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.
★10.0
MOVIE1920
Singing River
as Alice Thornton
★9.0
MOVIE1925
Heartless Husbands
as Mrs. Jackson Cain
★10.0
MOVIE1920
Common Sense
as Violet Manners
★7.1
MOVIE1925
The Phantom of the Opera
as Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1927
Black Tears
★5.0
MOVIE1914
Liberty Belles
as Boarding Schoolgirl
★9.0
MOVIE1916
It Sounded Like a Kiss
as Estelle
★7.0
MOVIE1914
The Iron Master
as The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)
MOVIE1915
The Soul of Pierre
★9.0
MOVIE1926
Two Can Play
as Mimi Allen
★10.0
MOVIE1917
The Topsy Turvy Twins
as Mattie
★8.0
MOVIE1917
Mentioned in Confidence
as Marjorie Manning
★8.0
MOVIE1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Rose Lane
MOVIE1926
Home Sweet Home
MOVIE1918
The Locked Heart
as Ruth Mason
★7.0
MOVIE1917
The Last Cigarette
as Minna Ober
★7.0
MOVIE1922
Good Men and True
as Georgie Hibbler
★5.0
MOVIE1936
One Rainy Afternoon
★8.0
MOVIE1919
A Heart in Pawn
as Emily Stone
MOVIE1916
The Eagle's Wings
as Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)
★10.0
MOVIE1916
The Woman He Feared
as May Clive
★10.0
MOVIE1926
The Sky Pirate
MOVIE1919
Happy Though Married
as Diana Ramon
MOVIE1917
The Bond Between
as Ellen Ingram
★7.5
MOVIE1916
A Great Love
as Nell Woodward
★8.0
MOVIE1923
The Midnight Flower
as Mary — a foundling
★10.0
MOVIE1920
A Master Stroke
as Minnie Patton
★7.0
MOVIE1917
The Lady in the Library
as Mildred Vandeburg
★4.5
MOVIE1917
The Silent Man
as Betty Bryce
★7.1
MOVIE1925
Little Annie Rooney
as Mamie
★9.0
MOVIE1920
Someone in the House
as Molly Brent
★6.3
MOVIE1919
Six Feet Four
as Winifred Waverly
MOVIE1917
The Winning of Sally Temple
as Lady Pamela Vauclain
★10.0
MOVIE1923
Crashin' Thru
as Diane
★7.0
MOVIE2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1920
Overland Red
as Louise Alacarme
★7.0
MOVIE1925
Who Cares
as Tootles
MOVIE1917
The Son of His Father
as Hazel Mallinsbee
★7.0
MOVIE1921
The Duke of Chimney Butte
as Vesta Philbrook
MOVIE1917
Each to His Kind
as Amy Dawe
★6.5
MOVIE1923
Soul of the Beast
as Jacqueline
MOVIE1917
The Secret of Black Mountain
as Miriam Vale
★7.0
MOVIE1923
Mothers-in-Law
as Ina Phillips
★7.0
MOVIE1924
The Mirage
as Betty Bond
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Hornet's Nest
as Muriel Fletcher
★6.0
MOVIE1918
Wolves of the Rail
as Faith Lawson
★10.0
MOVIE1920
The Purple Cipher
as Jeanne Baldwin
★6.0
MOVIE1921
White Oak
as Barbara
★7.0
MOVIE1919
Hearts Asleep
as Virginia Calvert
★10.0
MOVIE1920
The Iron Rider
as Mera Donovan
★8.0
MOVIE1923
The Man Between
as Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
★9.0
MOVIE1917
Perils of the Secret Service
as Minna Ober (Episode #1)
★8.0
MOVIE1932
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
as Townswoman
MOVIE1917
Zollenstein
as Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
MOVIE1916
The Price of Silence
as Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)
★9.0
MOVIE1926
Her Big Adventure
as Countess Fontaine