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Vola Vale
Buffalo, New York, USA
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…
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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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2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1936
One Rainy Afternoon
Movie
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1932
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Movie Townswoman
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1927
Black Tears
Movie
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1926
Home Sweet Home
Movie
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1926
The Sky Pirate
Movie
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1926
Two Can Play
Movie Mimi Allen
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1926
Her Big Adventure
Movie Countess Fontaine
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1925
Little Annie Rooney
Movie Mamie
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1925
Heartless Husbands
Movie Mrs. Jackson Cain
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1925
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
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1925
Who Cares
Movie Tootles
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1924
The Mirage
Movie Betty Bond
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1923
The Midnight Flower
Movie Mary — a foundling
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1923
Mothers-in-Law
Movie Ina Phillips
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1923
The Man Between
Movie Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
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1923
Soul of the Beast
Movie Jacqueline
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1923
Crashin' Thru
Movie Diane
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1922
Good Men and True
Movie Georgie Hibbler
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1921
The Duke of Chimney Butte
Movie Vesta Philbrook
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1921
White Oak
Movie Barbara
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1920
Singing River
Movie Alice Thornton
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1920
The Iron Rider
Movie Mera Donovan
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1920
Someone in the House
Movie Molly Brent
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1920
The Purple Cipher
Movie Jeanne Baldwin
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1920
Common Sense
Movie Violet Manners
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1920
A Master Stroke
Movie Minnie Patton
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1920
Overland Red
Movie Louise Alacarme
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1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Movie Rose Lane
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1919
Six Feet Four
Movie Winifred Waverly
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1919
Hornet's Nest
Movie Muriel Fletcher
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1919
Hearts Asleep
Movie Virginia Calvert
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1919
A Heart in Pawn
Movie Emily Stone
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1919
Happy Though Married
Movie Diana Ramon
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1918
The Locked Heart
Movie Ruth Mason
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1918
Wolves of the Rail
Movie Faith Lawson
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1917
The Silent Man
Movie Betty Bryce
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1917
Zollenstein
Movie Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
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1917
The Son of His Father
Movie Hazel Mallinsbee
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1917
The Lady in the Library
Movie Mildred Vandeburg
