Vola Vale
Age: N/A | From: Buffalo, New York, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Violet Irene Smith , Viola Smith , Vola Smith
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Phantom of the Opera
(1925) Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
(2002) Self (uncredited)
The Woman He Feared
(1916) May Clive
Six Feet Four
(1919) Winifred Waverly
The Silent Man
(1917) Betty Bryce
Good Men and True
(1922) Georgie Hibbler
A Great Love
(1916) Nell Woodward
Alias Jimmy Valentine
(1920) Rose LaneActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Self (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | N/A | |
| Mimi Allen | ||
| Countess Fontaine | ||
| 1925 | Mamie | |
| Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited) | ||
| 1923 | Mary — a foundling | |
| Jacqueline | ||
| Diane | ||
| 1922 | Georgie Hibbler | |
| 1921 | Barbara | |
| 1920 | Mera Donovan | |
| Violet Manners | ||
| Louise Alacarme | ||
| Rose Lane | ||
| 1919 | Winifred Waverly | |
| Emily Stone | ||
| 1918 | Faith Lawson | |
| 1917 | Betty Bryce | |
| Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia | ||
| Hazel Mallinsbee | ||
| Mildred Vandeburg | ||
| Ellen Ingram | ||
| Minna Ober (Episode #1) | ||
| 1916 | Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith) | |
| Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith) | ||
| May Clive | ||
| Nell Woodward | ||
| 1915 | N/A | |
| 1914 | The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith) | |
| Boarding Schoolgirl | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
