Alice Terry
Alice Frances Taaffe (July 24, 1899 – December 22, 1987), known professionally as
Alice Terry, was an American film actress and director. She began her career during the
silent film era, appearing in thirty-nine films between 1916 and 1933. While Terry's trademark look was her blonde hair, she was actually a brunette, and put on her first blonde wig in ''Hearts Are Trumps'' (1920) to look different from
Francelia Billington, the other actress in the film. Terry played several different characters in the 1916 anti-war film ''
Civilization'', co-directed by
Thomas H. Ince and
Reginald Barker. Alice wore the blonde wig again in her most acclaimed role as "Marguerite" in film ''
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1921), and kept the wig for any future roles. In 1925 her husband
Rex Ingram co-directed ''
Ben-Hur'', filming parts of it in
Italy. The two decided to move to the
French Riviera, where they set up a small studio in
Nice and made several films on location in North Africa, Spain, and Italy for
MGM and others. In 1933, Terry made her last film appearance in ''
Baroud'', which she also co-directed with her husband.
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