Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1897-02-12
Day of Death
1970-10-17
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Vola Vale
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.
Filmography (56)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
One Rainy Afternoon
1936
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
1932Black Tears
1927
Home Sweet Home
1926The Sky Pirate
1926
Two Can Play
1926
Her Big Adventure
1926
Little Annie Rooney
1925Heartless Husbands
1925
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
Who Cares
1925
The Mirage
1924
The Midnight Flower
1923
