Lila Lee
Acting · Born Jul 25, 1905 · Died Nov 13, 1973 (68) · Union 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.
Films
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
19674.3
The Emperor's New Clothes
19667.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
19617.0
Nation Aflame
19375.2
Two Wise Maids
193710.0
Country Gentlemen
19365.5
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
19366.2
The People's Enemy
19357.0
I Can't Escape
19346.7
In Love with Life
19345.7
Stand Up and Cheer!
19345.3
Whirlpool
19346.4
Lone Cowboy
19334.0
The Intruder
19334.6
The Iron Master
19337.0
Face in the Sky
19335.8
Officer Thirteen
19326.6
False Faces
19324.4
The Night of June 13
19327.5
Exposure
19325.5
War Correspondent
19325.5
Unholy Love
19324.0
Radio Patrol
193210.0
Misbehaving Ladies
19319.0
Woman Hungry
193110.0
The Gorilla
19309.0
The Unholy Three
19305.9
Double Cross Roads
19309.0
Those Who Dance
19306.2
Murder Will Out
19307.0
Second Wife
19307.0
The Sacred Flame
19293.3
The Show of Shows
19296.6
Love, Live & Laugh
19299.0
Flight
19296.6
Honky Tonk
192910.0
The Argyle Case
192910.0
Dark Streets
19297.5
Drag
19296.7
Queen of the Night Clubs
19298.0
Black Butterflies
19287.0
Just Married
19287.0
The Adorable Cheat
19289.0
The Little Wild Girl
192810.0
The Man in Hobbles
19288.0
Top Sergeant Mulligan
19289.0
Million Dollar Mystery
19277.0
One Increasing Purpose
192710.0
Fascinating Youth
19269.0
The New Klondike
19266.0
Broken Hearts
192610.0
Old Home Week
19258.0
Coming Through
19259.0
The Midnight Girl
19255.8
Another Man's Wife
19247.0
Wandering Husbands
19243.0
Love's Whirlpool
19249.0
Woman-Proof
19238.0
Hollywood
19239.0
Homeward Bound
19238.0
The Ne'er-Do-Well
192310.0
Back Home and Broke
19229.0
Ebb Tide
19228.0
The Ghost Breaker
192210.0
Blood and Sand
19225.8
A Trip to Paramountown
19227.8
The Dictator
19228.0
The Fast Freight
192210.0
Is Matrimony a Failure?
192210.0
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922
One Glorious Day
19229.0
Rent Free
19229.0
After the Show
19218.0
Crazy to Marry
19217.8
Gasoline Gus
19218.0
The Dollar-a-Year Man
19217.0
The Easy Road
19217.0
Midsummer Madness
19213.3
The Charm School
19217.0
The Soul of Youth
19205.5
The Prince Chap
19207.0
Terror Island
19205.3
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
19196.3
Male and Female
19196.5
The Lottery Man
191910.0
The Heart of Youth
191910.0
A Daughter of the Wolf
191910.0
Rustling a Bride
19197.0
Puppy Love
19197.0
The Secret Garden
191910.0
Jane Goes A-Wooing
19197.0
Such a Little Pirate
1918
The Cruise of the Make-Believes
1918
