Lila Lee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 25, 1905
- Died
- November 13, 1973
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers 1967
as Viola Zickafoose
The Emperor's New Clothes 1966
as Wringmouth
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino 1961
as Self (archive footage)
Nation Aflame 1937
as Mona Franklin Burtis
Two Wise Maids 1937
as Ethel Harriman
Country Gentlemen 1936
as Louise Heath
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford 1936
as Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist
- Champagne for Breakfast
Champagne for Breakfast 1935
as Natalie Morton
The People's Enemy 1935
as Katherine Carr
- The Marriage Bargain
The Marriage Bargain 1935
as Helen Stanhope
I Can't Escape 1934
as Mae Nichols
In Love with Life 1934
as Sharon
Stand Up and Cheer! 1934
as Zelda
Whirlpool 1934
as Helen
Lone Cowboy 1933
as Eleanor Jones
The Intruder 1933
as Connie Wayne
The Iron Master 1933
as Janet Stillman
Face in the Sky 1933
as Sharon Hadley
Officer Thirteen 1932
as Doris Dane
False Faces 1932
as Georgia Rand
The Night of June 13 1932
as Trudie Morrow
Exposure 1932
as Doris Corbin
War Correspondent 1932
as Julie March
Unholy Love 1932
as Jane Bradford
Radio Patrol 1932
as Sue Kennedy
Misbehaving Ladies 1931
as Princess Ellen
Woman Hungry 1931
as Judith Temple
The Gorilla 1930
as Alice Denby
The Unholy Three 1930
as Rosie O'Grady
Double Cross Roads 1930
as Mary Carlyle
Those Who Dance 1930
as Nora Brady
Murder Will Out 1930
as Jeanne Baldwin
Second Wife 1930
as Florence Wendell Fairchild
The Sacred Flame 1929
as Stella Taylor
The Show of Shows 1929
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Love, Live & Laugh 1929
as Margharita
Flight 1929
as Elinor
Honky Tonk 1929
as Beth
The Argyle Case 1929
as Mary Morgan
Dark Streets 1929
as Katie Dean
Drag 1929
as Dot
Queen of the Night Clubs 1929
as Bea Walters
- The Black Pearl
The Black Pearl 1928
as Eugenie Bromley
Black Butterflies 1928
as Norma Davis
Just Married 1928
as Victoire
The Adorable Cheat 1928
as Marion Dorsey
The Little Wild Girl 1928
as Marie Cleste
- United States Smith
United States Smith 1928
as Molly Malone
The Man in Hobbles 1928
as Ann Harris
- You Can’t Beat the Law
You Can’t Beat the Law 1928
as Patricia Berry
Top Sergeant Mulligan 1928
as The girl
Million Dollar Mystery 1927
as Florence Grey
One Increasing Purpose 1927
as Elizabeth Glade
Fascinating Youth 1926
as Lila Lee
The New Klondike 1926
as Evelyn Lane
Broken Hearts 1926
as Ruth Esterin
Old Home Week 1925
as Ethel Harmon
Coming Through 1925
as Alice Rand
The Midnight Girl 1925
as Anna
Another Man's Wife 1924
as Helen Brand
Wandering Husbands 1924
as Diana Moreland
Love's Whirlpool 1924
as Molly
Woman-Proof 1923
as Louise Halliday
Hollywood 1923
as Lila Lee
Homeward Bound 1923
as Mary Brent
The Ne'er-Do-Well 1923
as Chiquita
Back Home and Broke 1922
as Mary Thorne
Ebb Tide 1922
as Ruth Attwater
The Ghost Breaker 1922
as Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress
Blood and Sand 1922
as Carmen
A Trip to Paramountown 1922
as Self
The Dictator 1922
as Juanita
The Fast Freight 1922
as Elsie
Is Matrimony a Failure? 1922
as Margaret Saxby
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 1922
as Self
One Glorious Day 1922
as Molly McIntyre
Rent Free 1922
as Barbara Teller
After the Show 1921
as Eileen
Crazy to Marry 1921
as Annabelle Landis
Gasoline Gus 1921
as Sal Jo Banty
The Dollar-a-Year Man 1921
as Peggy Bruce
The Easy Road 1921
as Ella Klotz
Midsummer Madness 1921
as Daisy Osborne
The Charm School 1921
as Elsie
The Soul of Youth 1920
as Vera Hamilton
The Prince Chap 1920
as Claudia (age 18)
Terror Island 1920
as Beverly West
Hawthorne of the U.S.A. 1919
as Princess Irma
Male and Female 1919
as Tweeny, the scullery maid
The Lottery Man 1919
as Polly
The Heart of Youth 1919
as Josephine Darchat
A Daughter of the Wolf 1919
as Annette Ainsworth
Rustling a Bride 1919
as Emily
Puppy Love 1919
as Gloria O'Connell
The Secret Garden 1919
as Mary Lennox
Jane Goes A-Wooing 1919
as Lila
Such a Little Pirate 1918
as Patricia Wolf
The Cruise of the Make-Believes 1918
as Bessie Meggison
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