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Leah Baird | |
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 Baird featured in Stars of the Photoplay, 1916 | |
| Born | June 20, 1883 Champaign, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 3, 1971 (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Years active | 1910-1957 |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur F. Beck (m.1914–?) |
Leah Baird (June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter.
Life
She began her film career in 1910 in Jean and the Waif opposite Jean, the Vitagraph Dog. 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 wrote and produced film during the 1920s.[1]
Baird later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.
Partial filmography
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Actress
- Jean and the Waif (1910)
- Chumps (1912)
- A Cure for Pokeritis (1912)
- All for a Girl (1912)
- Red and White Roses (1913)
- Hearts of the First Empire (1913)
- Ivanhoe (1913)
- Absinthe (1914)
- Neptune's Daughter (1914)
- The Man That Might Have Been (1914) as Mrs. William Rudd
- Lights of New York (1916)
- One Law for Both (1917)
- Wolves of Kultur (1918)
- The Echo of Youth (1919)
- Is Divorce A Failure? (1923)
- Lady Gangster (1942)
- Air Force (1943)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (Uncredited, 1944)
- Mildred Pierce (Uncredited, 1945)
- Shadow of a Woman (1946)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (Uncredited, 1956)
- The Phantom Stagecoach (Uncredited, 1957)
Writer
- The Dawning (1912)
- Barriers Burned Away (1925)
- The Primrose Path (1925)
- Devil's Island (1926)
- Spangles (1926)
- The False Alarm (1926)
- The Return of Boston Blackie (1927)
- Stolen Pleasures (1927)
- Jungle Bride (1933)
Producer
- Cynthia of the Minute (1920)
- Shadow of the Law (1926)
References
- ^ Blaetz, Robin. "Leah Baird". Women Film Pioneers. Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leah Baird.
- Leah Baird on Women Film Pioneers Project
- Leah Baird at IMDb
- Template:Amg name
- Leah Baird at Find a Grave
- Leah Baird gallery at NY Public Library
- Leah Baird early studio portrait
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Categories:
- American silent film actresses
- American women screenwriters
- Screenwriters from Illinois
- Film producers from Illinois
- Actresses from Chicago
- Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- Warner Bros. contract players
- 1883 births
- 1971 deaths
- 20th-century American actresses
- Women film pioneers
- American women film producers