Acting · Union Hill, New Jersey, USA · Born July 25, 1905
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.
MovieCottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1967
as Viola Zickafoose
MovieThe Emperor's New Clothes
1966
as Wringmouth
MovieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
TVPanic!
1957
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. McLean
MovieNation Aflame
1937
as Mona Franklin Burtis
MovieTwo Wise Maids
1937
as Ethel Harriman
MovieCountry Gentlemen
1936
as Louise Heath
MovieThe Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist
Champagne for Breakfast
1935
as Natalie Morton
MovieThe People's Enemy
1935
as Katherine Carr
The Marriage Bargain
1935
as Helen Stanhope
MovieI Can't Escape
1934
as Mae Nichols
MovieIn Love with Life
1934
as Sharon
MovieStand Up and Cheer!
1934
as Zelda
MovieWhirlpool
1934
as Helen
MovieLone Cowboy
1933
as Eleanor Jones
MovieThe Intruder
1933
as Connie Wayne
MovieThe Iron Master
1933
as Janet Stillman
MovieFace in the Sky
1933
as Sharon Hadley
MovieOfficer Thirteen
1932
as Doris Dane
MovieFalse Faces
1932
as Georgia Rand
MovieThe Night of June 13
1932
as Trudie Morrow
MovieExposure
1932
as Doris Corbin
MovieWar Correspondent
1932
as Julie March
MovieUnholy Love
1932
as Jane Bradford
MovieRadio Patrol
1932
as Sue Kennedy
MovieMisbehaving Ladies
1931
as Princess Ellen
MovieWoman Hungry
1931
as Judith Temple
MovieThe Gorilla
1930
as Alice Denby
MovieThe Unholy Three
1930
as Rosie O'Grady
MovieDouble Cross Roads
1930
as Mary Carlyle
MovieThose Who Dance
1930
as Nora Brady
MovieMurder Will Out
1930
as Jeanne Baldwin
MovieSecond Wife
1930
as Florence Wendell Fairchild
MovieThe Sacred Flame
1929
as Stella Taylor
MovieThe Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
MovieLove, Live & Laugh
1929
as Margharita
MovieFlight
1929
as Elinor
MovieHonky Tonk
1929
as Beth
MovieThe Argyle Case
1929
as Mary Morgan
MovieDark Streets
1929
as Katie Dean
MovieDrag
1929
as Dot
MovieQueen of the Night Clubs
1929
as Bea Walters
The Black Pearl
1928
as Eugenie Bromley
MovieBlack Butterflies
1928
as Norma Davis
MovieJust Married
1928
as Victoire
MovieThe Adorable Cheat
1928
as Marion Dorsey
MovieThe Little Wild Girl
1928
as Marie Cleste
United States Smith
1928
as Molly Malone
MovieThe Man in Hobbles
1928
as Ann Harris
You Can’t Beat the Law
1928
as Patricia Berry
MovieTop Sergeant Mulligan
1928
as The girl
MovieMillion Dollar Mystery
1927
as Florence Grey
MovieOne Increasing Purpose
1927
as Elizabeth Glade
MovieFascinating Youth
1926
as Lila Lee
MovieThe New Klondike
1926
as Evelyn Lane
MovieBroken Hearts
1926
as Ruth Esterin
MovieOld Home Week
1925
as Ethel Harmon
MovieComing Through
1925
as Alice Rand
MovieThe Midnight Girl
1925
as Anna
MovieAnother Man's Wife
1924
as Helen Brand
MovieWandering Husbands
1924
as Diana Moreland
MovieLove's Whirlpool
1924
as Molly
MovieWoman-Proof
1923
as Louise Halliday
MovieHollywood
1923
as Lila Lee
MovieHomeward Bound
1923
as Mary Brent
MovieThe Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
as Chiquita
MovieBack Home and Broke
1922
as Mary Thorne
MovieEbb Tide
1922
as Ruth Attwater
MovieThe Ghost Breaker
1922
as Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress
MovieBlood and Sand
1922
as Carmen
MovieA Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self
MovieThe Dictator
1922
as Juanita
MovieThe Fast Freight
1922
as Elsie
MovieIs Matrimony a Failure?
1922
as Margaret Saxby
MovieThe Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922
as Self
MovieOne Glorious Day
1922
as Molly McIntyre
MovieRent Free
1922
as Barbara Teller
MovieAfter the Show
1921
as Eileen
MovieCrazy to Marry
1921
as Annabelle Landis
MovieGasoline Gus
1921
as Sal Jo Banty
MovieThe Dollar-a-Year Man
1921
as Peggy Bruce
MovieThe Easy Road
1921
as Ella Klotz
MovieMidsummer Madness
1921
as Daisy Osborne
MovieThe Charm School
1921
as Elsie
MovieThe Soul of Youth
1920
as Vera Hamilton
MovieThe Prince Chap
1920
as Claudia (age 18)
MovieTerror Island
1920
as Beverly West
MovieHawthorne of the U.S.A.
1919
as Princess Irma
MovieMale and Female
1919
as Tweeny, the scullery maid
MovieThe Lottery Man
1919
as Polly
MovieThe Heart of Youth
1919
as Josephine Darchat
MovieA Daughter of the Wolf
1919
as Annette Ainsworth
MovieRustling a Bride
1919
as Emily
MoviePuppy Love
1919
as Gloria O'Connell
MovieThe Secret Garden
1919
as Mary Lennox
MovieJane Goes A-Wooing
1919
as Lila
MovieSuch a Little Pirate
1918
as Patricia Wolf
MovieThe Cruise of the Make-Believes
1918
as Bessie Meggison
