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Estelle Taylor

Estelle Taylor

Actor · Died April 15, 1958, aged 63 · Wilmington, Delaware, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Estelle Taylor (May 20, 1894—April 15, 1958) was an American Hollywood actress whose career was most prominent during the silent film era of the 1920s. Born Ida Estelle Taylor in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Harry D Taylor and Ida LaBertha (Barrett) Taylor, Estelle married three times during her lifetime. Her first husband was banker Kenneth Malcom Peacock, her second was William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (Jack Dempsey the world heavyweight boxing champion), and theatrical producer Paul Smith. After relocating to Hollywood, she began taking bit parts in films. One of Taylor's earliest successes was in 1920 in Fox's While New York Sleeps with Marc McDermott. She and McDermott play three sets of characters in different time periods. This film was lost for decades but has been recently discovered and screened at a film festival in Los Angeles. Taylor is possibly best recalled for her roles in the 1922 drama Monte Cristo opposite John Gilbert, the enormously successful 1923 Cecil B. DeMille directed The Ten Commandments as Miriam, the sister of Moses; as Lucrezia Borgia in the 1926 Warner Bros.' first feature-length film with synchronized Vitaphone sound effects and musical soundtrack Don Juan opposite John Barrymore, Mary Astor and Warner Oland, 1927's New York, opposite Ricardo Cortez and Lois Wilson, 1931's Street Scene with Sylvia Sidney and both the Academy Award winning Cimarron and the Clara Bow talkie, Call Her Savage in 1932. Taylor married heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Dempsey, in 1925. She was supposed to have co-starred in a movie with actor Rudolph Valentino which would have brought her more widespread fame but he died just before production was to begin. In 1928 she and husband Dempsey starred in a Broadway play titled The Big Fight, loosely based around Dempsey's boxing popularity, which ran for 31 performances at the Majestic Theatre. When she divorced Jack in July, 1933 she walked away with $40,000 in cash as well as 3 of their cars and their $150,000 estate. When a fan came up to her for an autographed picture of her, which had Jack's name on top she allegedly wrote: "This is the last time that son-of-a-bitch will be on top of me." Her marriage to Dempsey produced no children. Taylor was a close friend of Mexican-born actress Lupe Vélez, and on the evening of December 13, 1944 she spent several hours at a restaurant having dinner and drinks with the actress before Vélez returned home and committed suicide. The ensuing press coverage briefly propelled Taylor once again into the headlines. Taylor's last film appearance was in the 1945 Jean Renoir directed drama The Southerner. In her later years, Taylor devoted her free time to her pets and was the president and founder of the California Pet Owners' Protective League. In 1953, Taylor served on the City Animal Regulation Commission in Los Angeles, California. Taylor died in 1958.She had been suffering for some time with cancer and had been bedridden the last six months. She was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Estelle Taylor was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1620 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. In a 1983 American made-for-television movie biopic of boxer Jack Dempsey, Estelle Taylor was portrayed by British actress Victoria Tennant. Description above from the Wikipedia article Estelle Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 20, 1894
Died
April 15, 1958 (aged 63)
From
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 20% in 30 days

What are Estelle Taylor's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
40%
Morality
21%
Society
18%
Self
9%
Survival
9%
Power
3%
Family bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFaith2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role
  • Shadowas Lucrezia Borgia in Don Juan (1926)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Melancholic
4
Thrilling
2
Hopeful
2
Romantic
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Hopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Estelle Taylor's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Estelle Taylor's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

43 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Southerner(1945)

    as Lizzie

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Bachelor Mother(1939)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Frisco Kid(1935)

    as Saloon Girl (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Call Her Savage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Ruth Springer

  • Western Limited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Doris

  • Forgotten Commandments(1932)

    as Miriam - Sister of Moses (edited from 'The Ten Commandments' (1923)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Unholy Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Eliza Mowbray

  • Street Scene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Anna Maurrant

  • Cimarron(1931)

    as Dixie Lee

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Liliom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Mme. Muscat

  • Where East Is East(1929)

    as Mme. de Sylva

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Pusher-in-the-Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Actor

  • The Singapore Mutiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Daisy

  • Lady Raffles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Lady Raffles

  • Honor Bound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Evelyn Mortimer

  • The Whip Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Sari

  • New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Angie Miller

  • Don Juan(1926)

    as Lucrezia Borgia

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Wandering Footsteps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Helen Maynard

  • The Alaskan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Mary Standish

  • Passion's Pathway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Dora Kenyon

  • Tiger Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Marcheta

  • Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Mary, Queen of Scots

  • The Ten Commandments(1923)

    as Miriam - the Sister of Moses: Prologue

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Madalyn Harlan

  • Forgive and Forget (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Mrs. Cameron

  • Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Estelle Taylor

  • Mary of the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Estelle Taylor (uncredited)

  • Bavu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Princess Annia

  • A California Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Donna Dolores

  • Only a Shop Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Mame Mulvey

  • Thorns and Orange Blossoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Rosita Mendez

  • The Lights of New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Mrs. George Burton

  • Monte Cristo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf

  • A Fool There Was (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Gilda Fontaine

  • Footfalls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Peggy Hawthorne

  • Blind Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Anne/Annie/Annette

  • While New York Sleeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as A Wife / The Vamp / The Girl

  • The Revenge of Tarzan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Countess de Coude

  • The Adventurer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Maritana

  • The Tower of Jewels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Adele Warren

  • The Golden Shower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Helen

  • A Broadway Saint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as The Parisian

Career shape

Star power in the 80th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 42 titles from 1919 to 1945.

Highest rated

The Southerner (1945)

Midcredits 83rd

Most popular right now

The Ten Commandments (1923)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting42 of 42: 42 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

1910s3 · acting1920s30 · acting1930s8 · acting1940s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Estelle Taylor's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · actor

Forgotten Commandments (1932)

82nd percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Bachelor Mother (1939)

Midcredits 93rd · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Estelle Taylor work with?

People who share at least 2 of Estelle Taylor's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles de Rochefort shares the most, 2.

Actors

Composers