
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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Little Annie Rooney

Soul of the Beast

Wolves of the Rail

White Oak

Six Feet Four

One Rainy Afternoon

The Silent Man

Perils of the Secret Service

Good Men and True

Crashin' Thru

Overland Red

The Son of His Father

Alias Jimmy Valentine

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The Iron Rider

The Midnight Flower

Common Sense

Two Can Play

The Eagle's Wings

The Price of Silence

Home Sweet Home

A Heart in Pawn

Her Big Adventure

The Soul of Pierre

Zollenstein

The Duke of Chimney Butte

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Who Cares

The Mirage

Mothers-in-Law

The Man Between

Singing River

The Purple Cipher

Hornet's Nest

Hearts Asleep

Happy Though Married

The Locked Heart

The Secret of Black Mountain

The Winning of Sally Temple

Each to His Kind