1897-02-12 ( 128 years old ) in Buffalo, New York, USA
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.
Movies
One Rainy Afternoon
1936-05-13
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
1932-02-05
Black Tears
1927-06-08
Home Sweet Home
1926-12-24
The Sky Pirate
1926-11-26
Two Can Play
1926-02-21
Her Big Adventure
1926-01-05
Little Annie Rooney
1925-10-18
Heartless Husbands
1925-10-05
The Phantom of the Opera
1925-09-22
Who Cares
1925-02-01
The Mirage
1924-12-28
The Midnight Flower
1923-10-09
Mothers-in-Law
1923-09-09
The Man Between
1923-07-15
Soul of the Beast
1923-05-06
Crashin' Thru
1923-04-01
Good Men and True
1922-11-05
The Duke of Chimney Butte
1921-12-04
White Oak
1921-02-01
The Iron Rider
1920-11-21
Singing River
1920-11-21
Someone in the House
1920-11-15
The Purple Cipher
1920-10-11
Common Sense
1920-06-01
A Master Stroke
1920-06-01
Overland Red
1920-03-22
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920-02-29
Six Feet Four
1919-09-13
Hornet's Nest
1919-07-01
Hearts Asleep
1919-03-31
A Heart in Pawn
1919-03-20
Happy Though Married
1919-02-23
The Locked Heart
1918-07-20
Wolves of the Rail
1918-01-01
The Silent Man
1917-11-26
Zollenstein
1917-11-21
The Son of His Father
1917-10-22
The Lady in the Library
1917-10-19
The Secret of Black Mountain
1917-09-21
The Topsy Turvy Twins
1917-04-19
The Bond Between
1917-04-02
Perils of the Secret Service
1917-03-09
The Last Cigarette
1917-03-09
Mentioned in Confidence
1917-03-08
The Winning of Sally Temple
1917-02-19
Each to His Kind
1917-02-05
It Sounded Like a Kiss
1916-12-18
The Price of Silence
1916-12-11
The Eagle's Wings
1916-12-04
The Woman He Feared
1916-11-14
A Great Love
1916-07-28
The Soul of Pierre
1915-09-15
The Iron Master
1914-10-13
Liberty Belles
1914-05-13
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