Carolynne Snowden

Acting
Oakland, California, USA

Biography

American actress, singer, and dancer.

Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles

#1The Jazz Singer

Movie - 1927, 2h 15m as Backstage Maid (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
DramaMusic

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.

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#2Roman Scandals

Movie - 1933, 2h 15m as Handmaiden (uncredited)

5.9 / 10
MusicComedy

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.

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#3Murder at the Vanities

Movie - 1934, 2h 15m as Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)

5.6 / 10
MusicMysteryComedy

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.

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#4On With the Show!

Movie - 1929, 2h 15m as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
RomanceMusic

With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. Can the show be saved?

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#5Orchids and Ermine

Movie - 1927, 2h 15m as Hattie

5.9 / 10
ComedyRomance

Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson works a telephone operator at a cement factory who dreams of marrying rich. Her constant daydreaming of wealth annoys her fellow workers, and ruins the heart of one of her worshiping colleagues.

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#6In Old Kentucky

Movie - 1927, 2h 15m as Lily May

10.0 / 10
Drama

Young Brierly struggles to save his father, Major Brierly, from the clutches of alcohol after the Great War. At the same time, he prepares Major Brierly's horse, which served bravely with the Major at the front, for the Kentucky Derby.

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#7The Marriage Clause

Movie - 1926, 2h 15m as Pansy (as Caroline Snowden)

9.0 / 10
Drama

A Broadway actress becomes a star due to the guidance of her director. The two fall in love, but are prevented from marrying due to a clause put into her contract by her producer.

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#8Playing Around

Movie - 1930, 2h 15m as Pirate's Den Vocalist (uncredited)

5.0 / 10
ComedyDramaMusic

New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.

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#9The Devil's Skipper

Movie - 1928, 2h 15m as Slave (as Caroline Snowden)

10.0 / 10
Drama

The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.

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#10The Gilded Butterfly

Movie - 1926, 2h 15m as Maid

9.0 / 10
DramaRomance

Left penniless after the death of her reprobate father Linda Haverhill procures a loan from John Converse, who is smitten with her. She squanders the money in an attempt to maintain her social position by going abroad. During the journey Linda falls in love with Army Captain Brian Anestry of the United States Army, but foolishly burns her possessions planning to file an insurance claim to tide her over. Arrested, she is involved in a wreck which just might provide an escape for both Linda and Brian from their troubles.

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#11Honey

Movie - 1930, 2h 15m as Black Revivalist

5.7 / 10
ComedyMusic

A once-wealthy sister and brother rent out their Southern mansion and stay on as cook and butler.

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#12The First Year

Movie - 1926, 2h 15m as Hattie

8.0 / 10
Comedy

One of the films that Borzage shot under contract for Fox before he began his run of box-office hits. This is a comedy built up around the disastrous dinner that a couple of newlyweds organise for an important financial partner of the husband's.

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