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Lila Lee‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1905-07-25

Popularity

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Lila Lee

Union Hill, New Jersey, USA

Lila Lee

Union Hill, New Jersey, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1905-07-25

Popularity

star1.1

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Broken Hearts

Broken Hearts‌
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calendar 1926

The Little Wild Girl

The Little Wild Girl‌
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calendar 1928

The Unholy Three

The Unholy Three‌
star5.5
calendar 1930

War Correspondent

War Correspondent‌
star3.0
calendar 1932

Ebb Tide

Ebb Tide‌
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calendar 1922

Rent Free

Rent Free‌
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calendar 1922

Fascinating Youth

Fascinating Youth‌
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calendar 1926

Another Man's Wife

Another Man's Wife‌
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calendar 1924

Coming Through

Coming Through‌
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calendar 1925

A Trip to Paramountown

A Trip to Paramountown‌
star6.0
calendar 1922

Male and Female

Male and Female‌
star6.3
calendar 1919

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Lone Cowboy

Lone Cowboy‌
star3.5
calendar 1933

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino‌
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calendar 1961

The People's Enemy

The People's Enemy‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand‌
star5.6
calendar 1922

The Lottery Man

The Lottery Man‌
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calendar 1919

The Charm School

The Charm School‌
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calendar 1921

Hollywood

Hollywood‌
star7.0
calendar 1923

Radio Patrol

Radio Patrol‌
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calendar 1932

Exposure

Exposure‌
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calendar 1932

Officer Thirteen

Officer Thirteen‌
star6.2
calendar 1932

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden‌
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calendar 1919

The Midnight Girl

The Midnight Girl‌
star5.2
calendar 1925

Flight

Flight‌
star6.2
calendar 1929

I Can't Escape

I Can't Escape‌
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calendar 1934

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers‌
star4.0
calendar 1967

In Love with Life

In Love with Life‌
star5.0
calendar 1934

The Adorable Cheat

The Adorable Cheat‌
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calendar 1928

Country Gentlemen

Country Gentlemen‌
star6.5
calendar 1936

Unholy Love

Unholy Love‌
star3.0
calendar 1932

Whirlpool

Whirlpool‌
star5.6
calendar 1934

False Faces

False Faces‌
star4.3
calendar 1932

Midsummer Madness

Midsummer Madness‌
star1.0
calendar 1921

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan‌
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calendar 1928

The Night of June 13

The Night of June 13‌
star7.0
calendar 1932

Show of Shows

Show of Shows‌
star5.5
calendar 1929

The Intruder

The Intruder‌
star4.2
calendar 1933

Love, Live & Laugh

Love, Live & Laugh‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

The New Klondike

The New Klondike‌
star5.0
calendar 1926

Hawthorne of the U.S.A.

Hawthorne of the U.S.A.‌
star5.6
calendar 1919

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes‌
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calendar 1966

Drag

Drag‌
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calendar 1929

The Gorilla

The Gorilla‌
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calendar 1930

Face in the Sky

Face in the Sky‌
star4.5
calendar 1933

Gasoline Gus

Gasoline Gus‌
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calendar 1921

The Dollar-a-Year Man

The Dollar-a-Year Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

The Fast Freight

The Fast Freight‌
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calendar 1922

Crazy to Marry

Crazy to Marry‌
star8.5
calendar 1921

The Black Pearl

The Black Pearl‌
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calendar 1928

Terror Island

Terror Island‌
star4.9
calendar 1920

The Iron Master

The Iron Master‌
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calendar 1933

Million Dollar Mystery

Million Dollar Mystery‌
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calendar 1927

The Argyle Case

The Argyle Case‌
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calendar 1929

Those Who Dance

Those Who Dance‌
star6.0
calendar 1930

Two Wise Maids

Two Wise Maids‌
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calendar 1937

Nation Aflame

Nation Aflame‌
star4.0
calendar 1937

Double Cross Roads

Double Cross Roads‌
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calendar 1930

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk‌
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calendar 1929

Misbehaving Ladies

Misbehaving Ladies‌
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calendar 1931

Queen of the Night Clubs

Queen of the Night Clubs‌
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calendar 1929

The Ghost Breaker

The Ghost Breaker‌
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calendar 1922

Fashion News

Fashion News‌
star5.0
calendar 1928

Just Married

Just Married‌
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calendar 1928

The Ne'er-Do-Well

The Ne'er-Do-Well‌
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calendar 1923

Woman-Proof

Woman-Proof‌
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calendar 1923

The Soul of Youth

The Soul of Youth‌
star5.4
calendar 1920

Woman Hungry

Woman Hungry‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

After the Show

After the Show‌
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calendar 1921

One Increasing Purpose

One Increasing Purpose‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Second Wife

Second Wife‌
star7.0
calendar 1930

The Dictator

The Dictator‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

The Sacred Flame

The Sacred Flame‌
star1.0
calendar 1929

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922‌
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calendar 1922

Love's Whirlpool

Love's Whirlpool‌
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calendar 1924

Wandering Husbands

Wandering Husbands‌
star1.0
calendar 1924

Dark Streets

Dark Streets‌
star5.0
calendar 1929

One Glorious Day

One Glorious Day‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Stand Up and Cheer!

Stand Up and Cheer!‌
star4.8
calendar 1934

Tv Credits

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Panic!

Panic!‌
star0.0
calendar 1957