Lila Lee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 25, 1905
- Died
- November 13, 1973 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Union Hill, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
Movie · as Viola Zickafoose
The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie · as Wringmouth
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Panic!
TV · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Mrs. McLean · 1 ep
Two Wise Maids
Movie · as Ethel Harriman
Nation Aflame
Movie · as Mona Franklin Burtis
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Movie · as Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist
Country Gentlemen
Movie · as Louise Heath
The People's Enemy
Movie · as Katherine Carr
Champagne for Breakfast
Movie · as Natalie Morton
The Marriage Bargain
Movie · as Helen Stanhope
I Can't Escape
Movie · as Mae Nichols
In Love with Life
Movie · as Sharon
Whirlpool
Movie · as Helen
Stand Up and Cheer!
Movie · as Zelda
Lone Cowboy
Movie · as Eleanor Jones
The Intruder
Movie · as Connie Wayne
Face in the Sky
Movie · as Sharon Hadley
The Iron Master
Movie · as Janet Stillman
War Correspondent
Movie · as Julie March
Radio Patrol
Movie · as Sue Kennedy
Exposure
Movie · as Doris Corbin
Officer Thirteen
Movie · as Doris Dane
Unholy Love
Movie · as Jane Bradford
False Faces
Movie · as Georgia Rand
The Night of June 13
Movie · as Trudie Morrow
Misbehaving Ladies
Movie · as Princess Ellen
Woman Hungry
Movie · as Judith Temple
The Unholy Three
Movie · as Rosie O'Grady
The Gorilla
Movie · as Alice Denby
Those Who Dance
Movie · as Nora Brady
Double Cross Roads
Movie · as Mary Carlyle
Second Wife
Movie · as Florence Wendell Fairchild
Murder Will Out
Movie · as Jeanne Baldwin
Flight
Movie · as Elinor
The Show of Shows
Movie · as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Love, Live & Laugh
Movie · as Margharita
Drag
Movie · as Dot
The Argyle Case
Movie · as Mary Morgan
Honky Tonk
Movie · as Beth
Queen of the Night Clubs
Movie · as Bea Walters
The Sacred Flame
Movie · as Stella Taylor
Dark Streets
Movie · as Katie Dean
The Little Wild Girl
Movie · as Marie Cleste
The Adorable Cheat
Movie · as Marion Dorsey
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Movie · as The girl
The Black Pearl
Movie · as Eugenie Bromley
Just Married
Movie · as Victoire
Black Butterflies
Movie · as Norma Davis
The Man in Hobbles
Movie · as Ann Harris
United States Smith
Movie · as Molly Malone
You Can’t Beat the Law
Movie · as Patricia Berry
Million Dollar Mystery
Movie · as Florence Grey
One Increasing Purpose
Movie · as Elizabeth Glade
Broken Hearts
Movie · as Ruth Esterin
Fascinating Youth
Movie · as Lila Lee
The New Klondike
Movie · as Evelyn Lane
Coming Through
Movie · as Alice Rand
The Midnight Girl
Movie · as Anna
Old Home Week
Movie · as Ethel Harmon
Another Man's Wife
Movie · as Helen Brand
Love's Whirlpool
Movie · as Molly
Wandering Husbands
Movie · as Diana Moreland
Hollywood
Movie · as Lila Lee
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Movie · as Chiquita
Woman-Proof
Movie · as Louise Halliday
Homeward Bound
Movie · as Mary Brent
Ebb Tide
Movie · as Ruth Attwater
Rent Free
Movie · as Barbara Teller
A Trip to Paramountown
Movie · as Self
Blood and Sand
Movie · as Carmen
The Fast Freight
Movie · as Elsie
The Ghost Breaker
Movie · as Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress
The Dictator
Movie · as Juanita
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Movie · as Self
One Glorious Day
Movie · as Molly McIntyre
Back Home and Broke
Movie · as Mary Thorne
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Movie · as Margaret Saxby
The Charm School
Movie · as Elsie
Midsummer Madness
Movie · as Daisy Osborne
The Dollar-a-Year Man
Movie · as Peggy Bruce
Gasoline Gus
Movie · as Sal Jo Banty
Crazy to Marry
Movie · as Annabelle Landis
After the Show
Movie · as Eileen
The Easy Road
Movie · as Ella Klotz
Terror Island
Movie · as Beverly West
The Soul of Youth
Movie · as Vera Hamilton
The Prince Chap
Movie · as Claudia (age 18)
Male and Female
Movie · as Tweeny, the scullery maid
The Lottery Man
Movie · as Polly
The Secret Garden
Movie · as Mary Lennox
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Movie · as Princess Irma
Jane Goes A-Wooing
Movie · as Lila
Puppy Love
Movie · as Gloria O'Connell
A Daughter of the Wolf
Movie · as Annette Ainsworth
Rustling a Bride
Movie · as Emily
The Heart of Youth
Movie · as Josephine Darchat
Such a Little Pirate
Movie · as Patricia Wolf
The Cruise of the Make-Believes
Movie · as Bessie Meggison