Lillian Hall-Davis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 23, 1898
- Died
- October 25, 1933 (aged 35)
- Birthplace
- Mile End, London, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films. Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-colour version of I Pagliacci (1923), The Passionate Adventure (1924), Blighty (1927), The Ring (1927), and The Farmer's Wife (1928), the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who at the time considered her his "favourite actress." She had a lead role in a "lavish production" of Quo Vadis (1924), an Italian film directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby. Hall-Davis also appeared in a comedy short film made in the Lee DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, As We Lie (1927), co-starring and directed by Miles Mander. Hall-Davis did not make the transition to talkies; in 1933 her "sharp career decline and health problems" prompted her to commit suicide by turning on the gas oven and cutting her own throat at home in the Golders Green area of London. She was 35.
Known For
Filmography
Shepperton Babylon
Movie · as Herself (Archive)
Many Waters
Movie · as Mabel Barcaldine
Her Reputation
Movie · as Carruthers
Just for a Song
Movie · as Norma Wentworth
The Farmer's Wife
Movie · as Araminta 'Minta' Dench
Volga Volga
Movie · as Princess Zaineb
The White Sheik
Movie · as Rosemary Tregarthen
Tommy Atkins
Movie · as Ruth
The Ring
Movie · as Mabel
The Prey of the Wind
Movie · as Countess Elisabeth
Blighty
Movie · as Mrs. Villiers
Boadicea
Movie · as Emmelyn
Roses of Picardy
Movie · as Madame Vanderlynden
Love Is Blind
Movie
Adventure Mad
Movie · as Gladys Clifton
Nitchevo
Movie
Express Train of Love
Movie · as Lissi
The Farmer from Texas
Movie · as Alice
The Unwanted
Movie · as Maraine Dearsley
The Eleventh Commandment
Movie · as Marian Barchester
The Passionate Adventure
Movie · as Pamela
Quo Vadis?
Movie · as Licia
Married Love
Movie · as Maisie
A Royal Divorce
Movie · as Stephanie
Should a Doctor Tell?
Movie · as Alisa
The Wonderful Story
Movie · as Kate Richards
The Game of Life
Movie · as Rose Wallingford
The Faithful Heart
Movie · as Blackie Anderway
Love Maggy
Movie · as Alexandra Hersey
The Honeypot
Movie · as Alexandra Hersey
Little Women
Movie · as Beth March
The Admirable Crichton
Movie · as Lady Agatha Lasenby