Acting
Lila Lee
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
Film · 1967
The Emperor's New Clothes
Film · 1966
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Film · 1961
Panic!
Series · 1957
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Two Wise Maids
Film · 1937
Nation Aflame
Film · 1937
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Film · 1936
Country Gentlemen
Film · 1936
The People's Enemy
Film · 1935
Champagne for Breakfast
Film · 1935
The Marriage Bargain
Film · 1935
I Can't Escape
Film · 1934
In Love with Life
Film · 1934
Whirlpool
Film · 1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
Film · 1934
Lone Cowboy
Film · 1933
The Intruder
Film · 1933
Face in the Sky
Film · 1933
The Iron Master
Film · 1933
War Correspondent
Film · 1932
Radio Patrol
Film · 1932
Exposure
Film · 1932
Officer Thirteen
Film · 1932
Unholy Love
Film · 1932
False Faces
Film · 1932
The Night of June 13
Film · 1932
Misbehaving Ladies
Film · 1931
Woman Hungry
Film · 1931
The Unholy Three
Film · 1930
The Gorilla
Film · 1930
Those Who Dance
Film · 1930
Double Cross Roads
Film · 1930
Second Wife
Film · 1930
Murder Will Out
Film · 1930
Flight
Film · 1929
The Show of Shows
Film · 1929
Love, Live & Laugh
Film · 1929
Drag
Film · 1929
The Argyle Case
Film · 1929
Honky Tonk
Film · 1929
Queen of the Night Clubs
Film · 1929
The Sacred Flame
Film · 1929
Dark Streets
Film · 1929
The Little Wild Girl
Film · 1928
The Adorable Cheat
Film · 1928
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Film · 1928
The Black Pearl
Film · 1928
Just Married
Film · 1928
Black Butterflies
Film · 1928
The Man in Hobbles
Film · 1928
United States Smith
Film · 1928
You Can’t Beat the Law
Film · 1928
Million Dollar Mystery
Film · 1927
One Increasing Purpose
Film · 1927
Broken Hearts
Film · 1926
Fascinating Youth
Film · 1926
The New Klondike
Film · 1926
Coming Through
Film · 1925
The Midnight Girl
Film · 1925
Old Home Week
Film · 1925
Another Man's Wife
Film · 1924
Love's Whirlpool
Film · 1924
Wandering Husbands
Film · 1924
Hollywood
Film · 1923
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Film · 1923
Woman-Proof
Film · 1923
Homeward Bound
Film · 1923
Ebb Tide
Film · 1922
Rent Free
Film · 1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Film · 1922
Blood and Sand
Film · 1922
The Fast Freight
Film · 1922
The Ghost Breaker
Film · 1922
The Dictator
Film · 1922
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Film · 1922
One Glorious Day
Film · 1922
Back Home and Broke
Film · 1922
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Film · 1922
The Charm School
Film · 1921
Midsummer Madness
Film · 1921
The Dollar-a-Year Man
Film · 1921
Gasoline Gus
Film · 1921
Crazy to Marry
Film · 1921
After the Show
Film · 1921
The Easy Road
Film · 1921
Terror Island
Film · 1920
The Soul of Youth
Film · 1920
The Prince Chap
Film · 1920
Male and Female
Film · 1919
The Lottery Man
Film · 1919
The Secret Garden
Film · 1919
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Film · 1919
Jane Goes A-Wooing
Film · 1919
Puppy Love
Film · 1919
A Daughter of the Wolf
Film · 1919
Rustling a Bride
Film · 1919
The Heart of Youth
Film · 1919
Such a Little Pirate
Film · 1918
The Cruise of the Make-Believes
Film · 1918