Lillian Hall-Davis

A rising star of the silent film era, Lillian Hall-Davis battles fame, fortune, and her own demons as her career—and the world of cinema—teeters on the edge of a new, unrelenting sound.

Born

June 23, 1898

Died

Oct 25, 1933

From

Mile End, London, England, UK

Also:
Actress

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Decades active

In short · Acted for three decades — 29 credits.

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Biography

Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was an English actress who performed during the silent film era, appearing in major roles in English films as well as several German, French, and Italian productions.

Born Lilian Hall Davis, the daughter of a London taxi driver, her filmography 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.

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