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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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Born:
Feb 12, 1897 In Buffalo, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie Liberty Belles 1914-05-13
Latest Project:
Movie One Rainy Afternoon 1936-05-13
Known For
Poster of Little Annie Rooney
Poster of Soul of the Beast
Poster of Common Sense
Poster of Six Feet Four
Filmography
Movie One Rainy Afternoon 1936-05-13
Movie Tomorrow and Tomorrow Townswoman 1932-02-05
Movie Little Annie Rooney Mamie 1925-10-18
Movie Soul of the Beast Jacqueline 1923-05-06
Movie White Oak Barbara 1921-02-01
Movie Common Sense Violet Manners 1920-06-01
Movie Alias Jimmy Valentine Rose Lane 1920-02-29
Movie The Iron Rider Mera Donovan 1920-11-21
Movie Hornet's Nest Muriel Fletcher 1919-07-01
Movie Six Feet Four Winifred Waverly 1919-09-13
Movie The Silent Man Betty Bryce 1917-11-26
Movie The Eagle's Wings Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith) 1916-12-04
Movie A Great Love Nell Woodward 1916-07-28
Movie Liberty Belles Boarding Schoolgirl 1914-05-13
Movie The Iron Master The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith) 1914-10-13
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