Vola Vale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1897
- Died
- October 17, 1970 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Buffalo, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia She was born Vola Smith in Buffalo, New York. Vale was educated in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She began her career in amateur theatricals in Rochester, New York. Then she played in stock companies for a while. Her first movie experience was with Biograph, under the tutelage of the great film director D.W. Griffith. After a month of playing atmosphere parts, Vola was offered a genuine role. She wore a velvet gown with a train and a feathered hat. Soon she was appearing in short reel films for Biograph. Among the actors she was cast with were William S. Hart, Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, William Haines, Harry Carey, Tully Marshall and William Russell. She was adept in playing Spanish, Italian, French, and Gypsy roles. Aside from Biograph Vola worked for Fox Film, Famous Players-Lasky, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures. Her ambition was to play Madame Butterfly with an actual Japanese company, as well as to act as Lorna Doone. She was most inspired by Hayakawa and hoped to learn to act inside, as he did. With Sessue Hayakawa she made Each To His Kind (1917). Before filming began it was decided that the name Smith was too common to be used by a motion picture star. She changed her professional name to Vola Vale.
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Filmography
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon
Movie
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Movie · as Townswoman
Black Tears
Movie
Two Can Play
Movie · as Mimi Allen
Home Sweet Home
Movie
Her Big Adventure
Movie · as Countess Fontaine
The Sky Pirate
Movie
Little Annie Rooney
Movie · as Mamie
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie · as Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
Heartless Husbands
Movie · as Mrs. Jackson Cain
Who Cares
Movie · as Tootles
The Mirage
Movie · as Betty Bond
Crashin' Thru
Movie · as Diane
Soul of the Beast
Movie · as Jacqueline
The Midnight Flower
Movie · as Mary — a foundling
Mothers-in-Law
Movie · as Ina Phillips
The Man Between
Movie · as Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
Good Men and True
Movie · as Georgie Hibbler
White Oak
Movie · as Barbara
The Duke of Chimney Butte
Movie · as Vesta Philbrook
Overland Red
Movie · as Louise Alacarme
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Movie · as Rose Lane
The Iron Rider
Movie · as Mera Donovan
Common Sense
Movie · as Violet Manners
Singing River
Movie · as Alice Thornton
Someone in the House
Movie · as Molly Brent
The Purple Cipher
Movie · as Jeanne Baldwin
A Master Stroke
Movie · as Minnie Patton
Six Feet Four
Movie · as Winifred Waverly
A Heart in Pawn
Movie · as Emily Stone
Hornet's Nest
Movie · as Muriel Fletcher
Hearts Asleep
Movie · as Virginia Calvert
Happy Though Married
Movie · as Diana Ramon
Wolves of the Rail
Movie · as Faith Lawson
The Locked Heart
Movie · as Ruth Mason
Perils of the Secret Service
Movie · as Minna Ober (Episode #1)
The Son of His Father
Movie · as Hazel Mallinsbee
The Bond Between
Movie · as Ellen Ingram
The Silent Man
Movie · as Betty Bryce
The Lady in the Library
Movie · as Mildred Vandeburg
Zollenstein
Movie · as Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
The Secret of Black Mountain
Movie · as Miriam Vale
The Topsy Turvy Twins
Movie · as Mattie
The Last Cigarette
Movie · as Minna Ober
Mentioned in Confidence
Movie · as Marjorie Manning
The Winning of Sally Temple
Movie · as Lady Pamela Vauclain
Each to His Kind
Movie · as Amy Dawe
The Woman He Feared
Movie · as May Clive
A Great Love
Movie · as Nell Woodward
The Eagle's Wings
Movie · as Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)
The Price of Silence
Movie · as Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)
It Sounded Like a Kiss
Movie · as Estelle
The Soul of Pierre
Movie
Cupid Entangled
Movie · as The Country Girl
Liberty Belles
Movie · as Boarding Schoolgirl
The Iron Master
Movie · as The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)