Cissy Fitzgerald

Biography

Cissy Fitzgerald (born Mary Kate Kipping; 1 February 1873 – 10 May 1941) was an English-American vaudeville actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in numerous silent and sound films. Fitzgerald acted in a popular Gaiety Girl show beginning in 1894 and was filmed in the role in 1896 in a self-titled short film shot by Thomas Edison's film company. She did not appear in films again until 1914 where she signed with the Vitagraph company and was quite popular in feature films and her own series of Cissy short films. Very little of Fitzgerald's silent material survives except her comic backup role in the 1928 Lon Chaney vehicle Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Known For

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

as Giancinta

Seven Footprints to Satan

as Old Lady at Party

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

as Bit role

Flirtation

as Mrs. Nerps

Flames

as Mrs. Edgerton

The Arizona Wildcat

as Mother Schyler

Two Flaming Youths

as Madge Malarkey

I'll Show You the Town

as Agnes Clevenger

Look Out Below

as Mme. Cayenne

Flowing Gold

as The Suicide Blonde