Viola Dana

Born: 1897-06-24

From Wikipedia Viola Dana, Born Virginia Flugrath (June 26, 1897 – July 3, 1987) was an American film actress who was successful during the era of silent films. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Viola Dana has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is located at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard.


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Open All Night

as Thérèse Duverne
Released: 1924-10-12

Therese Duverne (Viola Dana) is bored with her even-tempered husband, Edmond (Adolphe Menjou)....

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Hollywood

as Viola Dana
Released: 1923-08-19

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....

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Show of Shows

as Performer in 'The Pirate,' 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numbers
Released: 1929-11-21

Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see...

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The Silent Lover

as Scadsza
Released: 1926-11-21

Based on the 1922 play Der Legionër by Lajos Biró.

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The Willow Tree

as O-Riu
Released: 1920-01-31

After Ned Hamilton is rejected by his girlfriend, he travels to Japan where he hears an old...

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Two Sisters

as Jean / Jane
Released: 1929-03-23

Twin sisters, one good and honest and sweet, and the other given to totin' pistols and pulling...

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Winds of Chance

as Rouletta Kirby
Released: 1925-08-15

A love triangle set against the turn-of-the-century gold rush.

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There Are No Villains

as Rosa Moreland
Released: 1921-11-14

In San Francisco, California, Rosa Moreland of the Secret Service is unable to obtain evidence...

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Naughty Nanette

as Nanette Pearson
Released: 1927-04-15

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The Great Love

as Minette Bunker
Released: 1926-06-28

Struggling young doctor in a rural community, Dr. Lawrence Tibbits, cures Norma, a circus...

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Life in Hollywood No. 5

as uncredited
Released: 1927-08-25

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

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The Chorus Girl's Romance

as Marcia Meadows
Released: 1920-08-06

When, on a prank, shimmy dancer Marcia Meadows visits bookworm Horace Tarbox in his Yale...

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A Christmas Carol

as uncredited
Released: 1910-12-23

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...

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Merton of the Movies

as Sally 'Flips' Montague
Released: 1924-11-03

A wannabe film star journeys to Hollywood, but soon finds his dreams do not pan out.

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Glass Houses

as Joy Duval
Released: 1922-03-06

When a wealthy young lady loses her inheritance, she decides to apply for work in disguise. In...

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The Social Code

as uncredited
Released: 1923-10-01

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Revelation

as Joline Hofer
Released: 1924-06-23

Paul Granville becomes a famous painter for his portraits of great women as modeled by the...

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A Weaver of Dreams

as Judith Sylvester
Released: 1918-03-02

A Weaver of Dreams is a lost silent film directed by Edison's John H. Collins

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The Girl Without a Soul

as Unity Beaumont / Priscilla Beaumont
Released: 1917-08-13

The story of two young sisters, one a somewhat demure musician who is in love with a scoundrel...

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Rouged Lips

as Norah MacPherson
Released: 1923-09-17

Thrifty orphan Norah MacPherson meets wealthy young James Patterson, who gets her a job as a...

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Gladiola

as uncredited
Released: 1915-10-15

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False Evidence

as Madelon MacTavish
Released: 1919-04-21

Promised in marriage to wealthy Lot Gordon , Scottish lassie Madelon MacTavish prefers Lot's...

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As Man Desires

as Pandora La Croix
Released: 1925-01-11

The story of a man who was robbed of his greatest love and the South Seas wildflower who found...

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Forty Winks

as Eleanor Butterworth
Released: 1925-02-02

The Butterworth family attorney Gaspar Le Sage, and a suitor for the hand of Eleanor...

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Satan Junior

as Diana Ardway
Released: 1919-03-03

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In Search of a Thrill

as Ann Clemance
Released: 1923-11-20

After she inherits a fortune, Ann Clemance travels to Paris to indulge herself in frivolity. She...

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Bred in Old Kentucky

as uncredited
Released: 1926-11-21

Katie O'Doone is left a worthless, run-down estate and a thoroughbred race horse. She mortgages...

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On Dangerous Paths

as Eleanor Thurston
Released: 1915-07-23

Viola Dana plays Eleanor, a minister's daughter who comes to New York to visit her older sister,...

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Riders of the Night

as Sally Castleton
Released: 1918-10-15

Another of a successful string of Metro features directed by the vastly underrated John H....

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Kosher Kitty Kelly

as Kitty Kelly
Released: 1926-09-05

The story is a variation on the Abie's Irish Rose theme, detailing the marriage between an Irish...

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Crinoline and Romance

as Miss Emmy Lou
Released: 1923-02-05

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Children Who Labor

as uncredited
Released: 1912-02-22

The father of a working class family is having trouble finding a job, because the local textile...

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The Only Road

as Nita
Released: 1918-06-03

Tomboy Nita, a vegetable seller in a small Californian town, believes herself to be the daughter...

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Breakers Ahead

as Ruth Bowman
Released: 1918-03-25

After young Ruth Bowman's mother dies, the child is raised by Agatha Pixley, and in time, the...

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Children of Eve

as Fifty-Fifty Mamie
Released: 1915-11-10

An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning...

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The Fourteenth Lover

as Vi Marchmont
Released: 1922-01-09

Vi Marchmont (Viola Dana) is a spoiled rich girl who has thirteen lovers. Her Aunt Letitia (Kate...

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The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement

as Ruth
Released: 1914-09-21

An amateur detective's automobile is stolen by a young woman who is determined to elope, leading...

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The Necessary Evil

as Shirley Holmes
Released: 1925-05-17

Ben Lyon and Viola Dana co-star in this heavy society drama

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The Innocence of Ruth

as uncredited
Released: 1916-01-26

The young Ruth Travers, left an orphan after the death of her father financially ruined by...

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Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

as Self
Released: 1934-01-22

Songwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft...

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Flower of the Dusk

as Barbara North
Released: 1918-08-12

Blind Ambrose North is tormented by the suspicion that his wife Constance committed suicide when...

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Blue Jeans

as June
Released: 1917-12-10

June, a young orphan, is befriended by Perry Bascom when he shares his lunch with her on the...

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The Cossack Whip

as Darya Orlinsky
Released: 1916-11-13

Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village...

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Nursery Favorites

as uncredited
Released: 1913-05-07

Nursery Favourites is a marvel. Presented as a pre-recorded number (singers miming to a...

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Threads of Fate

as uncredited
Released: 1917-01-22

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Hollywood

as Self
First aired: 1980-01-08

A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios...

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Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-30

A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.

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