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Lina Basquette
San Mateo, California, USA
Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette), was an American actress. She is noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a…
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Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette), was an American actress. She is noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a dancer, she was paid as a girl for performing and gained her first film contract at age nine. In her acting career, Basquette may have been best known for her role as Judith in The Godless Girl. The film was based on the life of Queen Silver, known as a 20th-century child prodigy, and feminist and socialist activist. Basquette also was noted for her several marriages, including her first, to the much older noted producer, Sam Warner, founder of Warner Bros. film studio. She had several marriages and a tumultuous personal life. When her film career declined, she returned for a period to dancing and stage performances. After she retired from the entertainment world, in 1947 Basquette moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she became a noted breeder of Great Danes; her dogs won numerous professional show prizes. She wrote several books on dog breeding as well. Later living in West Virginia, she also served as a judge for the American Kennel Club, and wrote a column.
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1992
Paradise Park
Movie Nada
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
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1943
A Night for Crime
Movie Mona Harrison
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1942
Who Calls
Movie
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1938
Four Men and a Prayer
Movie Ah-Nee
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1938
Rose of the Rio Grande
Movie Anita
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1938
The Buccaneer
Movie Roxanne
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1937
Ebb Tide
Movie Attwater's Servant
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1937
Souls at Sea
Movie Brunette in Saloon (uncredited)
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1936
The Final Hour
Movie Belle
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1932
The Phantom Express
Movie Betty
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1932
Hello Trouble
Movie Janet Kenyon
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1932
The Midnight Lady
Movie Mona Sebastian
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1932
The Arm of the Law
Movie Zelma Shaw, a Dancer
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1931
Mounted Fury
Movie Nanette LeStrange
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1931
Trapped
Movie Girl Reporter
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1931
Morals for Women
Movie Claudia
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1931
The Hard Hombre
Movie Senora Martini
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1931
The Arizona Terror
Movie Katherine 'Kay' Moore
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1931
Pleasure
Movie Helen
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1931
Goldie
Movie Constantina
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1930
The Dude Wrangler
Movie Helen Dane
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1929
Come Across
Movie Mary
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1929
The Younger Generation
Movie Birdie Goldfish
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1928
Show Folks
Movie Rita Carey
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1928
The Godless Girl
Movie Judy Craig
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1928
Celebrity
Movie Jane
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1928
Wheel of Chance
Movie Ada Berkowitz
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1928
The Noose
Movie Dot
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1927
Serenade
Movie The Dancer
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1927
Ranger of the North
Movie Felice MacLean
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1919
The Weaker Vessel
Movie Jessie
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1917
The Gates of Doom
Movie Agatha as a child
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1917
Polly Put the Kettle On
Movie Nellie Vance
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1916
Shoes
Movie Eva's Sister (uncredited)
