Lila Lee

Lila Lee

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lila Lee (born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel, July 25, 1905 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras. In 1918, she was chosen for a film contract by Hollywood film mogul Jesse Lasky for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, which later became Paramount Pictures. Her first feature, The Cruise of the Make-Believes, garnered the teenaged starlet much public acclaim and Lasky quickly sent Lee on an arduous publicity campaign. Critics lauded Lila for her wholesome persona and sympathetic character parts. Lee quickly rose to the ranks of leading lady and often starred opposite such matinee heavies as Conrad Nagel, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, and Rudolph Valentino. Lee bore more than a slight resemblance to Ann Little, a former Paramount star and frequent Reid co-star who was leaving the film business and at this stage in her career an even stronger resemblance to Marguerite Clark. In 1922 Lee was cast as Carmen in the enormously popular film Blood and Sand, opposite matinee idol Rudolph Valentino and silent screen vamp Nita Naldi; Lee subsequently won the first WAMPAS Baby Stars award that year. Lee continued to be a highly popular leading lady throughout the 1920s and made scores of critically praised and widely watched films. As the Roaring Twenties drew to a close, Lee's popularity began to wane and Lee positioned herself for the transition to talkies. She is one of the few leading ladies of the silent screen whose popularity did not nosedive with the coming of sound. She went back to working with the major studios and appeared, most notably, in The Unholy Three, in 1930, opposite Lon Chaney Sr. in his only talkie. However, a series of bad career choices and bouts of recurring tuberculosis and alcoholism hindered further projects and Lee was relegated to taking parts in mostly grade B movies.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1905-07-25
Place of Birth: Union Hill, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As: Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel, Augusta Appel

Movies List of Lila Lee

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Broken Hearts

1926 Movie
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The Little Wild Girl

1928 Movie
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The Unholy Three

1930 Movie
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War Correspondent

1932 Movie
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Ebb Tide

1922 Movie
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Rent Free

1922 Movie
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Fascinating Youth

1926 Movie
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Another Man's Wife

1924 Movie
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Coming Through

1925 Movie
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Male and Female

1919 Movie
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

1936 Movie
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Lone Cowboy

1933 Movie
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The People's Enemy

1935 Movie
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Blood and Sand

1922 Movie
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The Lottery Man

1919 Movie
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The Charm School

1921 Movie
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Hollywood

1923 Movie
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Radio Patrol

1932 Movie
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Exposure

1932 Movie
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Officer Thirteen

1932 Movie
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The Secret Garden

1919 Movie
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The Midnight Girl

1925 Movie
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Flight

1929 Movie
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I Can't Escape

1934 Movie
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In Love with Life

1934 Movie
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The Adorable Cheat

1928 Movie
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Country Gentlemen

1936 Movie
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Unholy Love

1932 Movie
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Whirlpool

1934 Movie
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False Faces

1932 Movie
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Midsummer Madness

1921 Movie
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Top Sergeant Mulligan

1928 Movie
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The Night of June 13

1932 Movie
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Show of Shows

1929 Movie
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The Intruder

1933 Movie
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Love, Live & Laugh

1929 Movie
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The New Klondike

1926 Movie
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Drag

1929 Movie
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The Gorilla

1930 Movie
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Face in the Sky

1933 Movie
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Gasoline Gus

1921 Movie
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The Dollar-a-Year Man

1921 Movie
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The Fast Freight

1922 Movie
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Crazy to Marry

1921 Movie
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The Black Pearl

1928 Movie
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Terror Island

1920 Movie
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The Iron Master

1933 Movie
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The Argyle Case

1929 Movie
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Those Who Dance

1930 Movie
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Two Wise Maids

1937 Movie
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Nation Aflame

1937 Movie
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Double Cross Roads

1930 Movie
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Honky Tonk

1929 Movie
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Misbehaving Ladies

1931 Movie
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The Ghost Breaker

1922 Movie
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Fashion News

1928 Movie
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Just Married

1928 Movie
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The Ne'er-Do-Well

1923 Movie
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Woman-Proof

1923 Movie
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The Soul of Youth

1920 Movie
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Woman Hungry

1931 Movie
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After the Show

1921 Movie
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Second Wife

1930 Movie
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The Dictator

1922 Movie
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Homeward Bound

1923 Movie
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The Sacred Flame

1929 Movie
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Love's Whirlpool

1924 Movie
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Wandering Husbands

1924 Movie
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Dark Streets

1929 Movie
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One Glorious Day

1922 Movie
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Stand Up and Cheer!

1934 Movie