Vola Vale
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: February 12, 1897
Day of Death: October 17, 1970 (74 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
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Actor Minna Ober (Episode #1)
Perils of the Secret Service
Actor Hazel Mallinsbee
The Son of His Father
Actor Ellen Ingram
The Bond Between
Actor Betty Bryce
The Silent Man
Actor Mildred Vandeburg
The Lady in the Library
Actor Princess Fulvia / Princess Zenia
Zollenstein
Actor Miriam Vale
The Secret of Black Mountain
Actor Mattie
The Topsy Turvy Twins
Actor Minna Ober
The Last Cigarette
Actor Marjorie Manning
Mentioned in Confidence
Actor Lady Pamela Vauclain
The Winning of Sally Temple
Actor Amy Dawe
Each to His Kind
