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From Wikipedia
She was born Vola Smith in Buffalo, New York. Vale was educated in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She began her career in amateur theatricals in Rochester, New York. Then she played in stock companies for a while.
Her first movie experience was with Biograph, under the tutelage of the great film director D.W. Griffith. After a month of playing atmosphere parts, Vola was offered a genuine role. She wore a velvet gown with a train and a feathered hat. Soon she was appearing in short reel films for Biograph. Among the actors she was cast with were William S. Hart, Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, William Haines, Harry Carey, Tully Marshall and William Russell.
She was adept in playing Spanish, Italian, French, and Gypsy roles. Aside from Biograph Vola worked for Fox Film, Famous Players-Lasky, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures.
Her ambition was to play Madame Butterfly with an actual Japanese company, as well as to act as Lorna Doone. She was most inspired by Hayakawa and hoped to learn to act inside, as he did. With Sessue Hayakawa she made Each To His Kind (1917). Before filming began it was decided that the name Smith was too common to be used by a motion picture star. She changed her professional name to Vola Vale.
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Filmography (Movies)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:05/02/2002
One Rainy Afternoon
Character:
Release Date:13/05/1936
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Character:Townswoman
Release Date:05/02/1932
Black Tears
Character:
Release Date:08/06/1927
Home Sweet Home
Character:
Release Date:24/12/1926
The Sky Pirate
Character:
Release Date:26/11/1926
Two Can Play
Character:Mimi Allen
Release Date:21/02/1926
Her Big Adventure
Character:Countess Fontaine
Release Date:05/01/1926
Little Annie Rooney
Character:Mamie
Release Date:18/10/1925
Heartless Husbands
Character:Mrs. Jackson Cain
Release Date:05/10/1925
The Phantom of the Opera
Character:Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:29/06/1925
Who Cares
Character:Tootles
Release Date:01/02/1925
The Mirage
Character:Betty Bond
Release Date:28/12/1924
The Midnight Flower
Character:Mary — a foundling
Release Date:09/10/1923
Mothers-in-Law
Character:Ina Phillips
Release Date:09/09/1923
The Man Between
Character:Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
Release Date:15/07/1923
Soul of the Beast
Character:Jacqueline
Release Date:06/05/1923
Crashin' Thru
Character:Diane
Release Date:01/04/1923
Good Men and True
Character:Georgie Hibbler
Release Date:05/11/1922
The Duke of Chimney Butte
Character:Vesta Philbrook
Release Date:04/12/1921
White Oak
Character:Barbara
Release Date:01/02/1921
The Iron Rider
Character:Mera Donovan
Release Date:21/11/1920
Singing River
Character:Alice Thornton
Release Date:21/11/1920
Someone in the House
Character:Molly Brent
Release Date:15/11/1920
The Purple Cipher
Character:Jeanne Baldwin
Release Date:11/10/1920
Common Sense
Character:Violet Manners
Release Date:01/06/1920
A Master Stroke
Character:Minnie Patton
Release Date:01/06/1920
Overland Red
Character:Louise Alacarme
Release Date:22/03/1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Character:Rose Lane
Release Date:29/02/1920
Six Feet Four
Character:Winifred Waverly
Release Date:13/09/1919
Hornet's Nest
Character:Muriel Fletcher
Release Date:01/07/1919
Hearts Asleep
Character:Virginia Calvert
Release Date:31/03/1919
A Heart in Pawn
Character:Emily Stone
Release Date:20/03/1919
Happy Though Married
Character:Diana Ramon
Release Date:23/02/1919
The Locked Heart
Character:Ruth Mason
Release Date:20/07/1918
Wolves of the Rail
Character:Faith Lawson
Release Date:01/01/1918
The Silent Man
Character:Betty Bryce
Release Date:26/11/1917
Zollenstein
Character:Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
Release Date:21/11/1917
The Son of His Father
Character:Hazel Mallinsbee
Release Date:22/10/1917
The Lady in the Library
Character:Mildred Vandeburg
Release Date:19/10/1917
The Secret of Black Mountain
Character:Miriam Vale
Release Date:21/09/1917
The Topsy Turvy Twins
Character:Mattie
Release Date:19/04/1917
The Bond Between
Character:Ellen Ingram
Release Date:02/04/1917
Perils of the Secret Service
Character:Minna Ober (Episode #1)
Release Date:09/03/1917
The Last Cigarette
Character:Minna Ober
Release Date:09/03/1917
Mentioned in Confidence
Character:Marjorie Manning
Release Date:08/03/1917
The Winning of Sally Temple
Character:Lady Pamela Vauclain
Release Date:19/02/1917
Each to His Kind
Character:Amy Dawe
Release Date:05/02/1917
It Sounded Like a Kiss
Character:Estelle
Release Date:18/12/1916
The Price of Silence
Character:Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)
Release Date:11/12/1916
The Eagle's Wings
Character:Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)
Release Date:04/12/1916
The Woman He Feared
Character:May Clive
Release Date:14/11/1916
A Great Love
Character:Nell Woodward
Release Date:28/07/1916
The Soul of Pierre
Character:
Release Date:15/09/1915
The Iron Master
Character:The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)
Release Date:13/10/1914
Liberty Belles
Character:Boarding Schoolgirl
Release Date:13/05/1914
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