Vola Vale

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1897-02-12 (73 years old)

Deathday

1970-10-17

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

Vola Vale

Biography

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 ...

Acting

1916

1917

Perils of the Secret Service

as Minna Ober (Episode #1)

1922

Good Men and True

as Georgie Hibbler

1923

1920

Overland Red

as Louise Alacarme

1917

The Son of His Father

as Hazel Mallinsbee

1917

The Bond Between

as Ellen Ingram

1914

Liberty Belles

as Boarding Schoolgirl

1917

The Silent Man

as Betty Bryce

1920

1923

Soul of the Beast

as Jacqueline

1921

White Oak

as Barbara

1916

A Great Love

as Nell Woodward

1917

The Lady in the Library

as Mildred Vandeburg

1919

Six Feet Four

as Winifred Waverly

1920

The Iron Rider

as Mera Donovan

1923

The Midnight Flower

as Mary — a foundling

1920

Common Sense

as Violet Manners

1926

Two Can Play

as Mimi Allen

1918

Wolves of the Rail

as Faith Lawson

1916

The Eagle's Wings

as Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)

1916

The Price of Silence

as Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)

1925

The Phantom of the Opera

as Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)

1919

A Heart in Pawn

as Emily Stone

1926

Her Big Adventure

as Countess Fontaine

1914

The Iron Master

as The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)

1917

Zollenstein

as Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia

1921

The Duke of Chimney Butte

as Vesta Philbrook

1932

1925

Heartless Husbands

as Mrs. Jackson Cain

1925

Who Cares

as Tootles

1924

The Mirage

as Betty Bond

1923

Mothers-in-Law

as Ina Phillips

1923

The Man Between

as Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride

1920

Singing River

as Alice Thornton

1920

Someone in the House

as Molly Brent

1920

The Purple Cipher

as Jeanne Baldwin

1920

A Master Stroke

as Minnie Patton

1919

Hornet's Nest

as Muriel Fletcher

1919

Hearts Asleep

as Virginia Calvert

1919

Happy Though Married

as Diana Ramon

1918

The Locked Heart

as Ruth Mason

1917

The Last Cigarette

as Minna Ober

1917

Mentioned in Confidence

as Marjorie Manning

1917

The Winning of Sally Temple

as Lady Pamela Vauclain

1917

Each to His Kind

as Amy Dawe

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