Rosita Marstini

Marstini in Blood and Sand (1922)

Rosita Marstini (September 19, 1887–April 24, 1948) was a dancer, stage personality, and silent and sound film actress from Nancy, France.

Theatrical work in California

She began making movies for Universal Pictures in 1913 with her first feature being A Prisoner in the Harem. She was known as Countess Rosita Marstini. In 1916, she debuted at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, California in Woman's Wits, a play by Will Wyatt. She played the Pantages' circuit for an additional eight months.

Film credits

Her many films include:

• The Innocent Sinner (1917)
• A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
• Madame Du Barry (1917)
• The Clever Mrs. Carfax (1917)
• Good Night, Paul (1918)
• The Veiled Adventure (1919)
• Widow by Proxy (1919)
• The Luck of Geraldine Laird (1920)
• Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920)
• The Evil Eye (1920)
• The Outside Woman (1921)
• Blood and Sand (1922)
• Shadows of Paris (1924)
• The Redeeming Sin (1925)
• In Love with Life (1934)
• The Big Parade (1925)
• Flame of the Argentine (1926)
• No Other Woman (1928)
• Mexicana (1945)
• Casbah (1948)

References

• Los Angeles Times, Rialto, September 14, 1916, Page II3.
• Los Angeles Times, Rosita Marstini, April 27, 1948, Page A12.
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin Press-Telegram, Did Hollywood Mystery Man Forecast Own Murder? His Music Yields Clue, Wednesday, November 19, 1924, Page 3.
• Woodland, California Daily Democrat, Women Thought To Have Killed Society Musician, Tuesday, November 11, 1924.

External links

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• Rosita Marstini on IMDb