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name: "Jobyna Ralston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jobyna-ralston"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 November 1899"
died: "23 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:23:39.685713+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jobyna Ralston

Actor. Born 20 November 1899 in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, USA. Died 23 January 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 November 1899, South Pittsburg, Tennessee, USA
- **Died:** 23 January 1967
- **Also known as:** Jobyna Lancaster Raulston, Juliana Ralston
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobyna_Ralston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1929752, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707814/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/102501

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Wings*](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md) (78)

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## Biography

Jobyna Ralston was an American stage and film actress. Born Jobyna Lancaster Raulston in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, she trained at the Ned Wayburn dancing academy in New York before appearing in stage productions and comedy shorts.

She is known for her leading roles opposite Harold Lloyd in seven films, including *Why Worry?* (1923), *Girl Shy* (1924), *The Freshman* (1925) and *The Kid Brother* (1927). In 1927 she played Sylvia Lewis in *Wings*, the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and married her co-star Richard Arlen that year. She was named a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1923. Her screen career ended in the early 1930s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wings* (1927), Fi1m 78, as Sylvia Lewis — [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy* (1962), as (archive footage)
- *Sheer Luck* (1931), as Betty Carver
- *Rough Waters* (1930), as Mary
- *The College Coquette* (1929), as Doris Marlowe
- *Some Mother's Boy* (1929), as The Girl
- *The Power of the Press* (1928), as Jane Atwill
- *The Toilers* (1928), as Mary
- *The Big Hop* (1928), as June Halloway
- *Black Butterflies* (1928), as Dorinda Maxwell
- *The Count of Ten* (1928), as Betty McKinney
- *The Night Flyer* (1928), as Kate Murphy
- *Little Mickey Grogan* (1927), as Winifred Davidson
- *A Racing Romeo* (1927), as Sally
- *Wings* (1927), as Sylvia Lewis — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md)
- *Lightning* (1927), as Mary Warren/Topsy
- *Special Delivery* (1927), as Madge Warren
- *The Kid Brother* (1927), as Mary Powers
- *Gigolo* (1926), as Mary Hubbel
- *Sweet Daddies* (1926), as Mariam Finklebaum
- *For Heaven's Sake* (1926), as The Downtown Girl
- *Don't Butt In* (1926), Actor
- *Are Parents Pickles?* (1925), Actor
- *The Freshman* (1925), as Peggy
- *Hot Water* (1924), as Wifey
- *Girl Shy* (1924), as Mary Buckingham
- *Why Worry?* (1923), as The Nurse
- *Dogs of War!* (1923), as Jobyna Ralston
- *Shoot Straight* (1923), Actor
- *Tight Shoes* (1923), Actor
- *Jailed and Bailed* (1923), as The Inamorata
- *Watch Your Wife* (1923), Actor
- *Blaze Away* (1922), Actor
- *Harvest Hands* (1922), Actor
- *Shine 'Em Up* (1922), as Okra, the Station Master's daughter
- *The Golf Bug* (1922), as Daughter
- *Shiver and Shake* (1922), as The Newlywed Wife
- *Face the Camera* (1922), Actor
- *Bone Dry* (1922), Actor
- *The Landlubber* (1922), Actor
- *The Three Must-Get-Theres* (1922), as Constance Bonne-aux-Fieux
- *Touch all the Bases* (1922), as Paul's Sweetheart
- *Take Next Car* (1922), as The Magnate's Daughter
- *The Call of Home* (1922), as Clem
- *Humor Risk* (1921), as Leading Lady
- *Ball Bearing, But Hard Running* (1920), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jobyna Ralston](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-e1f8316ff89a.jpg) Jobyna Ralston — Photoplay magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Jobyna_Ralston_Stars_of_the_Photoplay.jpg/1280px-Jobyna_Ralston_Stars_of_the_Photoplay.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of Jobyna Ralston by Melbourne Spurr (1928)](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-1a6cc79e0f28.jpg) Portrait of Jobyna Ralston by Melbourne Spurr (1928) — Melbourne Spurr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Jobyna_Ralston_-_Picture-Play%2C_August_1928.jpg/1280px-Jobyna_Ralston_-_Picture-Play%2C_August_1928.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jobyna Ralston, film actress Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1926)](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-49cd58d628ab.jpg) Jobyna Ralston, film actress Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1926) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Jobyna_Ralston%2C_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8329%29.jpg/1280px-Jobyna_Ralston%2C_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8329%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jobyna Ralston, film actress Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1926)](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-81cd1de551c9.jpg) Jobyna Ralston, film actress Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1926) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Jobyna_Ralston%2C_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8562%29.jpg/1280px-Jobyna_Ralston%2C_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8562%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jobyna Ralston](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-c524457684a8.jpg) Jobyna Ralston — Image via TMDB
- ![Jobyna Ralston](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-18020bf1e99a.jpg) Jobyna Ralston — Image via TMDB
- ![Jobyna Ralston](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-f11fa0e50512.jpg) Jobyna Ralston — Image via TMDB
- ![Still from the American western film Lightning (1927). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-f1a7777589db.jpg) Still from the American western film Lightning (1927). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Lightnin%27_%28SAYRE_14346%29.jpg/1280px-Lightnin%27_%28SAYRE_14346%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jobyna Ralston](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-e76fef83e2ca.jpg) Jobyna Ralston — Image via TMDB
- ![Jobyna Ralston](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-98a0ba97744a.jpg) Jobyna Ralston — Image via TMDB
- ![Jobyna Ralston](https://film.one/media/person/1224064/gallery-6e1c610c54ea.jpg) Jobyna Ralston — Image via TMDB

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