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Lillian Hall-Davis

Actor · Born 1898-06-23 · Mile End, London, England, UK

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Ring (1927) — Mabel
  2. The Farmer's Wife (1928) — Araminta 'Minta' Dench
  3. Quo Vadis? (1924) — Licia
  4. The Prey of the Wind (1927) — Countess Elisabeth
  5. The Passionate Adventure (1924) — Pamela
  6. Shepperton Babylon (2005) — Herself (Archive)
  7. Love Is Blind (1926)
  8. Married Love (1923) — Maisie
  9. A Royal Divorce (1923) — Stephanie
  10. The Unwanted (1924) — Maraine Dearsley
  11. The Eleventh Commandment (1924) — Marian Barchester
  12. Express Train of Love (1925) — Lissi
  13. Blighty (1927) — Mrs. Villiers
  14. Boadicea (1927) — Emmelyn
  15. Just for a Song (1930) — Norma Wentworth
  16. Many Waters (1931) — Mabel Barcaldine
  17. Her Reputation (1931) — Carruthers
  18. Der Farmer aus Texas (1925) — Alice
  19. Wolga Wolga (1928) — Princess Zaineb
  20. Adventure Mad (1926) — Gladys Clifton
  21. The Wonderful Story (1922) — Kate Richards
  22. The White Sheik (1928) — Rosemary Tregarthen
  23. Nitchevo (1926)
  24. Tommy Atkins (1928) — Ruth
  25. Love Maggy (1921) — Alexandra Hersey
  26. The Honeypot (1920) — Alexandra Hersey
  27. The Game of Life (1922) — Rose Wallingford
  28. The Faithful Heart (1922) — Blackie Anderway
  29. The Admirable Crichton (1918) — Lady Agatha Lasenby
  30. Should a Doctor Tell? (1923) — Alisa
  31. Little Women (1918) — Beth March
  32. Roses of Picardy (1927) — Madame Vanderlynden