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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The People's Enemy | Katherine Carr | 1935-04-29 |
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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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Whirlpool | Helen | 1934-04-10 |
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Stand Up and Cheer! | Zelda | 1934-05-04 |
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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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The Intruder | Connie Wayne | 1933-03-13 |
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Lone Cowboy | Eleanor Jones | 1933-12-02 |
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False Faces | Georgia Rand | 1932-10-12 |
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War Correspondent | Julie March | 1932-07-25 |
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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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Exposure | Doris Corbin | 1932-08-20 |
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Unholy Love | Jane Bradford | 1932-06-08 |
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Radio Patrol | Sue Kennedy | 1932-06-02 |
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Misbehaving Ladies | Princess Ellen | 1931-04-16 |
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Woman Hungry | Judith Temple | 1931-04-04 |
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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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Second Wife | Florence Wendell Fairchild | 1930-02-09 |
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Double Cross Roads | Mary Carlyle | 1930-04-20 |
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Dark Streets | Katie Dean | 1929-08-11 |
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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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Queen of the Night Clubs | Bea Walters | 1929-03-23 |
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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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Love, Live & Laugh | Margharita | 1929-11-02 |
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Flight | Elinor | 1929-09-14 |
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The Show of Shows | Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number | 1929-11-21 |
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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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The Black Pearl | Eugenie Bromley | 1928-12-18 |
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The Little Wild Girl | Marie Cleste | 1928-08-01 |
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Top Sergeant Mulligan | The girl | 1928-01-15 |
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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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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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The Midnight Girl | Anna | 1925-02-14 |
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Love's Whirlpool | Molly | 1924-03-02 |
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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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The Ne'er-Do-Well | Chiquita | 1923-04-29 |
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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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Ebb Tide | Ruth Attwater | 1922-11-19 |
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The Dictator | Juanita | 1922-06-25 |
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Rent Free | Barbara Teller | 1922-01-01 |
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The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 | Self | 1922-03-15 |
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Blood and Sand | Carmen | 1922-08-05 |
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The Ghost Breaker | Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress | 1922-09-10 |
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The Fast Freight | Elsie | 1922-06-18 |
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Back Home and Broke | Mary Thorne | 1922-12-24 |
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A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922-07-10 |
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One Glorious Day | Molly McIntyre | 1922-01-29 |
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The Dollar-a-Year Man | Peggy Bruce | 1921-04-02 |
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Gasoline Gus | Sal Jo Banty | 1921-08-20 |
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Midsummer Madness | Daisy Osborne | 1921-01-23 |
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The Charm School | Elsie | 1921-01-01 |
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After the Show | Eileen | 1921-10-30 |
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Crazy to Marry | Annabelle Landis | 1921-08-28 |
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The Soul of Youth | Vera Hamilton | 1920-08-15 |
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The Prince Chap | Claudia (age 18) | 1920-08-01 |
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Terror Island | Beverly West | 1920-04-08 |
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Hawthorne of the U.S.A. | Princess Irma | 1919-11-30 |
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Male and Female | Tweeny, the scullery maid | 1919-11-23 |
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The Lottery Man | Polly | 1919-10-12 |
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The Secret Garden | Mary Lennox | 1919-01-12 |
