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 Iron Master | Janet Stillman | 1933-02-04 |
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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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Officer Thirteen | Doris Dane | 1932-11-26 |
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War Correspondent | Julie March | 1932-07-25 |
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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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False Faces | Georgia Rand | 1932-10-12 |
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Radio Patrol | Sue Kennedy | 1932-06-02 |
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The Night of June 13 | Trudie Morrow | 1932-09-17 |
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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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Second Wife | Florence Wendell Fairchild | 1930-02-09 |
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The Gorilla | Alice Denby | 1930-11-02 |
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Double Cross Roads | Mary Carlyle | 1930-04-20 |
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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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The Argyle Case | Mary Morgan | 1929-08-17 |
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Love, Live & Laugh | Margharita | 1929-11-02 |
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Show of Shows | Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number | 1929-11-21 |
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Dark Streets | Katie Dean | 1929-08-11 |
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Honky Tonk | Beth | 1929-08-31 |
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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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Drag | Dot | 1929-07-21 |
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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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Million Dollar Mystery | Florence Grey | 1927-08-01 |
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One Increasing Purpose | Elizabeth Glade | 1927-01-02 |
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The New Klondike | Evelyn Lane | 1926-03-14 |
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Broken Hearts | Ruth Esterin | 1926-02-16 |
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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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Wandering Husbands | Diana Moreland | 1924-04-20 |
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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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Woman-Proof | Louise Halliday | 1923-10-28 |
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Homeward Bound | Mary Brent | 1923-07-29 |
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Hollywood | Lila Lee | 1923-08-19 |
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The Ne'er-Do-Well | Chiquita | 1923-04-29 |
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The Fast Freight | Elsie | 1922-06-18 |
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A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922-07-10 |
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The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 | Self | 1922-03-15 |
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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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Ebb Tide | Ruth Attwater | 1922-11-19 |
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Blood and Sand | Carmen | 1922-08-05 |
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One Glorious Day | Molly McIntyre | 1922-01-29 |
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The Ghost Breaker | Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress | 1922-09-10 |
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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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After the Show | Eileen | 1921-10-30 |
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The Charm School | Elsie | 1921-01-01 |
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Crazy to Marry | Annabelle Landis | 1921-08-28 |
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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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Hawthorne of the U.S.A. | Princess Irma | 1919-11-30 |
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The Secret Garden | Mary Lennox | 1919-01-12 |
