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Born · February 12, 1897
Died · October 17, 1970 (73 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
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.
Self (uncredited)
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2002
4.6
1936
Townswoman
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1932
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1927
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1926
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1926
Mimi Allen
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1926
Countess Fontaine
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1926
Mamie
6.9
1925
Mrs. Jackson Cain
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1925
Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
7.1
1925
Tootles
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1925
Betty Bond
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1924
Mary — a foundling
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1923
Ina Phillips
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1923
Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
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1923
Jacqueline
6.0
1923
Diane
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1923
Georgie Hibbler
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1922
Vesta Philbrook
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1921
Barbara
5.8
1921
Mera Donovan
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1920
Alice Thornton
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1920
Molly Brent
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1920
Jeanne Baldwin
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1920
Violet Manners
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1920
Minnie Patton
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1920
Louise Alacarme
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1920
Rose Lane
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1920
Winifred Waverly
5.5
1919
Muriel Fletcher
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1919
Virginia Calvert
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1919
Emily Stone
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1919
Diana Ramon
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1919
Ruth Mason
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1918
Faith Lawson
6.0
1918
Betty Bryce
4.5
1917
Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
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1917
Hazel Mallinsbee
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1917
Mildred Vandeburg
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1917
Miriam Vale
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1917
Mattie
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1917
Ellen Ingram
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1917
Minna Ober (Episode #1)
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1917
Minna Ober
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1917
Marjorie Manning
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1917
Lady Pamela Vauclain
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1917
Amy Dawe
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1917
Estelle
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1916
Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)
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1916
Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)
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1916
May Clive
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1916
Nell Woodward
5.0
1916
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1915
The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)
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1914
Boarding Schoolgirl
5.0
1914