Lila Lee

Known for ActingBorn 1905-07-25Died 1973-11-13Union Hill, New Jersey, USA

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.Read more

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Two Wise Maids

Champagne for Breakfast

Radio Patrol

Woman Hungry

The Argyle Case

Honky Tonk

The Little Wild Girl

The Black Pearl

One Increasing Purpose

Broken Hearts

The Ne'er-Do-Well

The Fast Freight

The Ghost Breaker

Is Matrimony a Failure?

The Lottery Man

The Secret Garden

A Daughter of the Wolf

The Heart of Youth

Misbehaving Ladies

The Gorilla

Double Cross Roads

Love, Live & Laugh

The Adorable Cheat

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Fascinating Youth

Coming Through

Love's Whirlpool

Hollywood

Rent Free

One Glorious Day

Back Home and Broke

Panic!

The Marriage Bargain

Queen of the Night Clubs

The Man in Hobbles

United States Smith

Old Home Week

Woman-Proof

Homeward Bound

Ebb Tide

The Dictator

Gasoline Gus

After the Show

A Trip to Paramountown

Crazy to Marry

I Can't Escape

The Night of June 13

Dark Streets