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 quickly sent Lee on an arduous publicity campaign. Critics lauded Lila for her wholesome persona and sympathetic character parts. Lee quickly rose to the ranks of leading lady and often starred opposite such matinee heavies as Conrad Nagel, Gloria Swanson, Wallace Reid, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, and Rudolph Valentino. Lee bore more than a slight resemblance to Ann Little, a former Paramount star and frequent Reid co-star who was leaving the film business and at this stage in her career an even stronger resemblance to Marguerite Clark. In 1922 Lee was cast as Carmen in the enormously popular film Blood and Sand, opposite matinee idol Rudolph Valentino and silent screen vamp Nita Naldi; Lee subsequently won the first WAMPAS Baby Stars award that year. Lee continued to be a highly popular leading lady throughout the 1920s and made scores of critically praised and widely watched films. As the Roaring Twenties drew to a close, Lee's popularity began to wane and Lee positioned herself for the transition to talkies. She is one of the few leading ladies of the silent screen whose popularity did not nosedive with the coming of sound. She went back to working with the major studios and appeared, most notably, in The Unholy Three, in 1930, opposite Lon Chaney Sr. in his only talkie. However, a series of bad career choices and bouts of recurring tuberculosis and alcoholism hindered further projects and Lee was relegated to taking parts in mostly grade B movies.
98 movies · 2 shows
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1967·4.3
The Emperor's New Clothes
1966·7.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961·7.0
Nation Aflame
1937·5.3
Two Wise Maids
1937·10.0
Country Gentlemen
1936·5.5
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936·6.2
Champagne for Breakfast
1935·10.0
The People's Enemy
1935·7.0
The Marriage Bargain
1935·8.0
I Can't Escape
1934·7.5
In Love with Life
1934·6.0
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934·5.3
Whirlpool
1934·6.4
Lone Cowboy
1933·4.0
The Intruder
1933·4.6
The Iron Master
1933·7.0
Face in the Sky
1933·5.8
Officer Thirteen
1932·6.6
False Faces
1932·4.4
The Night of June 13
1932·7.5
Exposure
1932·5.5
War Correspondent
1932·5.5
Unholy Love
1932·4.0
Radio Patrol
1932·10.0
Misbehaving Ladies
1931·9.0
Woman Hungry
1931·10.0
The Gorilla
1930·9.0
The Unholy Three
1930·5.9
Double Cross Roads
1930·9.0
Those Who Dance
1930·6.2
Murder Will Out
1930·7.0
Second Wife
1930·7.0
The Sacred Flame
1929·3.3
The Show of Shows
1929·6.6
Love, Live & Laugh
1929·9.0
Flight
1929·6.6
Honky Tonk
1929·10.0
The Argyle Case
1929·10.0
Dark Streets
1929·7.5
Drag
1929·6.7
Queen of the Night Clubs
1929·8.0
The Black Pearl
1928·10.0
Black Butterflies
1928·7.0
Just Married
1928·7.0
The Adorable Cheat
1928·9.0
The Little Wild Girl
1928·10.0
United States Smith
1928·8.0
The Man in Hobbles
1928·8.0
You Can’t Beat the Law
1928·7.0
Top Sergeant Mulligan
1928·9.0
Million Dollar Mystery
1927·7.0
One Increasing Purpose
1927·10.0
Fascinating Youth
1926·9.0
The New Klondike
1926·6.0
Broken Hearts
1926·10.0
Old Home Week
1925·8.0
Coming Through
1925·9.0
The Midnight Girl
1925·5.8
Another Man's Wife
1924·7.0
Wandering Husbands
1924·3.0
Love's Whirlpool
1924·9.0
Woman-Proof
1923·8.0
Hollywood
1923·9.0
Homeward Bound
1923·8.0
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923·10.0
Back Home and Broke
1922·9.0
Ebb Tide
1922·8.0
The Ghost Breaker
1922·10.0
Blood and Sand
1922·5.8
A Trip to Paramountown
1922·7.8
The Dictator
1922·8.0
The Fast Freight
1922·10.0
Is Matrimony a Failure?
1922·10.0
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922·0.0
One Glorious Day
1922·9.0
Rent Free
1922·9.0
After the Show
1921·8.0
Crazy to Marry
1921·7.8
Gasoline Gus
1921·8.0
The Dollar-a-Year Man
1921·7.0
The Easy Road
1921·7.0
Midsummer Madness
1921·3.3
The Charm School
1921·7.0
The Soul of Youth
1920·5.2
The Prince Chap
1920·7.0
Terror Island
1920·5.3
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
1919·6.3
Male and Female
1919·6.4
The Lottery Man
1919·10.0
The Heart of Youth
1919·10.0
A Daughter of the Wolf
1919·10.0
Rustling a Bride
1919·7.0
Puppy Love
1919·7.0
The Secret Garden
1919·10.0
Jane Goes A-Wooing
1919·7.0
Such a Little Pirate
1918·0.0
The Cruise of the Make-Believes
1918·0.0