- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1897
- Place of Birth
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- Died
- October 17, 1970
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 …
Filmography
movieAdded Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 · Self (uncredited)
movieOne Rainy Afternoon
1936
movieTomorrow and Tomorrow
1932 · Townswoman
Black Tears
movieBlack Tears
1927
movieHome Sweet Home
1926
The Sky Pirate
movieThe Sky Pirate
1926
movieTwo Can Play
1926 · Mimi Allen
movieHer Big Adventure
1926 · Countess Fontaine
movieLittle Annie Rooney
1925 · Mamie
Heartless Husbands
movieHeartless Husbands
1925 · Mrs. Jackson Cain
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1925 · Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
movieWho Cares
1925 · Tootles
movieThe Mirage
1924 · Betty Bond
movieThe Midnight Flower
1923 · Mary — a foundling
movieMothers-in-Law
1923 · Ina Phillips
movieThe Man Between
1923 · Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
movieSoul of the Beast
1923 · Jacqueline
movieCrashin' Thru
1923 · Diane
movieGood Men and True
1922 · Georgie Hibbler
movieThe Duke of Chimney Butte
1921 · Vesta Philbrook
movieWhite Oak
1921 · Barbara
movieThe Iron Rider
1920 · Mera Donovan
movieSinging River
1920 · Alice Thornton
Someone in the House
movieSomeone in the House
1920 · Molly Brent
movieThe Purple Cipher
1920 · Jeanne Baldwin
movieCommon Sense
1920 · Violet Manners
A Master Stroke
movieA Master Stroke
1920 · Minnie Patton
movieOverland Red
1920 · Louise Alacarme
movieAlias Jimmy Valentine
1920 · Rose Lane
movieSix Feet Four
1919 · Winifred Waverly
movieHornet's Nest
1919 · Muriel Fletcher
movieHearts Asleep
1919 · Virginia Calvert
movieA Heart in Pawn
1919 · Emily Stone
movieHappy Though Married
1919 · Diana Ramon
movieThe Locked Heart
1918 · Ruth Mason
movieWolves of the Rail
1918 · Faith Lawson
movieThe Silent Man
1917 · Betty Bryce
movieZollenstein
1917 · Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
movieThe Son of His Father
1917 · Hazel Mallinsbee
The Lady in the Library
movieThe Lady in the Library
1917 · Mildred Vandeburg
movieThe Secret of Black Mountain
1917 · Miriam Vale
The Topsy Turvy Twins
movieThe Topsy Turvy Twins
1917 · Mattie
The Bond Between
movieThe Bond Between
1917 · Ellen Ingram
moviePerils of the Secret Service
1917 · Minna Ober (Episode #1)
The Last Cigarette
movieThe Last Cigarette
1917 · Minna Ober
Mentioned in Confidence
movieMentioned in Confidence
1917 · Marjorie Manning
movieThe Winning of Sally Temple
1917 · Lady Pamela Vauclain
movieEach to His Kind
1917 · Amy Dawe
It Sounded Like a Kiss
movieIt Sounded Like a Kiss
1916 · Estelle
movieThe Price of Silence
1916 · Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)
movieThe Eagle's Wings
1916 · Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)
The Woman He Feared
movieThe Woman He Feared
1916 · May Clive
A Great Love
movieA Great Love
1916 · Nell Woodward
movieThe Soul of Pierre
1915
The Iron Master
movieThe Iron Master
1914 · The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)
Liberty Belles
movieLiberty Belles
1914 · Boarding Schoolgirl