Lina Basquette
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Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette), was an American actress. She is noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a dancer, she was paid as a girl for performing and gained her first film contract at age nine. In her acting career, Basquette may have been best known for her role as Judith in The Godless Girl. The film was based on the life of Queen Silver, known as a 20th-century child prodigy, and feminist and socialist activist. Basquette also was noted for her several marriages, including her first, to the much older noted producer, Sam Warner, founder of Warner Bros. film studio. She had several marriages and a tumultuous personal life. When her film career declined, she returned for a period to dancing and stage performances. After she retired from the entertainment world, in 1947 Basquette moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she became a noted breeder of Great Danes; her dogs won numerous professional show prizes. She wrote several books on dog breeding as well. Later living in West Virginia, she also served as a judge for the American Kennel Club, and wrote a column.
Known for
Credits
The Younger Generation (1929)
as Birdie Goldfish
The Buccaneer (1938)
as Roxanne
Souls at Sea (1937)
as Brunette in Saloon (uncredited)
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
as Ah-Nee
Shoes (1916)
as Eva's Sister (uncredited)
Hello Trouble (1932)
as Janet Kenyon
The Noose (1928)
as Dot
Ebb Tide (1937)
as Attwater's Servant
A Night for Crime (1943)
as Mona Harrison
Serenade (1927)
as The Dancer
Goldie (1931)
as Constantina
The Godless Girl (1928)
as Judy Craig
The Midnight Lady (1932)
as Mona Sebastian
Celebrity (1928)
as Jane
Pleasure (1931)
as Helen
Show Folks (1928)
as Rita Carey
Wheel of Chance (1928)
as Ada Berkowitz
The Final Hour (1936)
as Belle
The Gates of Doom (1917)
as Agatha as a child
Rose of the Rio Grande (1938)
as Anita
Paradise Park (1992)
as Nada
The Arizona Terror (1931)
as Katherine 'Kay' Moore
The Phantom Express (1932)
as Betty
The Arm of the Law (1932)
as Zelma Shaw, a Dancer
Mounted Fury (1931)
as Nanette LeStrange
Polly Put the Kettle On (1917)
as Nellie Vance
Trapped (1931)
as Girl Reporter
The Dude Wrangler (1930)
as Helen Dane
Ranger of the North (1927)
as Felice MacLean
Come Across (1929)
as Mary
Morals for Women (1931)
as Claudia
The Hard Hombre (1931)
as Senora Martini
Who Calls (1942)
Actor
The Weaker Vessel (1919)
as Jessie