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Lila Lee
Acting

Lila Lee
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-07-25,Union Hill, New Jersey, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

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Broken Hearts
1926-02-16

The Little Wild Girl

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The Little Wild Girl
1928-08-01

The Unholy Three

5.5

The Unholy Three
1930-07-12

War Correspondent

3

War Correspondent
1932-07-25

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Ebb Tide
1922-11-19

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Rent Free
1922-01-01

Fascinating Youth

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Fascinating Youth
1926-03-17

Another Man's Wife

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Another Man's Wife
1924-09-07

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Coming Through
1925-02-17

A Trip to Paramountown

6

A Trip to Paramountown
1922-07-10

Male and Female

6.3

Male and Female
1919-11-23

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

6

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936-04-24

3.5

Lone Cowboy
1933-12-02

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961-05-24

The People's Enemy

6

The People's Enemy
1935-04-29

5.6

Blood and Sand
1922-08-05

The Lottery Man

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The Lottery Man
1919-10-12

The Charm School

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The Charm School
1921-01-01

7

Hollywood
1923-08-19

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Radio Patrol
1932-06-02

2

Exposure
1932-08-20

Officer Thirteen

6.2

Officer Thirteen
1932-11-26

The Secret Garden

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The Secret Garden
1919-01-12

The Midnight Girl

5.2

The Midnight Girl
1925-02-14

6.2

Flight
1929-09-14

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I Can't Escape
1934-07-04

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers

4

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1967-01-01

In Love with Life

5

In Love with Life
1934-05-11

The Adorable Cheat

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The Adorable Cheat
1928-08-14

Country Gentlemen

6.5

Country Gentlemen
1936-11-08

3

Unholy Love
1932-06-08

5.6

Whirlpool
1934-04-10

4.3

False Faces
1932-10-12

Midsummer Madness

1

Midsummer Madness
1921-01-23

Top Sergeant Mulligan

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Top Sergeant Mulligan
1928-01-15

The Night of June 13

7

The Night of June 13
1932-09-17

5.5

Show of Shows
1929-11-21

4.2

The Intruder
1933-03-13

Love, Live & Laugh

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Love, Live & Laugh
1929-11-02

The New Klondike

5

The New Klondike
1926-03-14

Hawthorne of the U.S.A.

5.6

Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
1919-11-30

The Emperor's New Clothes

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The Emperor's New Clothes
1966-01-01

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Drag
1929-07-21

0

The Gorilla
1930-11-02

Face in the Sky

4.5

Face in the Sky
1933-01-15

The Dollar-a-Year Man

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The Dollar-a-Year Man
1921-04-02

0

Gasoline Gus
1921-08-20

8.5

Crazy to Marry
1921-08-28

The Fast Freight

0

The Fast Freight
1922-06-18

The Black Pearl

0

The Black Pearl
1928-12-18

4.9

Terror Island
1920-04-08

Million Dollar Mystery

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Million Dollar Mystery
1927-08-01

The Iron Master

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The Iron Master
1933-02-04

The Argyle Case

0

The Argyle Case
1929-08-17

Those Who Dance

6

Those Who Dance
1930-04-18

0

Two Wise Maids
1937-02-15

4

Nation Aflame
1937-10-15

Double Cross Roads

0

Double Cross Roads
1930-04-20

0

Honky Tonk
1929-08-31

Misbehaving Ladies

0

Misbehaving Ladies
1931-04-16

Queen of the Night Clubs

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Queen of the Night Clubs
1929-03-23

The Ghost Breaker

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The Ghost Breaker
1922-09-10

5

Fashion News
1928-11-06

0

Just Married
1928-08-18

The Ne'er-Do-Well

0

The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923-04-29

0

Woman-Proof
1923-10-28

The Soul of Youth

5.4

The Soul of Youth
1920-08-15

0

Woman Hungry
1931-04-04

0

After the Show
1921-10-30

One Increasing Purpose

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One Increasing Purpose
1927-01-02

7

Second Wife
1930-02-09

0

The Dictator
1922-06-25

0

Homeward Bound
1923-07-29

The Sacred Flame

1

The Sacred Flame
1929-11-24

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

0

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922-03-15

Love's Whirlpool

0

Love's Whirlpool
1924-03-02

Wandering Husbands

1

Wandering Husbands
1924-04-20

5

Dark Streets
1929-08-11

One Glorious Day

0

One Glorious Day
1922-01-29

Stand Up and Cheer!

4.8

Stand Up and Cheer!
1934-05-04

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

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Panic!
1957-03-05