Lillian Hall-Davis
Date of birth: 1898-06-23
Place of birth: Mile End, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Lilian Hall Davis, Lilian Hall-Davis
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.
Movie Credits
The Ring
1927-09-28
Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage
The Farmer's Wife
1928-02-24
Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves
Liebe macht blind
1926-08-16
Married Love
1923-06-01
aka Maisie's Marriage, based on Marie Stopes book, a fireman falls in love with a daughter from a la
A Royal Divorce
1923-01-01
Emperor Napoleon divorces his wife to marry an Austrian Queen and have an heir.
The Unwanted
1924-04-22
A colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.
The Eleventh Commandment
1924-07-31
An actress thwarts a blackmailer by taking the blame for her sister's compromise. Based on the play
Express Train of Love
1925-05-06
Silent romantic comedy set on a train.
The Prey of the Wind
1927-05-12
A pilot crashes and a beautiful countess of a castle nearby nurses him to health.
The Passionate Adventure
1924-07-01
A rich man leaves his wife, poses as a coster, and saves a factory girl from a crook.
Blighty
1927-03-01
A chauffeur becomes an officer and later cares for his master's widow and child.
Boadicea
1927-09-05
The life of the Celtic Queen Boudica (Boadicea) and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.
Just for a Song
1930-03-11
A jealous agent uses a girl singer to break up a double act.
Many Waters
1931-11-01
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
Her Reputation
1931-07-21
A woman plans to boost her public profile by getting a divorce. She enlists the help of a male frien
Wolga Wolga
1928-11-15
Der Farmer aus Texas
1925-10-21
Die drei Kuckucksuhren
1926-05-25
Lord Ernest Clifton lives with his beautiful wife, Gladys, at Easton Lodge. He has lost immense weal
The Wonderful Story
1922-05-05
A paralytic dominates his brother and wife until their child reforms him.
Little Women
1918-11-30
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Quo Vadis?
1924-10-01
"The Roman Banquet, the golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the b
Roses of Picardy
1927-04-01
In France, and ex-lieutenant returns to find his sweetheart is caring for a baron's blinded son.
The White Sheik
1928-01-17
In the Sahara a British Riff chief weds a captured girl to save her from the tribe.
Nitchevo
1926-12-20
Tommy Atkins
1928-05-18
A cleric enlists on learning he loves his brother's sweetheart, saves his life, and finds he is real
Love Maggy
1921-01-01
The Honeypot
1920-10-30
A Lord who intervenes to save the mistress of a notorious playboy from a suicide attempt. After resc
The Game of Life
1922-06-01
Silent historical film depicts the significant events of Queen Victoria's reign through the experien
Shepperton Babylon
2005-08-11
A sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s and 30s, where scandal
The Faithful Heart
1922-08-01
A naval captain returns and jilts a socialite to take care of his bastard daughter.
The Admirable Crichton
1918-02-01
When a Lord and family are shipwrecked on an island their butler becomes a king.
Should a Doctor Tell?
1923-08-18
A doctor learns his pregnant patient is engaged to his son.