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Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress during the
silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...
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 ''
Pagliacci ''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who mu ...
'' (1923), ''
The Passionate Adventure ''The Passionate Adventure'' is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Clive Brook and Alice Joyce. The film was adapted from a novel by Frank Stayton by Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Morton, with Hitchcock al ...
'' (1924), ''
Blighty "Blighty" is a British English slang term for Great Britain, or often specifically England. Though it was used throughout the 1800s in the Indian subcontinent to mean an English or British visitor, it was first used during the Boer War in the sp ...
'' (1927), ''
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'' (1927) and ''
The Farmer's Wife ''The Farmer's Wife'' is a 1928 British silent romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis and Gordon Harker. It is adapted from a 1916 play of the same name by British novelist, poet an ...
'' (1928), the latter two directed by
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, who at the time considered her his favourite actress. She had a lead role in a "lavish production" of ''
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'' (1924), an Italian film directed by
Gabriellino D'Annunzio Gabriele Maria "Gabriellino" D'Annunzio (10 April 1886 – 8 December 1945) was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the son of the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. He adapted the 1921 film '' The Ship'' from a novel by his ...
and
Georg Jacoby Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
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. Hall-Davis also appeared in ''As We Lie'' (1927), a comedy short film made in the
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sound-on-film process, co-starring and directed by
Miles Mander Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor, writer, director and producer in the post-war period of early British cinema during the 1920s to mid-1930s, as well as a playwright an ...
. Hall-Davis did not make the transition to sound films; 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
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area of London.


Filmography

* '' La p'tite du sixième'' (1917) * ''
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'' (1918) * ''
The Romance of Old Bill ''The Romance of Old Bill'' is a 1918 British silent film, silent comedy film, comedy war film, war directed by George Pearson (filmmaker), George Pearson and starring Charles Rock, Arthur Cleave and Hugh E. Wright. It was made at Twickenham Stud ...
'' (1918) * '' Ernest Maltravers'' (1920) * '' The Honeypot'' (1920) * ''
Love Maggy ''Love Maggy'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Fred LeRoy Granville and starring Peggy Hyland, Campbell Gullan and James Lindsay.Quinlan p.121 It was made at Isleworth Studios as a sequel to the 1920 film '' The Honeypot''. Cas ...
'' (1921) * '' The Wonderful Story'' (1922) * '' The Faithful Heart'' (1922) * ''
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'' (1922) * '' Stable Companions'' (1922) * ''
The Game of Life ''The Game of Life'', also known simply as ''Life'', is a board game originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley as ''The Checkered Game of Life'', the first ever board game for his own company, the Milton Bradley Company. The game simulates a ...
'' (1922) * '' If Four Walls Told'' (1922) * ''
The Knockout ''The Knockout'' is a 1914 American silent comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. It also features Charlie Chaplin in a small role, his seventeenth film for Keystone Studios. It is one of only a few films in which Chaplin's Little Tr ...
'' (1923) * ''
Married Love ''Married Love or Love in Marriage'' is a book by British academic Marie Stopes. It was one of the first books openly to discuss birth control. The book begins by stating that "More than ever to-day are happy homes needed. It is my hope that thi ...
'' (1923) * ''
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'' (1923) * '' Castles in the Air'' (1923) * '' The Hotel Mouse'' (1923) * ''
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'' (1923) * ''
I Pagliacci ''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who mu ...
'' (1923) * '' A Royal Divorce'' (1923) * ''
The Passionate Adventure ''The Passionate Adventure'' is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Clive Brook and Alice Joyce. The film was adapted from a novel by Frank Stayton by Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Morton, with Hitchcock al ...
'' (1924) * '' The Eleventh Commandment'' (1924) * ''
Quo Vadis ''Quo vadis?'' (, ) is a Latin phrase meaning "Where are you going?". It is commonly translated, quoting the KJV translation of John 13:36, as "Whither goest thou?" The phrase originates from the Christian tradition regarding Saint Peter's fi ...
'' (1924) * ''
The Unwanted ''The Unwanted'' is a 2014 American Gothic horror film written and directed by Bret Wood. It is based on the novel ''Carmilla'' by Sheridan Le Fanu but was transposed from a Gothic tale set in Austria to a Southern Gothic setting. It stars Ch ...
'' (1924) * ''
The Farmer from Texas ''The Farmer from Texas'' () is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Joe May and starring Mady Christians, Willy Fritsch, and Lillian Hall-Davis. It was based on the play '' Kolportage'' by Georg Kaiser. The film was considered a costly ...
'' (1925) * ''
Express Train of Love ''Express Train of Love'' (German:''Blitzzug der Liebe'') is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Ossi Oswalda, Willy Fritsch and Lillian Hall-Davis. It premiered on 6 May 1925 at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Ber ...
'' (1925) * '' Nitchevo'' (1926) * '' Three Cuckoo Clocks'' (1926) * '' Love is Blind'' (1926) * ''
If Youth But Knew ''If Youth But Knew'' is a 1926 British silent romance film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Godfrey Tearle, Lillian Hall-Davis and Wyndham Standing. It is a love story spanning two generations. It was made at Southall Studios. Cast ...
'' (1926) * ''
Roses of Picardy "Roses of Picardy" is a popular British song with lyrics by Frederic Weatherly and music by Haydn Wood. Published in London in 1916 by Chappell & Co, it is one of the most famous songs of the First World War and has been recorded frequently ...
'' (1927) * ''
The Prey of the Wind ''The Prey of the Wind'' (French: ''La proie du vent'') is a 1927 French silent film, silent drama film directed by René Clair and starring Charles Vanel, Sandra Milovanoff and Jean Murat.McGerr p.50 The film's sets were designed by Lazare M ...
'' (1927) * ''
Blighty "Blighty" is a British English slang term for Great Britain, or often specifically England. Though it was used throughout the 1800s in the Indian subcontinent to mean an English or British visitor, it was first used during the Boer War in the sp ...
'' (1927) * ''
The Ring The Ring may refer to: Arts and entertainment *The Ring (franchise), ''The Ring'' (franchise), a Japanese horror media franchise Literature * ''The Ring'', a 1967 novel by Richard Chopping * ''The Ring'', a 1988 book by Daniel Keys Moran * ''The R ...
'' (1927) * ''
Boadicea Boudica or Boudicca (, from Brythonic * 'victory, win' + * 'having' suffix, i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as , ) was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed up ...
'' (1928) * '' The White Sheik'' (1928) * ''
The Farmer's Wife ''The Farmer's Wife'' is a 1928 British silent romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis and Gordon Harker. It is adapted from a 1916 play of the same name by British novelist, poet an ...
'' (1928) * ''
Tommy Atkins Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army.Volga Volga'' (1928) * ''
Just for a Song ''Just for a Song'' is a 1930 British musical film directed by Gareth Gundrey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Roy Royston and Constance Carpenter. It was made at Islington Studios.Wood p.67 Some singing and dancing sequences were photograph ...
'' (1930) filmed partly in
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* '' Her Reputation'' (1931) * ''
Many Waters ''Many Waters'' is a 1986 novel by American author Madeleine L'Engle, part of the author's Time Quintet (also known as the Time Quartet). The title is taken from the Song of Solomon 8:7: "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods ...
'' (1931)


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