Alice Lake was an American

United States

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 film actress. She began her career during the silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 era and often appeared in comedy shorts opposite Roscoe Arbuckle.

Career

Born in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, New York

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, Lake began her career as a dancer. She made her screen debut was in 1912, and she appeared in a number of comedy shorts by Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"...

. Lake was often the leading lady of Roscoe Arbuckle in comedies like Oh Doctor!

Oh Doctor!

Oh Doctor! is a 1917 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Dr. Fatty Holepoke* Buster Keaton - Junior Holepoke* Al St. John - Gambler* Alice Mann - Vamp* Alice Lake - Maid...

(1917) and The Cook

The Cook

The Cook is a silent film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The movie is a slapstick comedy and focuses on goings-on at a high-end restaurant with Arbuckle as the Cook and Keaton as the Waiter....

(1918). Arbuckle directed both films and was joined by Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...

 who had a leading role Oh Doctor.

Lake also played dramatic roles with Bert Lytell

Bert Lytell

Bert Lytell , Born Bertram Lytell, he was a popular screen star of the silent film era who starred in romantic, melodrama and adventure films....

 in Blackie's Redemption and The Lion's Den, both from 1919. During the 1920s she appeared in a number of Metro silent film features as the lead actress. At the height of her career she earned $1,200 per week as a motion picture actress. Lake had only limited success in dramatic roles. Following the introduction of talkies

Sound film

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...

, her parts in films began to wane and she only performed in supporting roles. Her last appearance in film was in 1935 with a bit part in Frisco Kid. In all her screen credits numbered ninety-six.

Personal life

In March 1924, Lake married fellow actor Robert Williams

Robert Williams (actor)

Robert Williams was an American stage and film actor.-Career:Born in Morgantown, North Carolina, Williams appeared in his first film The Vengeance of Winona, in 1914. In 1922, he made his Broadway stage debut in the popular stage comedy Abie's Irish Rose...

, but they were divorced in 1925. The couple separated and reunited three times before they made a permanent break. Williams was a vaudeville

Vaudeville

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 performer who had appeared in a number of stage plays. He was previously married to singer Marion Harris

Marion Harris

Marion Harris was an American popular singer, most successful in the 1920s. She was the first widely known white singer to sing jazz and blues songs....

.

Death

Lake died of a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

 at Paradise Sanitarium in Hollywood

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

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, California

California

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. She was 71. She is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 10621 Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, California.The cemetery has a special section called the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation that is the final resting place for a number of aviation pioneers — barnstormers, daredevils and...

 in North Hollywood.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Alice Lake has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hollywood Walk of Fame

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 at 1620 Vine Street

Vine Street

Vine is a street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that runs north-south from Melrose Avenue up past Hollywood Boulevard. The intersection of Hollywood and Vine was once a symbol of Hollywood itself...

.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1916	The Moonshiners The Moonshiners The Moonshiners is a 1916 short comedy film directed by Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Joe Bordeaux* J. Herbert Frank - * Horace Haine* Alice Lake* Al St. John...	Lady Jocelyn
1916	The Waiters' Ball The Waiters' Ball The Waiters' Ball is a 1916 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Arbuckle's nephew Al St. John has a memorable role as Roscoe's rival.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - The Cook* Al St...	A Fair Customer
1916	A Creampuff Romance A Creampuff Romance A Creampuff Romance is a 1916 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Alice Lake* Al St. John...		Alternative title: His Alibi
1917	The Butcher Boy The Butcher Boy (1917 film) The Butcher Boy is a 1917 short comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. This was the first in Arbuckle's series of films with the Comique Film Corporation, and Keaton's film debut.- Plot :...		Uncredited
1917	A Reckless Romeo A Reckless Romeo A Reckless Romeo is a 1917 short silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.-Production background:The film was produced by the Comique Film Corporation when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey...	Wife	Alternative title: A Creampuff Romance
1917	The Rough House The Rough House The Rough House is a short comedy film written and directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The Rough House was Keaton's first film as a director.-Cast:* Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Mr Rough...	Mrs. Rough
1917	His Wedding Night His Wedding Night His Wedding Night is a 1917 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle, Al St. John, and Buster Keaton, and directed by Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Drugstore soda clerk* Al St...
1917	The Texas Sphinx The Texas Sphinx The Texas Sphinx is a 1917 Western film featuring Harry Carey and released by Universal Pictures.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Hoot Gibson* Ed Jones* Alice Lake* William Steele * Vester Pegg...
1917	Coney Island Coney Island (1917 film) Coney Island is a 1917 short silent film comedy written and directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and starring Arbuckle and Buster Keaton.-Synopsis:...	Undetermined Role	Uncredited
1917	A Country Hero A Country Hero A Country Hero is a 1917 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Village Blacksmith* Buster Keaton - Vaudeville Artist* Al St...	Schoolteacher
1918	Out West Out West (1918 film) Out West is a 1918 short comedy film, a satire on contemporary westerns, starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Al St. John. It was the first of Arbuckle's "Comique" films to be filmed on the west coast, the previous five having been filmed in and around New York City...	Salvation Army Woman	Alternative title: The Sheriff
1918	The Bell Boy The Bell Boy The Bell Boy is a short film produced and released in 1918 by the Comique film company.The film stars Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton as bellboys in Elk's Head Hotel. They cause trouble with each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse, a sham robbery turns into a real one,...	Cutie Cuticle, manicurist
1918	Moonshine Moonshine (1918 film) Moonshine is a 1918 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.While the film is considered incomplete, there are different surviving prints of varying quality...	Moonshiner's Daughter
1918	Good Night, Nurse! Good Night, Nurse! Good Night, Nurse! is a 1918 short comedy film written and directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, and starring Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The action centers in a sanitarium Arbuckle's character was brought to by his wife, involuntarily, to be operated on by Keaton's character for his alcoholism.- Cast :*...	Crazy Woman
1919	Camping Out Camping Out (film) Camping Out is a 1919 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Al St. John* Alice Lake* Monty Banks...
1919	A Desert Hero A Desert Hero A Desert Hero is a 1919 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - The Sheriff, the Desert Hero* Al St. John - The Bad Man* Molly Malone - The Young Girl* Monte Collins - The Old Man...
1920	The Garage The Garage (film) The Garage is a 1920 American short comedy film starring Buster Keaton and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. It was directed by Arbuckle himself. The film was also known as Fire Chief. This was the fourteenth film starring the duo...	Undetermined Role	Uncredited
1922	I Am the Law I Am the Law (film) I Am the Law is a film starring Alice Lake and Kenneth Harlan, and featuring Noah Beery, Sr. and Wallace Beery. The movie was written by James Oliver Curwood and Raymond L. Schrock, and directed by Edwin Carewe.-Cast:*Alice Lake as Joan Cameron...	Joan Cameron
1923	The Unknown Purple The Unknown Purple The Unknown Purple is a 1923 stage-play-based, science-fiction genre, silent film, written and directed by Roland West. The film could probably be the first dealing with the subject of invisibility and might have been based upon the novel The Invisible Man by H.G...	Jewel Marchmont
1934	The Girl from Missouri The Girl from Missouri The Girl from Missouri is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway.-Plot:...	Paige's Manicurist	Uncredited
1934	Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (1934 film) Babes in Toyland is a Laurel and Hardy musical film released in November 1934. The film is also known by its alternate titles Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, Revenge Is Sweet , March of the Wooden Soldiers and Wooden Soldiers .Based on Victor Herbert's popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland, the film...	Townswoman	Uncredited
1935	Frisco Kid Frisco Kid Frisco Kid is a 1935 film starring James Cagney and directed by Lloyd Bacon.-Cast:*James Cagney as Bat Morgan*Margaret Lindsay as Jean Barrat*Ricardo Cortez as Paul Morra*Lili Damita as Belle*Donald Woods as Charles Ford...	Undetermined Role	Uncredited

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