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Vola Vale

Vola Vale

Actor

Born February 12, 1897 in Buffalo, New York, USA

Died October 17, 1970

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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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Filmography

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Type

Year

One Rainy Afternoon Poster

One Rainy Afternoon Feature Film1936Bit Role

Tomorrow and Tomorrow Poster

Tomorrow and Tomorrow Feature Film1932Townswoman

Black Tears Feature Film1927

Her Big Adventure Poster

Her Big Adventure Feature Film1926Countess Fontaine

Home Sweet Home Poster

Home Sweet Home Feature Film1926

The Sky Pirate Feature Film1926

Two Can Play Poster

Two Can Play Feature Film1926Mimi

Heartless Husbands Feature Film1925Mrs. Jackson Cain

Little Annie Rooney Poster

Little Annie Rooney Feature Film1925Mamie

The Phantom of the Opera Poster

The Phantom of the Opera Feature Film1925Ballerina

Who Cares Poster

Who Cares Feature Film1925Tootles

The Mirage Poster

The Mirage Feature Film1924Betty Bond

Crashin' Thru Poster

Crashin' Thru Feature Film1923Diane

Mothers-in-Law Poster

Mothers-in-Law Feature Film1923Ina Phillips

Soul of the Beast Poster

Soul of the Beast Feature Film1923Jacqueline

The Man Between Poster

The Man Between Feature Film1923Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride)

The Midnight Flower Poster

The Midnight Flower Feature Film1923Myra

Good Men and True Poster

Good Men and True Feature Film1922Georgie Hibbler

Singing River Poster

Singing River Feature Film1921Alice Thornton

The Duke of Chimney Butte Poster

The Duke of Chimney Butte Feature Film1921Vesta Philbrook

White Oak Poster

White Oak Feature Film1921Barbara

A Master Stroke Feature Film1920Minnie Patton

Alias Jimmy Valentine Poster

Alias Jimmy Valentine Feature Film1920Rose Lane

Common Sense Poster

Common Sense Feature Film1920Violet Manners

Overland Red Poster

Overland Red Feature Film1920Louise Alacarme

Someone in the House Feature Film1920Molly Brent

The Iron Rider Poster

The Iron Rider Feature Film1920Mera Donovan

The Purple Cipher Poster

The Purple Cipher Feature Film1920Jeanne Baldwin

A Heart in Pawn Poster

A Heart in Pawn Feature Film1919Emily Stone

Happy Though Married Poster

Happy Though Married Feature Film1919Diana Ramon

Hearts Asleep Poster

Hearts Asleep Feature Film1919Virginia Calvert

Six Feet Four Poster

Six Feet Four Feature Film1919Winifred Waverly

The Hornet's Nest Poster

The Hornet's Nest Feature Film1919Muriel Fletcher

The Locked Heart Poster

The Locked Heart Feature Film1918Ruth Mason

Wolves of the Rail Poster

Wolves of the Rail Feature Film1918Faith Lawson

Each to His Kind Poster

Each to His Kind Feature Film1917Amy Dawe

Mentioned in Confidence Feature Film1917Marjorie Manning

Perils of the Secret Service Poster

Perils of the Secret Service Feature Film1917Minna Ober

The Bond Between Feature Film1917Ellen Ingram

The Lady in the Library Feature Film1917Mildred Vandeburg

The Last Cigarette Short Film1917Minna Ober

The Secret of Black Mountain Poster

The Secret of Black Mountain Short Film1917Miriam Vale

The Silent Man Poster

The Silent Man Feature Film1917Betty Bryce

The Son of His Father Poster

The Son of His Father Feature Film1917Hazel Mallinsbee

The Topsy Turvy Twins Poster

The Topsy Turvy Twins Short Film1917Mattie

The Winning of Sally Temple Poster

The Winning of Sally Temple Feature Film1917Lady Pamela Vauclain

Zollenstein Poster

Zollenstein Feature Film1917Princess Fulvia

A Great Love Short Film1916Nell Woodward

A Thousand Dollars a Week Short Film1916Mary

Alias Jimmy Barton Poster

Alias Jimmy Barton Short Film1916Madge Saunders - the Manufacturer's Daughter

Celeste Short Film1916Celeste

For Her Mother's Sake Short Film1916

From the Rogue's Gallery Short Film1916Mary

Hired and Fired Short Film1916Mary

It Sounded Like a Kiss Short Film1916Estelle

Merry Mary Short Film1916Merry Mary

Paths That Crossed Short Film1916Ruth Mandell

The Chain of Evidence Short Film1916

The Cry of Conscience Short Film1916Betty Oliver

The Eagle's Wings Poster

The Eagle's Wings Feature Film1916Kitty Miles

The Eternal Way Short Film1916Vola

The Price of Silence Poster

The Price of Silence Feature Film1916Aline Urmy

The Sody Clerk Short Film1916Mary Clarkson

The Song of the Woods Short Film1916Leafy Dorman

The Woman He Feared Short Film1916May Clive

Timothy Dobbs, That's Me Poster

Timothy Dobbs, That's Me Feature Film1916Mary Clarkson

Weapons of Love Short Film1916Tommie Anson

What Happened to Peggy Short Film1916Peggy

Captain Fracasse Poster

Captain Fracasse Short Film1915Isabelle

Cupid Entangled Short Film1915The Country Girl

Felix Holt Short Film1915Esther

Frederick Holmes' Ward Short Film1915Alice Dawn

Harvest Short Film1915Lettice Musgrave

Heart Trouble Short Film1915The Heart Specialist's Daughter

Her Stepchildren Short Film1915

His Emergency Wife Short Film1915Uncle John's Ward

His Romany Wife Poster

His Romany Wife Short Film1915Alice Gray

Lorna Doone Poster

Lorna Doone Short Film1915Lorna Doone

Love's Enduring Flame Short Film1915Edith Hollis

The Black Sheep Short Film1915Clare

The Girl He Brought Home Short Film1915His sister

The Inevitable Short Film1915The Husband's Cousin

The Passing Storm Short Film1915The Blacksmith's New Sweetheart

The Smuggler's Ward Poster

The Smuggler's Ward Short Film1915Alice

The Soul of Pierre Poster

The Soul of Pierre Short Film1915

Three Hats Poster

Three Hats Short Film1915Grace Selwyn

Where Enmity Dies Short Film1915The Foreman's Daughter

A Scrap of Paper Poster

A Scrap of Paper Short Film1914Mathilde

Ernest Maltravers Short Film1914Alice's Daughter

Liberty Belles Short Film1914Boarding Schoolgirl

Life's Stream Short Film1914The Mountain Girl

Little Miss Make-Believe Short Film1914The 1st Daughter

Love and Hash Short Film1914

Masks and Faces Short Film1914Mabel - Mrs. Ernest Vane

Merely Mother Short Film1914

The Iron Master Short Film1914The Iron Master's Sister

Two Girls of the Hills Short Film1913Edith Blue

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