Leone Lane

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Leone Lane (born November 17, 1908 in Boston , Massachusetts , † March 28, 1993 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress of the silent film era and the time of early talkies.

Life

Lane was discovered for the film by director Al Herman . Paramount Pictures signed her and she starred in Josef von Sternberg's film Eine Nacht im Prater alongside Esther Ralston, her friend Pepi . She then played a similar role in the film The Saturday Night Kid . In the sound film era she was only cast with very small supporting roles.

Leone Lane died at the age of 85 as a result of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1928: You Just Know She Dares' Em
  • 1929: Under the Spell of Woman ( The Wolf Song ), as a dancer
  • 1929: One Night in the Prater ( The Case of Lena Smith ), as Pepi
  • 1929: The Man with the Two Women ( The Saturday Night Kid ), as Pearl
  • 1929: A Thousand Dollar Reward ( Stairs of Sand )
  • 1929: Ash Wednesday ( Betrayal )
  • 1935: The Ship of Satan ( Dante's Inferno ), as Lucrezia Borgia

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.whosdatedwho.com/celebrities/people/dating/leone-lane.htm

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