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