Irma Harrison Explained

Irma Harrison
Birth Date:	24 February 1903
Birth Place:	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Film actress

Irma Harrison (February 24, 1903 – January 22, 1975) was an American film actress. She starred in the films Love's Penalty (1921) and The Yellowback (1929).

Virginia Flohri sang a song she acted out as Toots in the 1929 film Alibi.^[1] She performed wearing burnt cork (blackface) in D. W. Griffith's 1922 film One Exciting Night.^[2]

Filmography

The Red Viper (1919) as Yolanda Kosloff^[3]
The Fighting Kentuckians
Love's Penalty (1921) as Sally Clayton
The Daughter of Devil Dan^[4] (1921)
One Exciting Night (1922)^[5] as The Colored Maid^[6]
His Darker Self (1924) as Darktown's Cleopatra^[7]
For Woman's Favor (1924) as The Lamb
Lena Rivers (1925) as Anne Nichols
Lilies of the Streets (1925) as Margy^[8] Hopkins
Alibi (1929) as Toots
The Yellowback (1929) as Elsie Loisel
Dad's Day (1929)^[9]
Vengeance (1930) as Nidia

Notes and References

Book: Celluloid Symphonies: Texts and Contexts in Film Music History . 9780520241015 . Hubbert . Julie . 2 March 2011 . University of California Press .
Book: Burnt Cork: Traditions and Legacies of Blackface Minstrelsy . 978-1-55849-934-8 . 2012 . Univ of Massachusetts Press .
Book: John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars . 978-0-8131-4163-3 . 12 April 2013 . University Press of Kentucky .
Book: Where the Movies Played in Downtown Pittsburg(h) . 978-1-4349-4640-9 . Dorrance .
Book: Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide . 1922 .
Book: The Griffith Project, Volume 10: Films Produced 1919-1946 . 978-1-83902-000-1 . 25 July 2019 . Bloomsbury .
Book: Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography . 978-0-7864-5429-7 . 21 October 2009 . McFarland .
Book: "Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin . 978-1-4766-7568-8 . November 2018 . McFarland .
Book: The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931 . 978-1-4766-0684-2 . 14 June 2015 . McFarland .