Dolores Cassinelli

Dolores Cassinelli (July 4, 1888^[1] – April 26, 1984)^[2] was an American film actress and singer.^[3] She appeared in 69 films between 1911 and 1925.

Dolores Cassinelli
Cassinelli, 1919
Born	Elvere Dolores Cassinelli (1888-07-04)July 4, 1888 New York City, U.S.
Died	April 26, 1984(1984-04-26) (aged 95) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1911–1925

Born in New York City, Cassinelli and her family moved to Chicago. Her parents put her in a convent with plans for her to become a nun, but she preferred to become an actress.^[4]

By 1929, Cassinelli had left acting and turned to singing professionally. She said that she would return to films only if she could make a singing film, "for radio is my life now".^[5]

She is interred at Holy Redeemer Cemetery in South Plainfield, New Jersey.

Selected filmography

• A False Suspicion (1911)
• From the Submerged (1912) *short
• When Soul Meets Soul (1913) *short
• Lafayette, We Come (1918)
• The Virtuous Model (1919)
• Tarnished Reputations (1920)
• The Web of Deceit (1920)
• Forever (1921)
• Anne of Little Smoky (1921)
• The Hidden Light (1921)^[6]
• The Secrets of Paris (1922)
• The Challenge (1922)
• Columbus (1923) - Queen Isabella
• Jamestown (1923) - Pocahontas
• Dangerous Money (1924)
• Lend Me Your Husband (1924)
• The Unguarded Hour (1925)
• The Midnight Girl (1925)