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Lina Basquette (1907–1994)

Actress

Journalist Adela Rogers St. Johns once dubbed Lina Basquette "The Screen Tragedy Girl." In retrospect, Lina's private life bore a similar description. While six of her eight marriages ended up "I Don'ts" (she was widowed twice), she would also have to contend with a flurry of legal confrontations, stormy affairs and suicide attempts... See full bio »

Born:

Lena Copeland Baskette
in San Mateo, California, USA

Died:

(age 87) in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
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1991 Paradise Park
Nada
 
1943 A Night for Crime
Mona Harrison
 
1942 Who Calls (short)
 
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
Ah-Nee
 
1938 Rose of the Rio Grande
Anita
 
1938 The Buccaneer
Roxanne
 
1937 Ebb Tide
Attwater's Servant
 
1937 Souls at Sea
Brunette in Saloon (uncredited)
 
1936 The Final Hour
Belle
 
1934 The Chump (short)
 
1932 The Phantom Express
Betty
 
1932 Hello Trouble
Janet Kenyon
 
1932 The Midnight Lady
Mona Sebastian
 
1932 Arm of the Law
Zelma Shaw, a Dancer
 
1931 Mounted Fury
Nanette LeStrange
 
1931/I Trapped (short)
Girl Reporter
 
1931 Morals for Women
Claudia
 
1931 The Hard Hombre
Senora Martini
 
1931 Arizona Terror
Katherine 'Kay' Moore
 
1931 Pleasure
Helen
 
1931 Goldie
Constantina
 
1930 The Dude Wrangler
Helen Dane
 
1929 Come Across
Mary Houston
 
1929 The Godless Girl
Judy Craig - The Girl
 
1929 The Younger Generation
Birdie Goldfish
 
1928 Show Folks
Rita Carey
 
1928 Celebrity
Jane
 
1928 Wheel of Chance
Ada Berkowitz
 
1928 The Noose
Dot
 
1927 Serenade
The Dancer
 
1927 Ranger of the North
Felice MacLean
 
1922 Penrod (uncredited)
 
1919 The Weaker Vessel
Jessie
 
1917 Little Mariana's Triumph (short) (as Lena Basquette)
 
1917 A Prince for a Day (short) (as Lena Basquette)
 
1917 A Romany Rose (short) (as Lena Basquette)
 
1917 A Dream of Egypt (short) (as Lena Basquette)
 
1917 The Star Witness (short) (as Lena Basquette)
 
1917 The Gates of Doom
Agatha as a child
 
1917 His Wife's Relatives (short)
 
1917 Polly Put the Kettle On
Nellie Vance
 
1916 The Caravan (short) (as Lena Basquette)
 
1916 The Human Cactus (short) (as Lena Basquette)
 
1916 Shoes
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1916 The Grip of Crime (short) (as Lena Basquette)
 
1916 Brother Jim (short)
Margie Marsh (as Lena Basquette)
 
1916 The Dance of Love (short) (as Lena Basquette)
 
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
Child (uncredited)
 
1916 Juvenile Dancer (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2007 The Brothers Warner (documentary)
Herself - Sam's wife (also archive footage)
 
1932/I Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Herself
 
1930 The Voice of Hollywood No. 15 (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(autobiography) Lina Basquette. _Lina: DeMille's Godless Girl._ Edgewater, FL: Denlingers Publishers Ltd., 1990. ISBN 0877140820

Alternate Names:

Lena Baskette | Lena Basquette
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

So many get reformed through religion. I got reformed through dogs. See more »

Trivia:

A run down of her many marriages -- She married Husband No. 1, Warner Bros. co-founder Sam Warner, at age 18; the man dubbed "The Father of Talking Pictures" was 20 years older than his bride and died two years later of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 40. She had one daughter, Lita Warner (born in 1926)... See more »

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