Leah Baird

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1883-06-19 (88 years old)

Deathday

1971-10-03

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Leah Baird

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leah Baird (June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter. She began her film career in 1910 in Jean and the Waif opposite Jean, the Vitagraph Dog. She played several leads in William F. Brady's troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks. In the late 1910s she played in 15 episodes of the serial Wolves of Kultur. Baird wrote and produced film during the 1920s. Baird later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.

Acting

1941

Manpower

as Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)

1942

The Male Animal

as Trustee's Wife (uncredited)

1942

1942

Lady Gangster

as Matron

1920

1946

Shadow of a Woman

as Mrs. Calvin, Genevieve's Mother

1942

Busses Roar

as 2nd Old Maid

1912

Chumps

as Terpsine - the Cause

1912

The Miracle

as Mousali - a Poor Woman

1913

Vampire of the Desert

as Mrs. William Corday

1942

Winning Your Wings

as High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)

1947

Humoresque

as Professor (uncredited)

1913

A Birthday Gift

as Alice's Aunt

1918

Moral Suicide

as Fay Hope

1912

Following the Star

as George's Fiancée

1912

The Foster Child

as An Heiress

1912

The Black Sheep

as Mrs. Moreland - Clara's Mother

1916

Lights of New York

as Yolande Cowles

1919

The Volcano

as Ruth Carroll

1951

Gasoline Alley

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

1917

1957

The Hard Man

as Townswoman (uncredited)

1943

Air Force

as Nurse #2 (uncredited)

1945

Mildred Pierce

as Police Matron (uncredited)

1912

The Spider's Web

as Brenda Wray - Lester's Stenographer

1913

Ivanhoe

as Rebecca of York

1913

The Only Veteran in Town

as Mrs. Arnold - Dora's Mother

1913

Cutey and the Chorus Girls

as Kitty - Another Dancer

1923

Is Divorce a Failure?

as Carol Lockwood

1922

When Husbands Deceive

as Viola Baxter

1912

The Red Barrier

as Isabel, Professor Bain's Daughter

1912

Stenographer Wanted

as The Brunette Stenographer

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Extra (uncredited)

1941

Bad Men of Missouri

as Ms. Brooks

1941

Dangerously They Live

as Fake Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1918

Wolves of Kultur

as Alice Grayson

1914

Neptune's Daughter

as Princess Olga

1943

Action in the North Atlantic

as Mother (uncredited)

1917

The Devil's Pay Day

as Jean Haskins

1916

1917

Sins of Ambition

as Laurette Maxwell

1944

Make Your Own Bed

as John's Wife

1914

Absinthe

as Madame Dumas

1912

The Old Silver Watch

as Mildred as an Adult

1941

The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Fan at Train Station (uncredited)

1941

Bullets for O'Hara

as Police Matron

1919

The Capitol

as Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake

1918

Life or Honor?

as Helen West

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1954

It Should Happen to You

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1919

The Echo of Youth

as Olive Martin

1919

As a Man Thinks

as Elinor Clayton

1925

The Unnamed Woman

as Billie Norton

Production

1926

Devil's Island

as Screenplay

1926

1925

1926

1926

1923

1922

1923

1933

Jungle Bride

as Story

1926

Spangles

as Writer

1925

1925

1927

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