Leah Baird
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Leah Baird was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter
.
. She played several leads in William F. Brady's troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks
. In the late 1910s she played in 15 episodes of the serial Wolves of Kultur.
Baird later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow
features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.
Leah Baird died at age 88 from anemia
in her Hollywood home. She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
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Life
She began her film career in 1910 in Jean and the Waif opposite Jean, the Vitagraph DogVitagraph Dog
Jean, the Vitagraph Dog , a female Border Collie, was a dog actor that performed title roles in early silent films. She was a precursor to other famous dog actors like Lassie and Rin Tin Tin.-Biography and career:...
. She played several leads in William F. Brady's troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro....
. In the late 1910s she played in 15 episodes of the serial Wolves of Kultur.
Baird later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow
Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow was an American actress who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s. It was her appearance as a spunky shopgirl in the film It that brought her global fame and the nickname "The It Girl." Bow came to personify the roaring twenties and is described as its leading sex...
features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.
Leah Baird died at age 88 from anemia
Anemia
Anemia is a decrease in number of red blood cells or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. However, it can include decreased oxygen-binding ability of each hemoglobin molecule due to deformity or lack in numerical development as in some other types of hemoglobin...
in her Hollywood home. She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, originally called Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Los Angeles, California. It is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Hollywood...
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Actress
- Jean and the Waif (19101910 in filmThe year 1910 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel....
) - Chumps (19121912 in filmThe year 1912 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company with New York City entrepreneur Adam Kessel called Keystone Studios...
) - All for a GirlAll for a Girl (1912 film)All for a Girl is a 1912 American short silent film romantic comedy, directed by Frederick A. Thomson and written by Wallace Reid.-Cast:*Dorothy Kelly .... Claire Taylor*Leah Baird .... Mrs. Gardner*Kate Price .... The Cook...
(1912) - IvanhoeIvanhoe (1913 U.S. film)Ivanhoe is a 1913 silent adventure/drama motion picture starring King Baggot, Leah Baird, Herbert Brenon, Evelyn Hope, and Walter Craven.Directed by Herbert Brenon and produced by Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures after IMP was absorbed into the newly founded Universal, which was the...
(1913) - Neptune's DaughterNeptune's Daughter (1914 film)Neptune's Daughter is a 1914 American silent fantasy film featuring the first collaboration between actress Annette Kellerman and director Herbert Brenon. It was filmed by Universal on Bermuda, cost US$35,000 to make, and grossed one million dollars at the box office...
(1914) - Lights of New YorkLights of New York (1916 film)Lights of New York is a silent drama film directed by Van Dyke Brooke.-Plot:Hoping to improve his financial lot, petty thief Hawk Chovinski hires a dancing instructor to teach him how to bear himself like a gentleman. His lessons completed, Hawk then poses as a European nobleman, intending to trap...
(1916) - One Law for BothOne Law for BothOne Law for Both is a 1917 silent film directed by Ivan Abramson.-Plot:Elga Pulsaki and her brother Ossip emigrate to the United States from Russia to escape persecution...
(1917) - Is Divorce a Failure? (1923)
- The Adventures of Mark TwainThe Adventures of Mark TwainThe Adventures of Mark Twain is a 1944 biographical film starring Fredric March as Samuel Clemens and Alexis Smith as his wife, Olivia...
(Uncredited, 1944) - Mildred PierceMildred Pierce (film)Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American drama film starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, and Eve Arden in a film noir about a long-suffering mother and her ungrateful daughter. The screenplay by Ranald MacDougall, William Faulkner, and Catherine Turney was based upon the 1941...
(Uncredited, 1945) - Around the World in Eighty DaysAround the World in Eighty Days (1956 film)Around the World in 80 Days is a 1956 adventure film produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. It was directed by Michael Anderson. It was produced by Michael Todd, with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers. The screenplay was written by James...
(Uncredited, 1956)
External links
- Leah Baird gallery at NY Public Library
- Leah Baird early studio portrait
