Jobyna Ralston

born: 21 November 1899
South Pittsburg, Tennessee,
United States of America
died: 22 January 1967
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(pneumonia, age 67)

American actress who starred as the lead lady in several of the 1-reel 'Paul Parrott' comedies of the early 1920s before replacing Mildred Davis as Harold Lloyd's co-star. She was a WAMPAS Baby star of 1923.
In 1930 she was arrested, fined and convicted for indecency (on the grounds of lewd and indecent exhibition) following her appearance in a George Scarborough drama entitled "Bad Babies". She paid a fine of $300 to avoid jail time.

Her name is pronounced "Joe-Bean-nuh".

At least one source has her listed in the Paul Parrott film, For Safe Keeping (1923), but I believe this is wrong and this credit has been removed from this list.
Real name: Jobyna Lancaster Raulston
Height: 5'1"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

44


1922
Friday The Thirteenth
The Athletic Girl

1922
The Bride-To-Be
The bride-to-be
 

1922
Take Next Car
Magnate's daughter

1922
Touch All The Bases
The fan's sweetheart

1922
The Truth Juggler
[?]

1922
Rough On Romeo
Verbena

1922
Wet Weather
[?]

1922
The Landlubber
The girl

1922
Bone Dry
[?]

1922
Soak The Sheik
[?]

1922
Face The Camera
[?]

1922
The Uppercut
[unidentified character]
 

1922
Out On Bail
[unidentified character]
 

1922
Shiver And Shake
Newlywed wife

1922
The Golf Bug
Daughter

1922
Shine 'Em Up
Okra, the Station Master's daughter
DVD screencapture - Lord Heath - Laurel & Hardy - Another Nice Mess - http://www.lordheath.com/

1922
Washed Ashore
[unidentified character]
 

1922
Harvest Hands
Sophie, the farmer's daughter

1922
The Flivver
The girl

1922
Blaze Away
Townswoman

1922
I'll Take Vanilla
[unidentified character]
 

1922
Fair Week
[unidentified character]
 

1922
The White Blacksmith
[unidentified character]
 

1922
Fire The Fireman
Paul's girlfriend

1923
Watch Your Wife
The wife

1923
Paste And Paper
[unidentified character]
 

1923
Mr. Hyppo
Assistant

1923
Don't Say Die
[unidentified character]
 

1923
Once Over
[?]

1923
Jailed And Bailed
[?]

1923
A Loose Tight Wad
[?]

1923
Tight Shoes
Cashier

1923
Do Your Stuff
The girl

1923
Shoot Straight
Deadshot Hunting Lodge patron

1923
Bowled Over
[?]

1923
Speed The Swede
Flapper

1923
For Art's Sake
[?]

1923
Dogs Of War!
Herself

1923
For Guests Only
[?]

1923
Why Worry?
Nurse

1923
Winner Take All
Club president's daughter

1925
Are Parents Pickles?
Miss Smith

1925
Whistling Lions
The girl

1926
Hired And Fired
The farmer's daughter


Acknowledgements:
"WAMPAS Baby Stars" by Roy Liebman (book)
Jay Brennan (screenshot from Why Worry?)
Jim Jarvis (research)
Eric Schultz (help)
Jeffrey Allan (posting autograph on his Facebook page)
Jesse Brisson (identification in Hired And Fired; confirms she does not appear in Between Meals, Soft Pedal, Don't Butt In as published elsewhere)

This page was last updated on: 15 November 2023