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 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.
Acting
Movie
The Phantom of the Opera
as Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
1925
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Little Annie Rooney
as Mamie
1925
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One Rainy Afternoon
1936
Movie
White Oak
as Barbara
1921
Movie
Six Feet Four
as Winifred Waverly
1919
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The Silent Man
as Betty Bryce
1917
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Soul of the Beast
as Jacqueline
1923
Movie
A Great Love
as Nell Woodward
1916
Movie
The Woman He Feared
as May Clive
1916
Movie
Perils of the Secret Service
as Minna Ober (Episode #1)
1917
Movie
Crashin' Thru
as Diane
1923
Movie
Good Men and True
as Georgie Hibbler
1922
Movie
Overland Red
as Louise Alacarme
1920
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Liberty Belles
as Boarding Schoolgirl
1914
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Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Rose Lane
1920
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The Lady in the Library
as Mildred Vandeburg
1917
Movie
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (uncredited)
2002
Movie
The Iron Rider
as Mera Donovan
1920
Movie
The Midnight Flower
as Mary — a foundling
1923
Movie
Common Sense
as Violet Manners
1920
Movie
Two Can Play
as Mimi Allen
1926
Movie
Wolves of the Rail
as Faith Lawson
1918
Movie
A Heart in Pawn
as Emily Stone
1919
Movie
Her Big Adventure
as Countess Fontaine
1926