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Vola Vale
Born · February 12, 1897
Died · October 17, 1970 (73 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
Bio
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.
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (uncredited)
0.0
2002
One Rainy Afternoon
4.6
1936
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Townswoman
0.0
1932
Black Tears
0.0
1927
Home Sweet Home
0.0
1926
The Sky Pirate
0.0
1926
Two Can Play
Mimi Allen
0.0
1926
Her Big Adventure
Countess Fontaine
0.0
1926
Little Annie Rooney
Mamie
6.9
1925
Heartless Husbands
Mrs. Jackson Cain
0.0
1925
The Phantom of the Opera
Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
7.1
1925
Who Cares
Tootles
0.0
1925
The Mirage
Betty Bond
0.0
1924
The Midnight Flower
Mary — a foundling
0.0
1923
Mothers-in-Law
Ina Phillips
0.0
1923
The Man Between
Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
0.0
1923
Soul of the Beast
Jacqueline
6.0
1923
Crashin' Thru
Diane
0.0
1923
Good Men and True
Georgie Hibbler
0.0
1922
The Duke of Chimney Butte
Vesta Philbrook
0.0
1921
White Oak
Barbara
5.8
1921
The Iron Rider
Mera Donovan
0.0
1920
Singing River
Alice Thornton
0.0
1920
Someone in the House
Molly Brent
0.0
1920
The Purple Cipher
Jeanne Baldwin
0.0
1920
Common Sense
Violet Manners
0.0
1920
A Master Stroke
Minnie Patton
0.0
1920
Overland Red
Louise Alacarme
0.0
1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Rose Lane
0.0
1920
Six Feet Four
Winifred Waverly
5.5
1919
Hornet's Nest
Muriel Fletcher
0.0
1919
Hearts Asleep
Virginia Calvert
0.0
1919
A Heart in Pawn
Emily Stone
0.0
1919
Happy Though Married
Diana Ramon
0.0
1919
The Locked Heart
Ruth Mason
0.0
1918
Wolves of the Rail
Faith Lawson
6.0
1918
The Silent Man
Betty Bryce
4.5
1917
Zollenstein
Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
0.0
1917
The Son of His Father
Hazel Mallinsbee
0.0
1917
The Lady in the Library
Mildred Vandeburg
0.0
1917
The Secret of Black Mountain
Miriam Vale
0.0
1917
The Topsy Turvy Twins
Mattie
0.0
1917
The Bond Between
Ellen Ingram
0.0
1917
Perils of the Secret Service
Minna Ober (Episode #1)
0.0
1917
The Last Cigarette
Minna Ober
0.0
1917
Mentioned in Confidence
Marjorie Manning
0.0
1917
The Winning of Sally Temple
Lady Pamela Vauclain
0.0
1917
Each to His Kind
Amy Dawe
0.0
1917
It Sounded Like a Kiss
Estelle
0.0
1916
The Price of Silence
Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)
0.0
1916
The Eagle's Wings
Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)
0.0
1916
The Woman He Feared
May Clive
0.0
1916
A Great Love
Nell Woodward
5.0
1916
The Soul of Pierre
0.0
1915
The Iron Master
The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)
0.0
1914
Liberty Belles
Boarding Schoolgirl
5.0
1914