Lillian Hall-Davis

Lillian Hall-Davis
Born	Lilian Hall Davis 23 June 1898(1898-06-23) Mile End, London, England
Died	25 October 1933(1933-10-25) (aged 35) London, England
Years active	1917–1931
Spouse	Walter Pemberton

Lillian Hall-Davis (23 June 1898 – 25 October 1933) was a British actress during the silent era.

The daughter of a London taxi driver, her films included a part-color version of I Pagliacci (1923), The Passionate Adventure (1924), Quo Vadis (1925), Blighty (1927), The Ring (1927) and The Farmer's Wife (1928), the latter two both directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Hall-Davis also appeared in a comedy short film made in the Lee DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, As We Lie (1927), co-starring and directed by Miles Mander.

She failed to make the transition to talkies and killed herself at home in Golders Green by turning on the gas and cutting her own throat.

Selected filmography

• The Admirable Crichton (1918)
• Ernest Maltravers (1920)
• The Honeypot (1920)
• Love Maggy (1921)
• The Wonderful Story (1922)
• The Faithful Heart (1922)
• Brown Sugar (1922)
• Stable Companions (1922)
• The Game of Life (1922)
• If Four Walls Told (1922)
• The Right to Strike (1923)
• I Pagliacci (1923) filmed partly in Prizmacolor
• A Royal Divorce (1926)
• If Youth But Knew (1926)
• Roses of Picardy (1927)
• The Prey of the Wind (1927)
• The Ring (1927)
• Boadicea (1928)
• The White Sheik (1928)
• The Farmer's Wife (1928)
• Tommy Atkins (1928)
• Wolga Wolga (1928)
• Just for a Song (1930)
• Her Reputation (1931)
• Many Waters (1931)

External links

• Lillian Hall-Davis at the Internet Movie Database
• Lillian Hall-Davis at Find a Grave
• Hall-Davis, Lilian (1897-1933) (BFI screenonline)