Cast
Vola Vale
Acting
Cast
Vola Vale
Known for
Acting
Born
1897-02-12
From
Buffalo, New York, USA
Died
1970-10-17
Also known as Violet Irene Smith, Viola Smith, Vola Smith
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 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.
The Phantom of the Opera
as Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
White Oak
as Barbara
Zollenstein
as Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
Crashin' Thru
as Diane
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (uncredited)
Six Feet Four
as Winifred Waverly
The Soul of Pierre
The Duke of Chimney Butte
as Vesta Philbrook
Little Annie Rooney
as Mamie
One Rainy Afternoon
The Bond Between
as Ellen Ingram
The Mirage
as Betty Bond
The Eagle's Wings
as Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)
Perils of the Secret Service
as Minna Ober (Episode #1)
It Sounded Like a Kiss
as Estelle
A Great Love
as Nell Woodward
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Rose Lane
Liberty Belles
as Boarding Schoolgirl
The Son of His Father
as Hazel Mallinsbee
The Woman He Feared
as May Clive
Good Men and True
as Georgie Hibbler
Overland Red
as Louise Alacarme
The Iron Master
as The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)
Common Sense
as Violet Manners
The Sky Pirate
Mothers-in-Law
as Ina Phillips
Her Big Adventure
as Countess Fontaine
The Topsy Turvy Twins
as Mattie
Each to His Kind
as Amy Dawe
Singing River
as Alice Thornton
The Midnight Flower
as Mary — a foundling
Hearts Asleep
as Virginia Calvert
Heartless Husbands
as Mrs. Jackson Cain
Happy Though Married
as Diana Ramon
Two Can Play
as Mimi Allen
The Purple Cipher
as Jeanne Baldwin
The Silent Man
as Betty Bryce
The Iron Rider
as Mera Donovan
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
as Townswoman
The Winning of Sally Temple
as Lady Pamela Vauclain
The Last Cigarette
as Minna Ober
The Lady in the Library
as Mildred Vandeburg
The Secret of Black Mountain
as Miriam Vale
The Man Between
as Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
Black Tears
The Locked Heart
as Ruth Mason
A Heart in Pawn
as Emily Stone
The Price of Silence
as Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)
Home Sweet Home
Someone in the House
as Molly Brent
Wolves of the Rail
as Faith Lawson
Who Cares
as Tootles
Soul of the Beast
as Jacqueline
A Master Stroke
as Minnie Patton
Hornet's Nest
as Muriel Fletcher
Mentioned in Confidence
as Marjorie Manning