Vola Vale
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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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 · Self (uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon
1936
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
1932 · Townswoman
Black Tears
1927
Home Sweet Home
1926
The Sky Pirate
1926
Two Can Play
1926 · Mimi Allen
Her Big Adventure
1926 · Countess Fontaine
Little Annie Rooney
1925 · Mamie
Heartless Husbands
1925 · Mrs. Jackson Cain
The Phantom of the Opera
1925 · Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
Who Cares
1925 · Tootles
The Mirage
1924 · Betty Bond
The Midnight Flower
1923 · Mary — a foundling
Mothers-in-Law
1923 · Ina Phillips
The Man Between
1923 · Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
Soul of the Beast
1923 · Jacqueline
Crashin' Thru
1923 · Diane
Good Men and True
1922 · Georgie Hibbler
The Duke of Chimney Butte
1921 · Vesta Philbrook
White Oak
1921 · Barbara
The Iron Rider
1920 · Mera Donovan
Singing River
1920 · Alice Thornton
Someone in the House
1920 · Molly Brent
The Purple Cipher
1920 · Jeanne Baldwin
Common Sense
1920 · Violet Manners
A Master Stroke
1920 · Minnie Patton
Overland Red
1920 · Louise Alacarme
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920 · Rose Lane
Six Feet Four
1919 · Winifred Waverly
Hornet's Nest
1919 · Muriel Fletcher
Hearts Asleep
1919 · Virginia Calvert
A Heart in Pawn
1919 · Emily Stone
Happy Though Married
1919 · Diana Ramon
The Locked Heart
1918 · Ruth Mason
Wolves of the Rail
1918 · Faith Lawson
The Silent Man
1917 · Betty Bryce
Zollenstein
1917 · Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
The Son of His Father
1917 · Hazel Mallinsbee
The Lady in the Library
1917 · Mildred Vandeburg
The Secret of Black Mountain
1917 · Miriam Vale
The Topsy Turvy Twins
1917 · Mattie
The Bond Between
1917 · Ellen Ingram
Perils of the Secret Service
1917 · Minna Ober (Episode #1)
The Last Cigarette
1917 · Minna Ober
Mentioned in Confidence
1917 · Marjorie Manning
The Winning of Sally Temple
1917 · Lady Pamela Vauclain
Each to His Kind
1917 · Amy Dawe
It Sounded Like a Kiss
1916 · Estelle
The Price of Silence
1916 · Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)
The Eagle's Wings
1916 · Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)
The Woman He Feared
1916 · May Clive
A Great Love
1916 · Nell Woodward
Cupid Entangled
1915 · The Country Girl
The Soul of Pierre
1915
The Iron Master
1914 · The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)
Liberty Belles
1914 · Boarding Schoolgirl
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