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