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.
Broken Hearts
(Ruth Esterin)
The Little Wild Girl
(Marie Cleste)
The Unholy Three
(Rosie O'Grady)
War Correspondent
(Julie March)
Ebb Tide
(Ruth Attwater)
Rent Free
(Barbara Teller)
Fascinating Youth
(Lila Lee)
Another Man's Wife
(Helen Brand)
Coming Through
(Alice Rand)
A Trip to Paramountown
(Self)
Male and Female
(Tweeny, the scullery maid)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
(Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist)
Lone Cowboy
(Eleanor Jones)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
(Self (archive footage))
The People's Enemy
(Katherine Carr)
Blood and Sand
(Carmen)
The Lottery Man
(Polly)
The Charm School
(Elsie)
Hollywood
(Lila Lee)
Radio Patrol
(Sue Kennedy)
Exposure
(Doris Corbin)
Officer Thirteen
(Doris Dane)
The Secret Garden
(Mary Lennox)
The Midnight Girl
(Anna)
Flight
(Elinor)
I Can't Escape
(Mae Nichols)
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
(Viola Zickafoose)
In Love with Life
(Sharon)
The Adorable Cheat
(Marion Dorsey)
Country Gentlemen
(Louise Heath)
Unholy Love
(Jane Bradford)
Whirlpool
(Helen Rankin Morrison)
False Faces
(Georgia Rand)
Midsummer Madness
(Daisy Osborne)
Top Sergeant Mulligan
(The girl)
The Night of June 13
(Trudie Morrow)
Show of Shows
(Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number)
The Intruder
(Connie Wayne)
Love, Live & Laugh
(Margharita)
The New Klondike
(Evelyn Lane)
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
(Princess Irma)
The Emperor's New Clothes
(Wringmouth)
Drag
(Dot)
The Gorilla
(Alice Denby)
Face in the Sky
(Sharon Hadley)
The Dollar-a-Year Man
(Peggy Bruce)
Gasoline Gus
(Sal Jo Banty)
Crazy to Marry
(Annabelle Landis)
The Fast Freight
(Elsie)
The Black Pearl
(Eugenie Bromley)
Terror Island
(Beverly West)
Million Dollar Mystery
(Florence Grey)
The Iron Master
(Janet Stillman)
The Argyle Case
(Mary Morgan)
Those Who Dance
(Nora Brady)
Two Wise Maids
(Ethel Harriman)
Nation Aflame
(Mona Franklin Burtis)
Double Cross Roads
(Mary Carlyle)
Honky Tonk
(Beth)
Misbehaving Ladies
(Princess Ellen)
Queen of the Night Clubs
(Bea Walters)
The Ghost Breaker
(Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress)
Fashion News
(Self (1930))
Just Married
(Victoire)
The Ne'er-Do-Well
(Chiquita)
Woman-Proof
(Louise Halliday)
The Soul of Youth
(Vera Hamilton)
Woman Hungry
(Judith Temple)
After the Show
(Eileen)
One Increasing Purpose
(Elizabeth Glade)
Second Wife
(Florence Wendell Fairchild)
The Dictator
(Juanita)
Homeward Bound
(Mary Brent)
The Sacred Flame
(Stella Taylor)
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
(Self)
Love's Whirlpool
(Molly)
Wandering Husbands
(Diana Moreland)
Dark Streets
(Katie Dean)
One Glorious Day
(Molly McIntyre)
Stand Up and Cheer!
(Zelda)
Lux Video Theatre
(Mrs. McLean)
Panic!