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person_profile-Vola Vale

Vola Vale Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Vola Vale

Date of Birth:

Feb 12, 1897

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 17, 1970

Biography of

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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Vola Vale

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Filmography of

Vola Vale

Found 25 Movies in total

... 2002

... 1936

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Townswoman ( Actor )

... 1932

Two Can Play

Mimi Allen ( Actor )

... 1926

Little Annie Rooney

Mamie ( Actor )

... 1925

The Phantom of the Opera

Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1925

Who Cares

Tootles ( Actor )

... 1925

Mothers-in-Law

Ina Phillips ( Actor )

... 1923

Soul of the Beast

Jacqueline ( Actor )

... 1923

Crashin' Thru

Diane ( Actor )

... 1923

Good Men and True

Georgie Hibbler ( Actor )

... 1922

The Duke of Chimney Butte

Vesta Philbrook ( Actor )

... 1921

White Oak

Barbara ( Actor )

... 1921

The Iron Rider

Mera Donovan ( Actor )

... 1920

Common Sense

Violet Manners ( Actor )

... 1920

Overland Red

Louise Alacarme ( Actor )

... 1920

Alias Jimmy Valentine

Rose Lane ( Actor )

... 1920

Six Feet Four

Winifred Waverly ( Actor )

... 1919

A Heart in Pawn

Emily Stone ( Actor )

... 1919

Wolves of the Rail

Faith Lawson ( Actor )

... 1918

The Silent Man

Betty Bryce ( Actor )

... 1917

The Son of His Father

Hazel Mallinsbee ( Actor )

... 1917

Perils of the Secret Service

Minna Ober (Episode #1) ( Actor )

... 1917

The Price of Silence

Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith) ( Actor )

... 1916

The Eagle's Wings

Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith) ( Actor )

... 1916