Louise Rial

American actress

Louise Rial

Born|

Louise Grover

1848 or 1849
Died| August 10, 1940

New York City, New York (Manhattan County)

Resting place| Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York (Westchester County, New York)
Other names| Louise Briehl
Occupation| actress
Years active| 1880s-1919
Spouse| James Grove Rial (aka Jay Rial)[1]
Children| 1
Louise Rial in an advertisement for Fortune's Fool, 1887

Louise Rial (1848 or 1849 – August 10, 1940)[2] was an American stage and film actress.

Rials's parents were Thomas C. Grover and Caroline Grover (nee Chamberlin). She had four siblings Burr, Leonard, Lucien and Julia Grover.[citation needed] Her theatrical debut came in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1878).[3] She continued acting on stage before entering silent films in 1915 with the early Fox Film Corporation.

On August 10, 1940, Rial died in her New York City home, aged 91.[3] She is buried in an actor's plot at Kensico Cemetery Valhalla New York.[citation needed] Her daughter Vira Rial is buried with her in the plot.[citation needed]

## Filmography

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* Sin (1915)
* The Marble Heart (1916)
* A Wife's Sacrifice (1916)
* The Spider and the Fly (1916)
* A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
* Tangled Lives (1917)
* My Little Sister (1919)

## References

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1. ^ Silent Film Necrology, p.442 2nd Edition c.2001 Eugene M. Vazzana ..ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
2. ^ American and British Theatrical Biography c. 1979 by J. P. Wearing..ISBN 0-8108-1201-0
3. ^ a b "Louise Rial". The New York Times. August 11, 1940. p. 34. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

## External links

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* Louise Rial at IMDb
* Louise Rial at IBDb.com
* portrait(archived)
* Louise and Jay Rial 1881 poster for "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (Wayback Machine)
* Louise Rial  with Robert B. Mantell and Genevieve Hamper in Fox's "A Wife's Sacrifice" 1916 page 107