Lila Lee
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieCottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1967
Viola Zickafoose
movieThe Emperor's New Clothes
1966
Wringmouth
movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Self (archive footage)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Mrs. McLean
movieNation Aflame
1937
Mona Franklin Burtis
movieTwo Wise Maids
1937
Ethel Harriman
movieCountry Gentlemen
1936
Louise Heath
movieThe Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist
Champagne for Breakfast
1935
Natalie Morton
movieThe People's Enemy
1935
Katherine Carr
The Marriage Bargain
1935
Helen Stanhope
movieI Can't Escape
1934
Mae Nichols
movieWhirlpool
1934
Helen
movieLone Cowboy
1933
Eleanor Jones
movieThe Intruder
1933
Connie Wayne
movieThe Iron Master
1933
Janet Stillman
movieFace in the Sky
1933
Sharon Hadley
movieOfficer Thirteen
1932
Doris Dane
movieFalse Faces
1932
Georgia Rand
movieThe Night of June 13
1932
Trudie Morrow
movieExposure
1932
Doris Corbin
movieWar Correspondent
1932
Julie March
movieUnholy Love
1932
Jane Bradford
movieRadio Patrol
1932
Sue Kennedy
movieMisbehaving Ladies
1931
Princess Ellen
movieWoman Hungry
1931
Judith Temple
movieThe Gorilla
1930
Alice Denby
movieThe Unholy Three
1930
Rosie O'Grady
movieDouble Cross Roads
1930
Mary Carlyle
movieThose Who Dance
1930
Nora Brady
movieMurder Will Out
1930
Jeanne Baldwin
movieSecond Wife
1930
Florence Wendell Fairchild
movieThe Sacred Flame
1929
Stella Taylor
movieThe Show of Shows
1929
Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
movieLove, Live & Laugh
1929
Margharita
movieFlight
1929
Elinor
movieThe Argyle Case
1929
Mary Morgan
movieDark Streets
1929
Katie Dean
movieQueen of the Night Clubs
1929
Bea Walters
The Black Pearl
1928
Eugenie Bromley
movieBlack Butterflies
1928
Norma Davis
movieJust Married
1928
Victoire
movieThe Adorable Cheat
1928
Marion Dorsey
movieThe Little Wild Girl
1928
Marie Cleste
United States Smith
1928
Molly Malone
movieThe Man in Hobbles
1928
Ann Harris
You Can’t Beat the Law
1928
Patricia Berry
movieTop Sergeant Mulligan
1928
The girl
movieMillion Dollar Mystery
1927
Florence Grey
movieOne Increasing Purpose
1927
Elizabeth Glade
movieFascinating Youth
1926
Lila Lee
movieThe New Klondike
1926
Evelyn Lane
movieBroken Hearts
1926
Ruth Esterin
movieOld Home Week
1925
Ethel Harmon
movieComing Through
1925
Alice Rand
movieAnother Man's Wife
1924
Helen Brand
movieWandering Husbands
1924
Diana Moreland
movieWoman-Proof
1923
Louise Halliday
movieHollywood
1923
Lila Lee
movieHomeward Bound
1923
Mary Brent
movieThe Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
Chiquita
movieBack Home and Broke
1922
Mary Thorne
movieEbb Tide
1922
Ruth Attwater
movieThe Ghost Breaker
1922
Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress
movieBlood and Sand
1922
Carmen
movieThe Dictator
1922
Juanita
movieIs Matrimony a Failure?
1922
Margaret Saxby
movieOne Glorious Day
1922
Molly McIntyre
movieRent Free
1922
Barbara Teller
movieAfter the Show
1921
Eileen
movieCrazy to Marry
1921
Annabelle Landis
movieGasoline Gus
1921
Sal Jo Banty
movieThe Dollar-a-Year Man
1921
Peggy Bruce
movieThe Easy Road
1921
Ella Klotz
movieMidsummer Madness
1921
Daisy Osborne
movieThe Soul of Youth
1920
Vera Hamilton
movieThe Prince Chap
1920
Claudia (age 18)
movieTerror Island
1920
Beverly West
movieHawthorne of the U.S.A.
1919
Princess Irma
movieMale and Female
1919
Tweeny, the scullery maid
movieThe Heart of Youth
1919
Josephine Darchat
movieA Daughter of the Wolf
1919
Annette Ainsworth
moviePuppy Love
1919
Gloria O'Connell
movieThe Secret Garden
1919
Mary Lennox
movieSuch a Little Pirate
1918
Patricia Wolf
movieThe Cruise of the Make-Believes
1918
Bessie Meggison