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Viola Dana (1897–1987)

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Viola Dana (real name Virginia Flugrath) was born in Brooklyn, NY, on June 26, 1897. She was the middle sister of three sisters (the other two were Edna Flugrath and Shirley Mason). She made her film debut in 1914 in Molly the Drummer Boy. The following year she received top billing playing "Gladiola Bain" in Gladiola... See full bio »

Born:

Virginia Flugrath
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 90) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Member of the Jury
– The Night of January Sixteenth (1956) … Member of the Jury
 
1933 The Strange Case of Poison Ivy (short)
 
1929 The Show of Shows
Performer in 'The Pirate,' 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numbers
 
1929 One Splendid Hour
Bobbie Walsh
 
1929 Two Sisters
Jean/Jane
 
1928 That Certain Thing
Molly Kelly
 
1927 Lure of the Night Club
Mary Murdock
 
1927 Naughty Nanette
Nanette Pearson
 
1927 Salvation Jane
Salvation Jane
 
1927 Home Struck
Barbara Page
 
1926 Bred in Old Kentucky
Katie O'Doone
 
1926 The Silent Lover
Scadsza
 
1926 The Ice Flood
Marie O'Neill
 
1926 Kosher Kitty Kelly
Kitty Kelly
 
1926 Bigger Than Barnum's
Juanita Calles
 
1926 Wild Oats Lane
Marie, the Girl
 
1925 The Great Love
Minette Bunker
 
1925 Winds of Chance
Rouletta Kirby
 
1925 The Necessary Evil
Shirley Holmes
 
1925 Forty Winks
Eleanor Butterworth
 
1925 As Man Desires
Pandora La Croix
 
1924 Along Came Ruth
Ruth Ambrose
 
1924 Open All Night
Thérèse Duverne
 
1924 Merton of the Movies
Sally Montague, 'Flips'
 
1924 Revelation
Joline Hofer
 
1924 The Beauty Prize
Connie Du Bois
 
1924 Don't Doubt Your Husband
Helen Blake
 
1924 The Heart Bandit
Molly O'Hara
 
1923 A Noise in Newboro
Martha Mason
 
1923 In Search of a Thrill
Ann Clemance
 
1923 The Social Code
Babs Van Buren
 
1923 Rouged Lips
Norah MacPherson
 
1923 Her Fatal Millions
Mary Bishop
 
1923 Crinoline and Romance
Miss Emmy Lou
 
1922 Love in the Dark
Mary Duffy
 
1922 June Madness
Clytie Whitmore
 
1922 The Five Dollar Baby
Ruth
 
1922 They Like 'Em Rough
Katherine
 
1922 Seeing's Believing
Diana Webster
 
1922 Glass Houses
Joy Duval
 
1922 Fourteenth Lover
Vi Marchmont
 
1921 There Are No Villains
Rosa Moreland
 
1921 The Match-Breaker
Jane Morgan
 
1921 Life's Darn Funny
Zoe Roberts
 
1921 Home Stuff
Madge Joy
 
1921 Puppets of Fate
Sorrentina Palombra
 
1921 The Off-Shore Pirate
Ardita Farnam
 
1920 Cinderella's Twin
Connie McGill
 
1920 Blackmail
Flossie Golden
 
1920 The Chorus Girl's Romance
Marcia Meadows
 
1920 Dangerous to Men
Eliza
 
1920 The Willow Tree
O-Riu
 
1919 Please Get Married
Muriel Ashley
 
1919 The Microbe
Happy O'Brien, The Microbe
 
1919 Some Bride
Patricia Morley
 
1919 False Evidence
Madelon MacTavish
 
1919 The Parisian Tigress
Jeanne
 
1919 Satan Junior
Diana Ardway
 
1919 The Gold Cure
Annice Paisch
 
1918 Flower of the Dusk
Barbara North
 
1918 Opportunity
Mary Willard
 
1918 The Only Road
Nita
 
1918 Riders of the Night
Sally Castleton
 
1918 Breakers Ahead
Ruth Bowman
 
1918 A Weaver of Dreams
Judith Sylvester
 
1918 The Winding Trail
Audrey Graham
 
1917 Blue Jeans
June
 
1917 The Girl Without a Soul
Unity Beaumont/Priscilla Beaumont
 
1917 Aladdin's Other Lamp
Patricia Smith (Patsy)
 
1917 Lady Barnacle
Lakshima
 
1917 God's Law and Man's
Ameia
 
1917 The Mortal Sin
Jane Anderson
 
1917 Rosie O'Grady
Rosie O'Grady
 
1917 Threads of Fate
Dorothea
 
1916 The Cossack Whip
Darya Orlinsky
 
1916 The Gates of Eden
Eve / Evelyn
 
1916 The Light of Happiness
Tangletop
 
1916 The Flower of No Man's Land
Echo
 
1916 The Innocence of Ruth
Ruth Travers
 
1915 Children of Eve
Fifty-Fifty Mamie
 
1915 Gladiola
Gladiola Bain
 
1915 Her Happiness (short)
Viola Winters
 
1915 The Slavey Student (short)
Alma Picket
 
1915 On Dangerous Paths
Eleanor Thurston
 
1915 Cohen's Luck
Minnie Cohen
 
1915 The House of the Lost Court
Dolores Edgerton
 
1915 The Stoning (short)
Ruth Fenton
 
1915 A Theft in the Dark (short)
Lady Genevieve
 
1915 The Portrait in the Attic (short)
Thelma
 
1915 A Spiritual Elopement (short)
 
1915 The Glory of Clementina (short)
Etta Concanna
 
1915 The Stone Heart (short)
Nan
 
1915 A Thorn Among Roses (short)
 
1915 Lena (short)
Euphemia Miggles
 
1915 The Champion Process Server (short)
 
1914 Who Goes There? (short)
Toppy's Sweetheart
 
1914 Seth's Sweetheart (short)
Sally
 
1914 The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement (short)
Ruth
 
1914 The Blind Fiddler (short)
The Fairy
 
1914 Treasure Trove (short)
 
1914 Molly the Drummer Boy (short)
Molly Mason
 
1914 My Friend from India (short)
Gertie Underholt
 
1912 The Third Thanksgiving (short) (as Viola Flugrath)
 
1912 The Lord and the Peasant (short) (as Viola Flugrath)
 
1912 How Father Accomplished His Work (short)
The Second Daughter (as Viola Flugrath)
 
1912 The Butler and the Maid (short)
The Statue (as Viola Flugrath)
 
1912 Children Who Labor (short)
Older Daughter (uncredited)
 
1910 A Christmas Carol (short)
 
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1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary) (photograph source)
 
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1929 The Show of Shows (performer: "My Sister" 1929 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1987 Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1987) … Herself
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself / Heraself - Interviewee / Herself - Interviewee
– End of an Era (1980) … Heraself - Interviewee
– Trick of the Light (1980) … Herself
– The Man with the Megaphone (1980) … Herself - Interviewee
– Swanson and Valentino (1980) … Herself
– Hazard of the Game (1980) … Herself
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1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Irene Ryan (1971) … Herself
 
1925 Screen Snapshots No. 2 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1923 Hollywood
Herself
 
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 21 (documentary short)
 
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Herself
 
1934 Movie Memories (documentary short)
Herself
 
1933 March of the Movies
Herself, film clip (uncredited)
 
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Alternate Names:

Viola Flugrath

Height:

4' 11½" (1.51 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on her sister changing her screen name to Shirley Mason] I think she was annoyed when people started calling her Leonie Dana because she was my sister, so she took a brand new name, as, indeed, why shouldn't she, because she soon proved that she could be a star in her own right. See more »

Trivia:

Sister of actresses Shirley Mason and Edna Flugrath. See more »

Nickname:

Vi See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer