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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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Filmography (Movies)
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
Character:Viola Zickafoose
Release Date:01/01/1967
The Emperor's New Clothes
Character:Wringmouth
Release Date:01/01/1966
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/1961
Nation Aflame
Character:Mona Franklin Burtis
Release Date:15/10/1937
Two Wise Maids
Character:Ethel Harriman
Release Date:15/02/1937
Country Gentlemen
Character:Louise Heath
Release Date:08/11/1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Character:Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist
Release Date:24/04/1936
Champagne for Breakfast
Character:Natalie Morton
Release Date:15/07/1935
The People's Enemy
Character:Katherine Carr
Release Date:29/04/1935
The Marriage Bargain
Character:Helen Stanhope
Release Date:20/02/1935
I Can't Escape
Character:Mae Nichols
Release Date:04/07/1934
In Love with Life
Character:Sharon
Release Date:11/05/1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
Character:Zelda
Release Date:04/05/1934
Whirlpool
Character:Helen
Release Date:10/04/1934
Lone Cowboy
Character:Eleanor Jones
Release Date:02/12/1933
The Intruder
Character:Connie Wayne
Release Date:13/03/1933
The Iron Master
Character:Janet Stillman
Release Date:04/02/1933
Face in the Sky
Character:Sharon Hadley
Release Date:15/01/1933
Officer Thirteen
Character:Doris Dane
Release Date:26/11/1932
False Faces
Character:Georgia Rand
Release Date:12/10/1932
The Night of June 13
Character:Trudie Morrow
Release Date:17/09/1932
Exposure
Character:Doris Corbin
Release Date:20/08/1932
War Correspondent
Character:Julie March
Release Date:25/07/1932
Unholy Love
Character:Jane Bradford
Release Date:08/06/1932
Radio Patrol
Character:Sue Kennedy
Release Date:02/06/1932
Misbehaving Ladies
Character:Princess Ellen
Release Date:16/04/1931
Woman Hungry
Character:Judith Temple
Release Date:04/04/1931
The Gorilla
Character:Alice Denby
Release Date:02/11/1930
The Unholy Three
Character:Rosie O'Grady
Release Date:12/07/1930
Double Cross Roads
Character:Mary Carlyle
Release Date:20/04/1930
Those Who Dance
Character:Nora Brady
Release Date:18/04/1930
Murder Will Out
Character:Jeanne Baldwin
Release Date:06/04/1930
Second Wife
Character:Florence Wendell Fairchild
Release Date:09/02/1930
The Sacred Flame
Character:Stella Taylor
Release Date:24/11/1929
The Show of Shows
Character:Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Release Date:21/11/1929
Love, Live & Laugh
Character:Margharita
Release Date:02/11/1929
Flight
Character:Elinor
Release Date:14/09/1929
Honky Tonk
Character:Beth
Release Date:31/08/1929
The Argyle Case
Character:Mary Morgan
Release Date:17/08/1929
Dark Streets
Character:Katie Dean
Release Date:11/08/1929
Drag
Character:Dot
Release Date:21/07/1929
Queen of the Night Clubs
Character:Bea Walters
Release Date:23/03/1929
The Black Pearl
Character:Eugenie Bromley
Release Date:18/12/1928
Black Butterflies
Character:Norma Davis
Release Date:30/08/1928
Just Married
Character:Victoire
Release Date:18/08/1928
The Adorable Cheat
Character:Marion Dorsey
Release Date:14/08/1928
The Little Wild Girl
Character:Marie Cleste
Release Date:01/08/1928
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Character:The girl
Release Date:15/01/1928
Million Dollar Mystery
Character:Florence Grey
Release Date:01/08/1927
One Increasing Purpose
Character:Elizabeth Glade
Release Date:02/01/1927
Fascinating Youth
Character:Lila Lee
Release Date:17/03/1926
The New Klondike
Character:Evelyn Lane
Release Date:14/03/1926
Broken Hearts
Character:Ruth Esterin
Release Date:16/02/1926
Old Home Week
Character:Ethel Harmon
Release Date:25/05/1925
Coming Through
Character:Alice Rand
Release Date:17/02/1925
The Midnight Girl
Character:Anna
Release Date:14/02/1925
Another Man's Wife
Character:Helen Brand
Release Date:07/09/1924
Wandering Husbands
Character:Diana Moreland
Release Date:20/04/1924
Love's Whirlpool
Character:Molly
Release Date:02/03/1924
Woman-Proof
Character:Louise Halliday
Release Date:28/10/1923
Hollywood
Character:Lila Lee
Release Date:19/08/1923
Homeward Bound
Character:Mary Brent
Release Date:29/07/1923
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Character:Chiquita
Release Date:29/04/1923
Back Home and Broke
Character:Mary Thorne
Release Date:24/12/1922
Ebb Tide
Character:Ruth Attwater
Release Date:19/11/1922
The Ghost Breaker
Character:Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress
Release Date:10/09/1922
Blood and Sand
Character:Carmen
Release Date:05/08/1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Character:Self
Release Date:10/07/1922
The Dictator
Character:Juanita
Release Date:25/06/1922
The Fast Freight
Character:Elsie
Release Date:18/06/1922
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Character:Margaret Saxby
Release Date:16/04/1922
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Character:Self
Release Date:15/03/1922
One Glorious Day
Character:Molly McIntyre
Release Date:29/01/1922
Rent Free
Character:Barbara Teller
Release Date:01/01/1922
After the Show
Character:Eileen
Release Date:30/10/1921
Crazy to Marry
Character:Annabelle Landis
Release Date:28/08/1921
Gasoline Gus
Character:Sal Jo Banty
Release Date:20/08/1921
The Dollar-a-Year Man
Character:Peggy Bruce
Release Date:02/04/1921
The Easy Road
Character:Ella Klotz
Release Date:13/02/1921
Midsummer Madness
Character:Daisy Osborne
Release Date:23/01/1921
The Charm School
Character:Elsie
Release Date:01/01/1921
The Soul of Youth
Character:Vera Hamilton
Release Date:15/08/1920
The Prince Chap
Character:Claudia (age 18)
Release Date:01/08/1920
Terror Island
Character:Beverly West
Release Date:08/04/1920
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Character:Princess Irma
Release Date:30/11/1919
Male and Female
Character:Tweeny, the scullery maid
Release Date:23/11/1919
The Lottery Man
Character:Polly
Release Date:12/10/1919
The Heart of Youth
Character:Josephine Darchat
Release Date:24/08/1919
A Daughter of the Wolf
Character:Annette Ainsworth
Release Date:22/06/1919
Rustling a Bride
Character:Emily
Release Date:27/04/1919
Puppy Love
Character:Gloria O'Connell
Release Date:02/03/1919
The Secret Garden
Character:Mary Lennox
Release Date:12/01/1919
Jane Goes A-Wooing
Character:
Release Date:05/01/1919
Such a Little Pirate
Character:Patricia Wolf
Release Date:06/10/1918
The Cruise of the Make-Believes
Character:Bessie Meggison
Release Date:01/09/1918
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