Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933.
The peak of her popularity came with Alma Taylor in the "Tilly the Tomboy" series between 1910-1915. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two were regarded as one of Britain's most newsworthy celebrity couples. Edwards directed more than 20 of his wife's films. White married Edwards in 1924, the couple had two children, a son and a daughter, actress Henryetta Edwards.
White starred in the 1920 film The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss, which as of August 2010 is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.
After 1924, she was absent from the screen until 1930, when she returned to make two talking pictures, Call of the Sea (1930) and General John Regan (1933), both directed by Edwards, after the latter film's release she retired from films.
Following the death of her husband in 1952, she withdrew from publicity. White died from a heart attack in Liss, Hampshire aged 94 in 1989.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes1913The Vicar of Wakefield Sophia Primrose1915The Man Who Stayed at HomeDaphne KidlingtonThe Nightbirds of London Sweet Lavender Lavender Her BoyIsabelle1916A Bunch of Violets Violet MarchantMolly BawnLady Cecil StaffordThe White BoysSowing the Wind Maude Fretwell1917The FailureMargaret GilderHer Marriage LinesJean NevilleThe Man Behind 'The Times' Jet OverburyA Grain of SandDoris KestevanShort1918The Poet's Windfall The GirlShort1919Possession Valerie SartonCity of Beautiful NonsenseJean DealtryThe KinsmanPamela BoisBroken in the Wars Mrs. JoeShort1920The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest BlissFrances ClaytonLostJohn Forrest Finds Himself Joan Grey1921Wild Heather Wild Heather BoydTit for TatPeggy SmithThe Bargain MaryThe Lunatic at LargeLady Irene1922Simple Simon Rosemary Ruth1923Boden's BoyBarbara PligrimThe Naked ManNinette Monday1924The World of Wonderful RealityJean DealtryLostLily of the AlleyLilyLost1930Call of the SeaIris Tares1933General John Regan Moya KentFinal film
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