Vola Vale

Known for ActingBorn 1897-02-12Died 1970-10-17Buffalo, New York, USA

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.Read more

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The Sky Pirate

Crashin' Thru

The Iron Rider

Common Sense

Singing River

The Purple Cipher

A Master Stroke

The Topsy Turvy Twins

The Woman He Feared

Black Tears

Two Can Play

Her Big Adventure

Heartless Husbands

Overland Red

Someone in the House

Perils of the Secret Service

It Sounded Like a Kiss

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

The Midnight Flower

The Man Between

Alias Jimmy Valentine

A Heart in Pawn

Hornet's Nest

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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

A Great Love

The Phantom of the Opera

Little Annie Rooney

Who Cares

The Mirage

Mothers-in-Law

Good Men and True

The Duke of Chimney Butte

Hearts Asleep

The Lady in the Library

The Last Cigarette

The Iron Master

Soul of the Beast

Six Feet Four

White Oak

Wolves of the Rail

One Rainy Afternoon

Liberty Belles

The Silent Man

Home Sweet Home

Happy Though Married

The Locked Heart

The Son of His Father