Vola Vale
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1897-02-12
Day of Death
1970-10-17 (73 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
(2002)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (uncredited)
(1936)
(1932)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
as Townswoman
(1927)
(1926)
Two Can Play
as Mimi Allen
(1926)
(1926)
Her Big Adventure
as Countess Fontaine
(1926)
(1925)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
as Mamie
(1925)
Who Cares
as Tootles
(1925)
Heartless Husbands
as Mrs. Jackson Cain
(1924)
The Mirage
as Betty Bond
(1923)
Crashin' Thru
as Diane
(1923)
Mothers-in-Law
as Ina Phillips
(1923)
Soul of the Beast
as Jacqueline
(1923)
The Midnight Flower
as Mary — a foundling
(1923)
The Man Between
as Rosie - Joe Cateau's Bride
(1922)
Good Men and True
as Georgie Hibbler
(1921)
White Oak
as Barbara
(1921)
The Duke of Chimney Butte
as Vesta Philbrook
(1920)
Singing River
as Alice Thornton
(1920)
Overland Red
as Louise Alacarme
(1920)
Someone in the House
as Molly Brent
(1920)
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Rose Lane
(1920)
The Purple Cipher
as Jeanne Baldwin
(1920)
Common Sense
as Violet Manners
(1920)
The Iron Rider
as Mera Donovan
(1920)
A Master Stroke
as Minnie Patton
(1919)
A Heart in Pawn
as Emily Stone
(1919)
Six Feet Four
as Winifred Waverly
(1919)
Hearts Asleep
as Virginia Calvert
(1919)
Happy Though Married
as Diana Ramon
(1919)
Hornet's Nest
as Muriel Fletcher
(1918)
Wolves of the Rail
as Faith Lawson
(1918)
The Locked Heart
as Ruth Mason
(1917)
The Silent Man
as Betty Bryce
(1917)
The Topsy Turvy Twins
as Mattie
(1917)
Perils of the Secret Service
as Minna Ober (Episode #1)
(1917)
Zollenstein
as Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
(1917)
The Secret of Black Mountain
as Miriam Vale
(1917)
The Son of His Father
as Hazel Mallinsbee
(1917)
Each to His Kind
as Amy Dawe
(1917)
The Winning of Sally Temple
as Lady Pamela Vauclain
(1917)
The Bond Between
as Ellen Ingram
(1917)
The Last Cigarette
as Minna Ober
(1917)
The Lady in the Library
as Mildred Vandeburg
(1917)
Mentioned in Confidence
as Marjorie Manning
(1916)
A Great Love
as Nell Woodward
(1916)
The Eagle's Wings
as Kitty Miles (as Vola Smith)
(1916)
The Woman He Feared
as May Clive
(1916)
The Price of Silence
as Aline Urmy (as Vola Smith)
(1916)
It Sounded Like a Kiss
as Estelle
(1915)
(1914)
Liberty Belles
as Boarding Schoolgirl
(1914)
The Iron Master
as The Iron Master's Sister (as Viola Smith)