70% Critic Match

Her Greatest Performance

7.0 / 10• 1916• 1h 32m•NR• English

Crime

Storyline

Retired actress poses as dresser to scare murderer into confessing and clearing her son.

Ellen Terry

Julia Lovelace

Lead

Dennis Neilson-Terry

Gerald Lovelace

Joan Morgan

Barbara Lovelace

James Lindsay

Jim Douglas

Gladys Mason

Mary Scott

Edith Craig

The Dresser

J. Nelson Ramsay

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Barbara Hannay

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4.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fred Paul's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

4.0

“Every frame feels alive. Her Greatest Performance is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker