Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lila Lee (born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel, July 25, 1905 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras. In 1918, she was chosen for a film contract by Hollywood film mogul Jesse Lasky for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, which later became Paramount Pictures. Her first feature, The Cruise of the Make-Believes, garnered the teenaged starlet much public acclaim and Lasky ...
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Complete Filmography

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1967
as Viola Zickafoose
Darby Clyde Fenster and Jerry Martin are a pair of penniless nincompoop-drifters who hop a freight train on their way to Florida. Our intrepid heroes ...

The Emperor's New Clothes
1966
as Wringmouth
This is a straight version of the old fairy tale, with John Carradine as the Emperor. It was filmed in South Florida, with exteriors in Coral Gables a...

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.

Nation Aflame
1937
as Mona Franklin Burtis
Believing they can make a ton of money, a gang of opportunists uses the country's racial and ethnic tensions to start a Ku Klux Klan-type organization...

Two Wise Maids
1937
as Ethel Harriman
The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an old-fashioned small town. Disdaining the wimpy th...

Country Gentlemen
1936
as Louise Heath
After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find...

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Miss Prentiss, Bradford's Receptionist
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

The People's Enemy
1935
as Katherine Carr
Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars by fair means or (mostly) foul. But once he became ri...

I Can't Escape
1934
as Mae Nichols
An ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony stock scam.

In Love with Life
1934
as Sharon
Professor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position for objecting too loudly to the predominant part that footbal...

Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
as Zelda
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering ...

Whirlpool
1934
as Helen Rankin Morrison
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.

Lone Cowboy
1933
as Eleanor Jones
Young Scooter O’Neal, orphaned after his father’s suicide, is sent out West to live with family friend Dobe Jones. Unaware of his father’s fate Scoote...

The Intruder
1933
as Connie Wayne
A murder is committed aboard a cruise ship just before it sinks in a storm. The survivors, including the killer, land on a mysterious jungle island.

The Iron Master
1933
as Janet Stillman
The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that he left his entire estate not to them but to the ...

Face in the Sky
1933
as Sharon Hadley
Joe and Lucky travel around New England painting barns in exchange for an advertisement on one side. The meet Madge, who is cruelly treated by a her f...

Officer Thirteen
1932
as Doris Dane
A motorcycle policeman's partner is deliberately run off the road and killed by a member of a syndicate that controls the gambling--and much of the ju...

False Faces
1932
as Georgia Rand
The philandering Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital and given 24 hours to vacate the state. He sets himself up in Chicag...

The Night of June 13
1932
as Trudie Morrow
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudi...

Exposure
1932
as Doris Corbin
A reporter runs into a pretty young girl who has inherited her father's failing business. She wants to give it up, but he tries to convince her to mak...

War Correspondent
1932
as Julie March
In this war drama, a brave reporter tries to remain detached while covering the war in Shanghai. While there, he falls for an ex-streetwalker, but mus...

Unholy Love
1932
as Jane Bradford
An adaptation of Madame Bovary transported to Rye, New York in the 1930's. All characters have been renamed.

Radio Patrol
1932
as Sue Kennedy
A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed.

Misbehaving Ladies
1931
as Princess Ellen
Ellen, a young American girl who married a European prince and moved to his country, is preparing to return to the US, after having paid off all the d...

Woman Hungry
1931
as Judith Temple
This film, believed lost, was based on William Vaughn Moody's 1906 play The Great Divide. The story was filmed as a silent film by MGM as The Great Di...

The Gorilla
1930
as Alice Denby
A series of murders that take place in an old, dark mansion are suspected of being committed by an ape. (lost film)

The Unholy Three
1930
as Rosie O'Grady
A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

Double Cross Roads
1930
as Mary Carlyle
Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and falls in love with Mary Carlyle. His former gang tries ...

Those Who Dance
1930
as Nora Brady
A policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.

Second Wife
1930
as Florence Wendell Fairchild
A man's pregnant second wife gets upset when he decides to go overseas to his young son, who may be dying of typhoid fever.

The Sacred Flame
1929
as Stella Taylor
Colonel Maurice Taylor of the Royal Flying Corps is hopelessly injured in an airplane crash immediately following his marriage to Stella. Maurice is n...

The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the firs...

Love, Live & Laugh
1929
as Margharita
Any movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi can't be all bad. In love with the beautiful Margharita ...

Flight
1929
as Elinor
Two Marine pilots in love with the same girl are assigned a mission to find a notorious bandit in Nicaragua. This early talkie from director Frank Cap...

Honky Tonk
1929
as Beth
Nightclub hostess Sophie Leonard educates her daughter Beth abroad and keeps her life secret for her. But suddenly the daughter shows up.

The Argyle Case
1929
as Mary Morgan
A multimillionaire is murdered, and his will leaves all his money to a beautiful young blonde. The murdered man's son thinks something is fishy, and a...

Dark Streets
1929
as Katie Dean
Pat and Danny McGlone are identical twin brothers, rivals and competitors in everything they do, and Pat grows up and becomes a policeman while Danny ...

Drag
1929
as Dot
Young David Carroll takes over the publication of a local newspaper in Vermont. Although he is attracted to Dot, "the most sophisticated girl in town,...

Queen of the Night Clubs
1929
as Bea Walters
Irked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of business, and frame her for a murder in the bargain.
The Black Pearl
1928
as Eugenie Bromley
A pearl stolen from an Indian idol results in nothing but trouble for its owner. After he receives death threats by note pinned to a dagger, he decide...

Just Married
1928
as Victoire
After many outrageous moments, a young girl marries her former acquaintance, not with her fiancee.

The Adorable Cheat
1928
as Marion Dorsey
The daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires, but the father--an old-fashioned sort who doesn't beli...

The Little Wild Girl
1928
as Marie Cleste
Vacationing in the Canadian Northwest, a playwright and a songwriter both fall in love with Marie Cleste and take her back with them to New York when ...

Top Sergeant Mulligan
1928
as The girl
During World War I a vaudeville entertainer, Mickey, is helping to recruit officers for the army and finds himself in the service along with his femal...
Million Dollar Mystery
1927
as Florence Grey
A gangster falls in love with the daughter of a former colleague who has quit the rackets. However, things aren't exactly what they appear to be.

One Increasing Purpose
1927
as Elizabeth Glade
Stars Edmund Lowe as WWI veteran Slim Paris. Though most of his comrades died in battle, Paris returns home with nary a scratch. This convinces him th...

Fascinating Youth
1926
as Lila Lee
Playboy Teddy Ward wants to marry Jeannie King, an artist, but his father wants him to marry Loris Lane, but tells Teddy he can marry whom he pleases ...

The New Klondike
1926
as Evelyn Lane
Tom Kelly, a small-town baseball pitcher, is sent to a minor-league team in Florida, and fails to make the team. He starts dabbling in real estate, in...

Broken Hearts
1926
as Ruth Esterin
A Jewish writer in Czarist Russia is forced to flee when the government comes after him for his "objectionable" writings. He emigrates to the US, wher...

Coming Through
1925
as Alice Rand
Because he wants a promotion, Tom Blackford marries Alice Rand, the daughter of his boss, John Rand. Rand is aware of Blackford's motivations and he s...

The Midnight Girl
1925
as Anna
A corrupt art patron finds himself in love with the same girl as his stepson.

Another Man's Wife
1924
as Helen Brand
Vengeful husband pursues, kidnaps his wife aboard a deserted ship when he becomes injured and taken aboard, then sinks in a collision following a figh...

Wandering Husbands
1924
as Diana Moreland
Diana Moreland, suspecting that her husband is cheating on her with Marilyn Foster, catches the two of them having a rendezvous at a roadhouse. Instea...

Love's Whirlpool
1924
as Molly
Toughened criminal Jim Reagan tries to persuade his brother, Larry, to go straight, but Larry attempts to rob a banker, Richard Milton, and is arreste...

Woman-Proof
1923
as Louise Halliday
At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.

Hollywood
1923
as Lila Lee
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtim...

Homeward Bound
1923
as Mary Brent
A group of seven people find themselves on a ship in the middle of an endless ocean, with no recollection of how they got there. (lost film)

The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
as Chiquita
Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortl...

Ebb Tide
1922
as Ruth Attwater
An old skipper, Captain Davis, has as his companions two derelicts -- one, Huish, is a Cockney, and the other, Robert Herrick was once a gentleman. In...

The Ghost Breaker
1922
as Maria Theresa, a Spanish Heiress
A young man and his manservant, escaping from a backwoods family feud, are persuaded by a beautiful young heiress to help her rid her newly-gained Spa...

Blood and Sand
1922
as Carmen
Juan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother's wishes he pursues a career as toreador. He rapidly gains national prominence, and tak...

A Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at wor...

The Dictator
1922
as Juanita
A silent romantic adventure melodrama (from the play and novel by Richard Harding) about a womanizer who follows a beautiful Hispanic woman to her hom...

The Fast Freight
1922
as Elsie
Unreleased in America, this was one of Arbuckle's last starring roles in a feature film.

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922
as Self
The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, which honored 13 (1...

One Glorious Day
1922
as Molly McIntyre
Ek is a disembodied spirit, required to wait his turn in the boring cosmos until he is allowed to inhabit an earthly body. Impatient, he sneaks off to...

Rent Free
1922
as Barbara Teller
A penniless artist moves into an abandoned house, but is discovered by the daughter of its former owner.

After the Show
1921
as Eileen
After the Show was adapted from Rita Weiman's story "The Stage Door." Lila Lee plays Eileen, a starry-eyed young girl employed as a chorus dancer in N...

Crazy to Marry
1921
as Annabelle Landis
A doctor who believes he can cure criminals takes on a big challenge.

Gasoline Gus
1921
as Sal Jo Banty
Based on the comic strip character and his auto obsessed life.

The Dollar-a-Year Man
1921
as Peggy Bruce
Hijinks surrounding the attendance of a Prince at a Yacht Club dinner.

Midsummer Madness
1921
as Daisy Osborne
Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels the romance has ebbed away from their marriage. On...

The Charm School
1921
as Elsie
Austin Bevans, a lively car-salesman, suddenly finds himself heir to the Bevans School for Girls. Since Austin feels that acquiring grace and charm ar...

The Soul of Youth
1920
as Vera Hamilton
Ed Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand living there anymore and runs away. On the streets, he fin...

The Prince Chap
1920
as Claudia (age 18)
An artist in England is torn between an old flame and the now grown up little girl he has adopted.

Terror Island
1920
as Beverly West
Inventor Harry Harper travels to the South Seas, where there is buried treasure belonging to a girl, Beverly West. Naturally, others are after the loo...

Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
1919
as Princess Irma
American law clerks Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne and Rodney Blake are nearly broke in Monte Carlo when Hawthorne breaks the bank. While driving through ...

Male and Female
1919
as Tweeny, the scullery maid
When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.

The Lottery Man
1919
as Polly
Young Jack Wright offers his hand in marriage to the winner of a lottery, but after committing to the winner falls in love with another woman.

The Secret Garden
1919
as Mary Lennox
A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's estate....