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Vola Vale

Vola Vale

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 12, 1897
Died Oct 17, 1970 (73)
Birthplace Buffalo, New York, USA
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Apr 28, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 28, 2024
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Biography

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.

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Her Big Adventure

Her Big Adventure

1926

as Countess Fontaine

Little Annie Rooney

Little Annie Rooney

1925

as Mamie

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

1925

as Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)

Soul of the Beast

Soul of the Beast

1923

as Jacqueline

Crashin' Thru

Crashin' Thru

1923

as Diane

Good Men and True

Good Men and True

1922

as Georgie Hibbler

White Oak

White Oak

1921

as Barbara

Alias Jimmy Valentine

Alias Jimmy Valentine

1920

as Rose Lane

Common Sense

Common Sense

1920

as Violet Manners

The Iron Rider

The Iron Rider

1920

as Mera Donovan

Overland Red

Overland Red

1920

as Louise Alacarme

Six Feet Four

Six Feet Four

1919

as Winifred Waverly

A Heart in Pawn

A Heart in Pawn

1919

as Emily Stone

Wolves of the Rail

Wolves of the Rail

1918

as Faith Lawson

The Lady in the Library

The Lady in the Library

1917

as Mildred Vandeburg

The Silent Man

The Silent Man

1917

as Betty Bryce

The Son of His Father

The Son of His Father

1917

as Hazel Mallinsbee

Perils of the Secret Service

Perils of the Secret Service

1917

as Minna Ober (Episode #1)

Zollenstein

Zollenstein

1917

as Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia

The Bond Between

The Bond Between

1917

as Ellen Ingram

The Woman He Feared

The Woman He Feared

1916

as May Clive

The Eagle's Wings

The Eagle's Wings

1916

as Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)

The Price of Silence

The Price of Silence

1916

as Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)

A Great Love

A Great Love

1916

as Nell Woodward

The Iron Master

The Iron Master

1914

as The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)

Liberty Belles

Liberty Belles

1914

as Boarding Schoolgirl

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