (1924)
GoodWatch score 88

as Mommer Sieppe

Souls for Sale
Souls for Sale (1923)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mrs. Kale (uncredited)

Her Sturdy Oak
Her Sturdy Oak (1921)

as Belle Bright

Hold Your Horses
Hold Your Horses (1921)

as Hoonora Canavan

The Love Special
The Love Special (1921)

as Mrs. Whitney

Why Change Your Wife?
Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
GoodWatch score 63

as Aunt Kate

Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920)

as Mary Page

1910s

31 titles ยท average score 61
For Better, for Worse
For Better, for Worse (1919)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sylvia's Aunt

Don't Change Your Husband
Don't Change Your Husband (1919)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Huckney

Johnny Get Your Gun
Johnny Get Your Gun (1919)

as Aunt Agatha

Old Wives for New
Old Wives for New (1918)
GoodWatch score 55

as Sophy Murdock

The Goat
The Goat (1918)

as The Baby Vampire

Her Fame and Shame
Her Fame and Shame (1917)

as Carrie Little

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
GoodWatch score 85

as Woman at Jenkins Employees Dance (uncredited)

Papa's Baby
Papa's Baby (1913)

as Mama Binks

The Suffragette Minstrels
The Suffragette Minstrels (1913)

as Old Woman

A Dash Through the Clouds
A Dash Through the Clouds (1912)
GoodWatch score 50

as Carmelita

Her Friend, the Doctor
Her Friend, the Doctor (1912)

as Ma Carston

The Speed Demon
The Speed Demon (1912)

as The Speed Demon's Wife's Friend