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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Two Wise Maids | Ethel Harriman | 1937-02-15 |
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Nation Aflame | Mona Franklin Burtis | 1937-10-15 |
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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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The People's Enemy | Katherine Carr | 1935-04-29 |
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Stand Up and Cheer! | Zelda | 1934-05-04 |
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In Love with Life | Sharon | 1934-05-11 |
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Whirlpool | Helen Rankin Morrison | 1934-04-10 |
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I Can't Escape | Mae Nichols | 1934-07-04 |
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Lone Cowboy | Eleanor Jones | 1933-12-02 |
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The Intruder | Connie Wayne | 1933-03-13 |
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Face in the Sky | Sharon Hadley | 1933-01-15 |
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The Iron Master | Janet Stillman | 1933-02-04 |
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Exposure | Doris Corbin | 1932-08-20 |
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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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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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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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Second Wife | Florence Wendell Fairchild | 1930-02-09 |
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Double Cross Roads | Mary Carlyle | 1930-04-20 |
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The Gorilla | Alice Denby | 1930-11-02 |
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Those Who Dance | Nora Brady | 1930-04-18 |
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The Unholy Three | Rosie O'Grady | 1930-07-12 |
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Love, Live & Laugh | Margharita | 1929-11-02 |
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Drag | Dot | 1929-07-21 |
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Show of Shows | Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number | 1929-11-21 |
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The Argyle Case | Mary Morgan | 1929-08-17 |
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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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Honky Tonk | Beth | 1929-08-31 |
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Flight | Elinor | 1929-09-14 |
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The Sacred Flame | Stella Taylor | 1929-11-24 |
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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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Just Married | Victoire | 1928-08-18 |
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Top Sergeant Mulligan | The girl | 1928-01-15 |
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The Black Pearl | Eugenie Bromley | 1928-12-18 |
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One Increasing Purpose | Elizabeth Glade | 1927-01-02 |
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Million Dollar Mystery | Florence Grey | 1927-08-01 |
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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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Broken Hearts | Ruth Esterin | 1926-02-16 |
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The Midnight Girl | Anna | 1925-02-14 |
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Coming Through | Alice Rand | 1925-02-17 |
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Wandering Husbands | Diana Moreland | 1924-04-20 |
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Another Man's Wife | Helen Brand | 1924-09-07 |
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Love's Whirlpool | Molly | 1924-03-02 |
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The Ne'er-Do-Well | Chiquita | 1923-04-29 |
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Woman-Proof | Louise Halliday | 1923-10-28 |
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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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The Fast Freight | Elsie | 1922-06-18 |
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The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 | Self | 1922-03-15 |
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A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922-07-10 |
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The Dictator | Juanita | 1922-06-25 |
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Blood and Sand | Carmen | 1922-08-05 |
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Ebb Tide | Ruth Attwater | 1922-11-19 |
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The Ghost Breaker | Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress | 1922-09-10 |
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One Glorious Day | Molly McIntyre | 1922-01-29 |
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Rent Free | Barbara Teller | 1922-01-01 |
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The Dollar-a-Year Man | Peggy Bruce | 1921-04-02 |
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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 Charm School | Elsie | 1921-01-01 |
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Midsummer Madness | Daisy Osborne | 1921-01-23 |
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After the Show | Eileen | 1921-10-30 |
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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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Male and Female | Tweeny, the scullery maid | 1919-11-23 |
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Hawthorne of the U.S.A. | Princess Irma | 1919-11-30 |
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The Secret Garden | Mary Lennox | 1919-01-12 |
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The Lottery Man | Polly | 1919-10-12 |
