Vola Vale
Acting
1897-02-12 · Buffalo, New York, USA
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
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 · Movie
One Rainy Afternoon
1936 · Movie
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
1932 · Movie
Black Tears
1927 · Movie
Home Sweet Home
1926 · Movie
The Sky Pirate
1926 · Movie
Two Can Play
1926 · Movie
Her Big Adventure
1926 · Movie
Little Annie Rooney
1925 · Movie
Heartless Husbands
1925 · Movie
The Phantom of the Opera
1925 · Movie
Who Cares
1925 · Movie
The Mirage
1924 · Movie
The Midnight Flower
1923 · Movie
Mothers-in-Law
1923 · Movie
The Man Between
1923 · Movie
Soul of the Beast
1923 · Movie
Crashin' Thru
1923 · Movie
Good Men and True
1922 · Movie
The Duke of Chimney Butte
1921 · Movie
White Oak
1921 · Movie
Singing River
1920 · Movie
The Iron Rider
1920 · Movie
Someone in the House
1920 · Movie
The Purple Cipher
1920 · Movie
Common Sense
1920 · Movie
A Master Stroke
1920 · Movie
Overland Red
1920 · Movie
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920 · Movie
Six Feet Four
1919 · Movie
Hornet's Nest
1919 · Movie
Hearts Asleep
1919 · Movie
A Heart in Pawn
1919 · Movie
Happy Though Married
1919 · Movie
The Locked Heart
1918 · Movie
Wolves of the Rail
1918 · Movie
The Silent Man
1917 · Movie
Zollenstein
1917 · Movie
The Son of His Father
1917 · Movie
The Lady in the Library
1917 · Movie
The Secret of Black Mountain
1917 · Movie
The Topsy Turvy Twins
1917 · Movie
The Bond Between
1917 · Movie
The Last Cigarette
1917 · Movie
Perils of the Secret Service
1917 · Movie
Mentioned in Confidence
1917 · Movie
The Winning of Sally Temple
1917 · Movie
Each to His Kind
1917 · Movie
It Sounded Like a Kiss
1916 · Movie
The Price of Silence
1916 · Movie
The Eagle's Wings
1916 · Movie
The Woman He Feared
1916 · Movie
A Great Love
1916 · Movie
Cupid Entangled
1915 · Movie
The Soul of Pierre
1915 · Movie
The Iron Master
1914 · Movie
Liberty Belles
1914 · Movie