Leah Baird

Leah Baird
Leah Baird, 1916
Born	June 20, 1883(1883-06-20) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	October 3, 1971(1971-10-03) (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse	Arthur F. Beck

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 later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.

Leah Baird died at age 88 from anemia in her Hollywood home. She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

The First One Hundred Noted Men and Women of the Screen By Carolyn Lowrey pub. 1920

Selected filmography

Actress

• Jean and the Waif (1910)
• Chumps (1912)
• All for a Girl (1912)
• Ivanhoe (1913)
• Neptune's Daughter (1914)
• Lights of New York (1916)
• One Law for Both (1917)
• Is Divorce a Failure? (1923)
• The Adventures of Mark Twain (Uncredited, 1944)
• Mildred Pierce (Uncredited, 1945)
• Around the World in Eighty Days (Uncredited, 1956)

Writer

• The Dawning (1912)
• The Return of Boston Blackie (1927)

Producer

• Shadow of the Law (1926)

External links

• Leah Baird at the Internet Movie Database
• Leah Baird at AllRovi
• Leah Baird at Find a Grave
• Leah Baird gallery at NY Public Library
• Leah Baird early studio portrait