Lillian Hall-Davis
Known For
Acting
Born
1898-06-23 in Mile End, London, England, UK
Died
1933-10-25
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the silent film era, featured in major roles in English film and a number of German, French and Italian films. Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-colour version of I Pagliacci (1923), The Passionate Adventure (1924), Blighty (1927), The Ring (1927), and The Farmer's Wife (1928), the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who at the time considered her his "favourite actress." She had a lead role in a "lavish production" of Quo Vadis (1924), an Italian film directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby. Hall-Davis also appeared in a comedy short film made in the Lee DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, As We Lie (1927), co-starring and directed by Miles Mander. Hall-Davis did not make the transition to talkies; in 1933 her "sharp career decline and health problems" prompted her to commit suicide by turning on the gas oven and cutting her own throat at home in the Golders Green area of London. She was 35.
Most Known For
Her Reputation
as Carruthers
Wolga Wolga
as Princess Zaineb
Married Love
as Maisie
Quo Vadis?
as Licia
Shepperton Babylon
as Herself (Archive)
Tommy Atkins
as Ruth
Little Women
as Beth March
The Farmer's Wife
as Araminta 'Minta' Dench
The Ring
as Mabel
Nitchevo
Love Maggy
as Alexandra Hersey
Many Waters
as Mabel Barcaldine
The Game of Life
as Rose Wallingford
The Honeypot
as Alexandra Hersey
The Passionate Adventure
as Pamela
The Unwanted
as Maraine Dearsley
Der Farmer aus Texas
as Alice
Liebe macht blind
Die drei Kuckucksuhren
as Gladys Clifton
The Prey of the Wind
as Countess Elisabeth