1898-06-23 Mile End, London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films. Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-colour version of I Pagliacci (1923), The Passionate Adventure (1924), Blighty (1927), The Ring (1927), and The Farmer's Wife (1928), the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who at the time considered her his "favourite actress." She had a lead role in a "lavish production" of Quo Vadis (1924), an Italian film directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby. Hall-Davis also appeared in a comedy short film made in the Lee DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, As We Lie (1927), co-starring and directed by Miles Mander. Hall-Davis did not make the transition to talkies; in 1933 her "sharp career decline and health problems" prompted her to commit suicide by turning on the gas oven and cutting her own throat at home in the Golders Green area of London. She was 35.
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Shepperton Babylon | Herself (Archive) | 2005-08-11 |
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Her Reputation | Carruthers | 1931-07-21 |
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Many Waters | Mabel Barcaldine | 1931-11-01 |
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Just for a Song | Norma Wentworth | 1930-03-11 |
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Tommy Atkins | Ruth | 1928-05-18 |
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The White Sheik | Rosemary Tregarthen | 1928-01-17 |
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Wolga Wolga | Princess Zaineb | 1928-11-15 |
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The Farmer's Wife | Araminta 'Minta' Dench | 1928-02-24 |
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The Ring | Mabel | 1927-09-28 |
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Roses of Picardy | Madame Vanderlynden | 1927-04-01 |
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Boadicea | Emmelyn | 1927-09-05 |
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La Proie du vent | Countess Elisabeth | 1927-05-12 |
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Blighty | Mrs. Villiers | 1927-03-01 |
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Nitchevo | 1926-12-20 | |
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Die drei Kuckucksuhren | Gladys Clifton | 1926-05-25 |
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Liebe macht blind | 1926-08-16 | |
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Blitzzug der Liebe | Lissi | 1925-05-06 |
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Der Farmer aus Texas | Alice | 1925-10-21 |
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The Eleventh Commandment | Marian Barchester | 1924-07-31 |
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Quo Vadis? | Licia | 1924-10-01 |
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The Passionate Adventure | Pamela | 1924-07-01 |
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The Unwanted | Maraine Dearsley | 1924-04-22 |
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Married Love | Maisie | 1923-06-01 |
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Should a Doctor Tell? | Alisa | 1923-08-18 |
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A Royal Divorce | Stephanie | 1923-01-01 |
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The Game of Life | Rose Wallingford | 1922-06-01 |
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The Faithful Heart | Blackie Anderway | 1922-08-01 |
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The Wonderful Story | Kate Richards | 1922-05-05 |
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Love Maggy | Alexandra Hersey | 1921-01-01 |
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The Honeypot | Alexandra Hersey | 1920-10-30 |
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Little Women | Beth March | 1918-11-30 |
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The Admirable Crichton | Lady Agatha Lasenby | 1918-02-01 |
