Thena Jasper

Thena Jasper was an African American singer and actress who worked during Hollywood's silent era.

Biography A native of Pennsylvania, Jasper moved to Los Angeles with her husband Adolph (a baseball manager) by the early 1910s and began appearing in a string of mostly uncredited roles, often playing maids to wealthy white characters. She once told a reporter, "If I had all the money represented by all the ‘millionaire’ characters I’ve worked for in the pictures, I'd never have to work again.”

Selected filmography

Under the Lash (1921) The Outside Woman (1921) The Strange Boarder (1920) The Man Who Had Everything (1920) The Ladder of Lies (1920) Miss Hobbs (1920)