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Vola Vale

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1897-02-12

Birth Place

Buffalo, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Great Love

A Great Love

1916

5.0

Movie
A Heart in Pawn

A Heart in Pawn

1919

0.0

Movie
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

2002

0.0

Movie
Alias Jimmy Valentine

Alias Jimmy Valentine

1920

0.0

Movie
Common Sense

Common Sense

1920

0.0

Movie
Crashin' Thru

Crashin' Thru

1923

0.0

Movie
Good Men and True

Good Men and True

1922

0.0

Movie
Her Big Adventure

Her Big Adventure

1926

0.0

Movie
Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

1926

0.0

Movie
Liberty Belles

Liberty Belles

1914

5.0

Movie
Little Annie Rooney

Little Annie Rooney

1925

6.9

Movie
Overland Red

Overland Red

1920

0.0

Movie
Perils of the Secret Service

Perils of the Secret Service

1917

0.0

Movie
Six Feet Four

Six Feet Four

1919

5.5

Movie
Soul of the Beast

Soul of the Beast

1923

6.0

Movie
The Bond Between

The Bond Between

1917

0.0

Movie
The Eagle's Wings

The Eagle's Wings

1916

0.0

Movie
The Iron Master

The Iron Master

1914

0.0

Movie
The Iron Rider

The Iron Rider

1920

0.0

Movie
The Lady in the Library

The Lady in the Library

1917

0.0

Movie
The Midnight Flower

The Midnight Flower

1923

0.0

Movie
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

1925

7.1

Movie
The Price of Silence

The Price of Silence

1916

0.0

Movie
The Silent Man

The Silent Man

1917

4.5

Movie
The Son of His Father

The Son of His Father

1917

0.0

Movie
The Soul of Pierre

The Soul of Pierre

1915

0.0

Movie
The Woman He Feared

The Woman He Feared

1916

0.0

Movie
White Oak

White Oak

1921

5.8

Movie
Wolves of the Rail

Wolves of the Rail

1918

6.0

Movie
Zollenstein

Zollenstein

1917

0.0

Movie