Carol Dempster

Biography

Carol Dempster was a renowned American film actress of the silent era, born in Duluth, Minnesota to a naval captain family who later relocated to California. She began her career at 18 with D.W. Griffith's The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919) and went on to appear in notable films alongside John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, and W.C. Fields. Dempster's most memorable role was as Alice Faulkner in the 1922 film Sherlock Holmes.