1905-07-25 Union Hill, New Jersey, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lila Lee (born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel, July 25, 1905 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras. In 1918, she was chosen for a film contract by Hollywood film mogul Jesse Lasky for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, which later became Paramount Pictures. Her first feature, The Cruise of the Make-Believes, garnered the teenaged starlet much public acclaim and Lasky quickly sent Lee on an arduous publicity campaign. Critics lauded Lila for her wholesome persona and sympathetic character parts. Lee quickly rose to the ranks of leading lady and often starred opposite such matinee heavies as Conrad Nagel, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, and Rudolph Valentino. Lee bore more than a slight resemblance to Ann Little, a former Paramount star and frequent Reid co-star who was leaving the film business and at this stage in her career an even stronger resemblance to Marguerite Clark. In 1922 Lee was cast as Carmen in the enormously popular film Blood and Sand, opposite matinee idol Rudolph Valentino and silent screen vamp Nita Naldi; Lee subsequently won the first WAMPAS Baby Stars award that year. Lee continued to be a highly popular leading lady throughout the 1920s and made scores of critically praised and widely watched films. As the Roaring Twenties drew to a close, Lee's popularity began to wane and Lee positioned herself for the transition to talkies. She is one of the few leading ladies of the silent screen whose popularity did not nosedive with the coming of sound. She went back to working with the major studios and appeared, most notably, in The Unholy Three, in 1930, opposite Lon Chaney Sr. in his only talkie. However, a series of bad career choices and bouts of recurring tuberculosis and alcoholism hindered further projects and Lee was relegated to taking parts in mostly grade B movies.
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Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers | Viola Zickafoose | 1967-01-01 |
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The Emperor's New Clothes | Wringmouth | 1966-01-01 |
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
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Nation Aflame | Mona Franklin Burtis | 1937-10-15 |
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Two Wise Maids | Ethel Harriman | 1937-02-15 |
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist | 1936-04-24 |
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Country Gentlemen | Louise Heath | 1936-11-08 |
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Champagne for Breakfast | Natalie Morton | 1935-07-15 |
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The People's Enemy | Katherine Carr | 1935-04-29 |
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The Marriage Bargain | Helen Stanhope | 1935-02-20 |
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Whirlpool | Helen | 1934-04-10 |
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In Love with Life | Sharon | 1934-05-11 |
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I Can't Escape | Mae Nichols | 1934-07-04 |
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Stand Up and Cheer! | Zelda | 1934-05-04 |
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The Intruder | Connie Wayne | 1933-03-13 |
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The Iron Master | Janet Stillman | 1933-02-04 |
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Lone Cowboy | Eleanor Jones | 1933-12-02 |
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Face in the Sky | Sharon Hadley | 1933-01-15 |
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Unholy Love | Jane Bradford | 1932-06-08 |
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False Faces | Georgia Rand | 1932-10-12 |
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The Night of June 13 | Trudie Morrow | 1932-09-17 |
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Officer Thirteen | Doris Dane | 1932-11-26 |
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Radio Patrol | Sue Kennedy | 1932-06-02 |
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Exposure | Doris Corbin | 1932-08-20 |
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War Correspondent | Julie March | 1932-07-25 |
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Woman Hungry | Judith Temple | 1931-04-04 |
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Misbehaving Ladies | Princess Ellen | 1931-04-16 |
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The Gorilla | Alice Denby | 1930-11-02 |
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The Unholy Three | Rosie O'Grady | 1930-07-12 |
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Second Wife | Florence Wendell Fairchild | 1930-02-09 |
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Those Who Dance | Nora Brady | 1930-04-18 |
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Double Cross Roads | Mary Carlyle | 1930-04-20 |
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Murder Will Out | Jeanne Baldwin | 1930-04-06 |
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The Show of Shows | Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number | 1929-11-21 |
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Love, Live & Laugh | Margharita | 1929-11-02 |
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Dark Streets | Katie Dean | 1929-08-11 |
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Queen of the Night Clubs | Bea Walters | 1929-03-23 |
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Flight | Elinor | 1929-09-14 |
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The Argyle Case | Mary Morgan | 1929-08-17 |
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Honky Tonk | Beth | 1929-08-31 |
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Drag | Dot | 1929-07-21 |
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The Sacred Flame | Stella Taylor | 1929-11-24 |
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Just Married | Victoire | 1928-08-18 |
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The Black Pearl | Eugenie Bromley | 1928-12-18 |
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Top Sergeant Mulligan | The girl | 1928-01-15 |
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The Man in Hobbles | Ann Harris | 1928-02-20 |
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United States Smith | Molly Malone | 1928-06-15 |
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You Can’t Beat the Law | Patricia Berry | 1928-02-01 |
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The Little Wild Girl | Marie Cleste | 1928-08-01 |
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The Adorable Cheat | Marion Dorsey | 1928-08-14 |
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Black Butterflies | Norma Davis | 1928-08-30 |
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Million Dollar Mystery | Florence Grey | 1927-08-01 |
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One Increasing Purpose | Elizabeth Glade | 1927-01-02 |
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Broken Hearts | Ruth Esterin | 1926-02-16 |
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The New Klondike | Evelyn Lane | 1926-03-14 |
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Fascinating Youth | Lila Lee | 1926-03-17 |
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Coming Through | Alice Rand | 1925-02-17 |
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Old Home Week | Ethel Harmon | 1925-05-25 |
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The Midnight Girl | Anna | 1925-02-14 |
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Love's Whirlpool | Molly | 1924-03-02 |
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Another Man's Wife | Helen Brand | 1924-09-07 |
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Wandering Husbands | Diana Moreland | 1924-04-20 |
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Hollywood | Lila Lee | 1923-08-19 |
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Homeward Bound | Mary Brent | 1923-07-29 |
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Woman-Proof | Louise Halliday | 1923-10-28 |
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The Ne'er-Do-Well | Chiquita | 1923-04-29 |
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One Glorious Day | Molly McIntyre | 1922-01-29 |
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Is Matrimony a Failure? | Margaret Saxby | 1922-04-16 |
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The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 | Self | 1922-03-15 |
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Back Home and Broke | Mary Thorne | 1922-12-24 |
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The Fast Freight | Elsie | 1922-06-18 |
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Blood and Sand | Carmen | 1922-08-05 |
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The Dictator | Juanita | 1922-06-25 |
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A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922-07-10 |
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The Ghost Breaker | Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress | 1922-09-10 |
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Ebb Tide | Ruth Attwater | 1922-11-19 |
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Rent Free | Barbara Teller | 1922-01-01 |
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The Easy Road | Ella Klotz | 1921-02-13 |
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The Charm School | Elsie | 1921-01-01 |
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Midsummer Madness | Daisy Osborne | 1921-01-23 |
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Crazy to Marry | Annabelle Landis | 1921-08-28 |
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Gasoline Gus | Sal Jo Banty | 1921-08-20 |
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The Dollar-a-Year Man | Peggy Bruce | 1921-04-02 |
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After the Show | Eileen | 1921-10-30 |
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The Prince Chap | Claudia (age 18) | 1920-08-01 |
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The Soul of Youth | Vera Hamilton | 1920-08-15 |
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Terror Island | Beverly West | 1920-04-08 |
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The Lottery Man | Polly | 1919-10-12 |
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Male and Female | Tweeny, the scullery maid | 1919-11-23 |
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The Heart of Youth | Josephine Darchat | 1919-08-24 |
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A Daughter of the Wolf | Annette Ainsworth | 1919-06-22 |
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The Secret Garden | Mary Lennox | 1919-01-12 |
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Jane Goes A-Wooing | Lila | 1919-01-05 |
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Hawthorne of the U.S.A. | Princess Irma | 1919-11-30 |
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Rustling a Bride | Emily | 1919-04-27 |
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Puppy Love | Gloria O'Connell | 1919-03-02 |
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Such a Little Pirate | Patricia Wolf | 1918-10-06 |
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The Cruise of the Make-Believes | Bessie Meggison | 1918-09-01 |
