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Billie Dove Biography (1900-1997)
Real name, Lillian Bohny; born May 14, 1900, in New York, NY; died of pneumonia, December 31, 1997, in Woodland Hills, CA; married Irvin Willat (a film director), 1923 (divorced, 1929); married Robert Kenaston (a rancher), 1933 (divorced c. 1970); married a third husband; children: (second marriage) one son, one daughter. Avocational interests: Flying airplanes, painting, andpoetry. Career: Actress. Former Ziegfield Follies dancer.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- May 14, 1900
- New York, New York, United States
- Death Details
- December 31, 1997
- Woodland Hills, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Dorothy Wells, Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, Paramount, 1921
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At the Stage Door, 1921
- Alysia Potter, Polly of the Follies (also known as Good for Nothing), Associate First National Pictures, 1922
- Marion Taylor, Beyond the Rainbow, 1922
- Eve Allinson, Youth to Youth, Metro Pictures Corp., 1922
- Priscilla Holt, All the Brothers Were Valiant, 1923
- Nanette Banning, Madness of Youth, 1923
- The girl, Soft Boiled (also known as Tempered Steel), Fox Film Corp., 1923
- Helen Longstreth, The Lone Star Ranger, 1923
- Olala Ussan, The Thrill Chaser, Universal, 1923
- Ruth Virey, Wanderer of the Wasteland, Paramount, 1924
- Helen Handon, On Time, Truart Film Corp., 1924
- Rhoda Perrin, Try and Get It On, Producers Distributing Corp., 1924
- Dolores, Yankee Madness, Film Booking Offices of America, 1924
- Felicity Arden, The Roughneck, Fox Film Corp., 1924
- Alice (modern sequence), Folly of Vanity, 1925
- Alice Rendon, The Air Mail, Paramount, 1925
- Madeline Hammond, The Light of Western Stars, Paramount, 1925
- Eleanor Hunt, The Lucky Horseshoes, 1925
- Sue Melberne, Wild Horse Mesa, Paramount, 1925
- Doris Anderson, The Fighting Heart, 1925
- Antoinette St. Ives, The Ancient Highway, Paramount, 1925
- Marcia Mayfair, The Lone Wolf Returns (also known as The Returnof the Lone Wolf), 1926
- Princess Isobel, The Black Pirate (also known as The Black Buccaneer), United Artists, 1926
- Sylvia Jordan, The Marriage Clause, Universal, 1926
- Eleanor Belmore, Kid Boots, Paramount, 1926
- Tamara, An Affair of the Follies, First National Pictures, 1927
- "Egypt" Hagen, Sensation Seekers, Universal, 1927
- Marcia Kane, The Tender Hour, First National Pictures, 1927
- Sari, Countess Thurzo, The Stolen Bride, 1927
- Millicent Howard, American Beauty, 1927
- Antoinette Frobelle, The Love Mart, 1927
- Teddy O'Day, The Heart of a Follies Girl, 1928
- Judith Peredy, Yellow Lily, 1928
- Yvonne Corlaix, Night Watch, 1928
- Elena, Adoration, 1928
- Lady Helen Haden, Her Private Life, Warner Bros., 1929
- Helene Gromaire, Careers, First National, 1929
- Joan, The Man and the Moment, Warner Bros., 1929
- Mamie Hudler and Rodeo West, The Painted Angel (also known as The Broadway Hostess), Warner Bros., 1929
- Edith Larrison, The Other Tomorrow, Warner Bros., 1930
- Patricia Hanley Gherardi, A Notorious Affair, Warner Bros., 1930
- Femme de Chambre, Sweethearts and Wives, First National, 1930
- Mary, One Night at Susie's, Warner Bros., 1930
- Margaret Townsend, The Lady Who Dared, Warner Bros., 1931
- Jean Hurd, The Age for Love, United Artists, 1931
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Screen Snapshots, 1932
- Lilli de Rosseau, Cock of the Air, United Artists, 1932
- Lottie Callahan, Blondie of the Follies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
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Diamond Head, 1962
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Stage Appearances
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Night of 100 Stars II, Radio City Music Center, New York City, 1985
Further Reference
OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES
Books:
- Drew, William, The Lady in the Main Title: On the Twenties and Thirties, 1997, Vestal Press, .
Periodicals:
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Entertainment Weekly, January 14, 1998, P. 14.*
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