Years active 1910-1957 Role Actress | Name Leah Baird Ex-spouse Arthur F. Beck | |
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Born June 20, 1883 ( 1883-06-20 ) Champaign, Illinois, U.S. Died October 3, 1971, Hollywood, California, United States Movies Air Force, The Return of Boston Blackie, A Cure for Pokeritis, Jungle Bride, The Last Ride Similar People Harry O Hoyt, Herbert Brenon, Wallace Worsley, Dudley Nichols, Howard Hawks |
Leah Baird (June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter.
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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 wrote and produced film during the 1920s.
Baird later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.
Actress
Writer
Producer
Filmography
Actress
1958
Lawman (TV Series) as
Juror
- The Jury (1958) - Juror (uncredited)
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Hotel Guest
- Girl on the Run (1958) - Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1957
The Hard Man as
Townswoman (uncredited)
1957
Maverick (TV Series) as
Townswoman
- War of the Silver Kings (1957) - Townswoman (uncredited)
1957
The Phantom Stagecoach as
Mrs. Simms (uncredited)
1956
Around the World in 80 Days as
Extra (uncredited)
1955
How to Be Very, Very Popular (uncredited)
1954
Riding Shotgun as
Townswoman (uncredited)
1954
It Should Happen to You as
Audience Member (uncredited)
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy as
Party Guest (uncredited)
1951
Gasoline Alley as
Pedestrian (uncredited)
1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself as
Police Matron (uncredited)
1950
Three Secrets as
Red Cross Worker at Lodge (uncredited)
1949
The Girl from Jones Beach as
Board Member (uncredited)
1949
Homicide as
Townswoman at Hearing (uncredited)
1949
Flaxy Martin as
Tenement Resident (uncredited)
1948
The Big Punch as
Church Member (uncredited)
1946
Humoresque as
Professor (uncredited)
1946
The Verdict as
French Charwoman (uncredited)
1946
Shadow of a Woman as
Mrs. Calvin
1946
My Reputation as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1945
Mildred Pierce as
Police Matron (uncredited)
1945
Rhapsody in Blue as
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1945
Pillow to Post as
Sailor's Mother (uncredited)
1944
The Last Ride as
Mrs. Bronson (uncredited)
1944
Make Your Own Bed as
John's Wife (uncredited)
1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain as
Elderly Woman (uncredited)
1943
The Desert Song as
Arab Woman (uncredited)
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars as
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1943
Watch on the Rhine as
Miss Drake (uncredited)
1943
This Is the Army as
Old-Timer's Wife (uncredited)
1943
Action in the North Atlantic as
Mother (uncredited)
1943
Air Force as
Nurse #2 (uncredited)
1943
Truck Busters as
Floor Nurse (uncredited)
1942
Busses Roar as
Second Old Maid
1942
Secret Enemies as
Hotel Maid (uncredited)
1942
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (Short) as
Superintendant
1942
The Big Shot as
Mrs. Carter (uncredited)
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy as
Housekeeper (uncredited)
1942
Winning Your Wings (Short) as
High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)
1942
Lady Gangster as
Prison Matron
1942
The Male Animal as
Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
1942
Kings Row as
Aunt Mamie (uncredited)
1942
All Through the Night as
Woman (uncredited)
1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner as
Fan at Train Station (uncredited)
1941
Dangerously They Live as
Fake Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1941
The Body Disappears as
Rest Home Nurse (uncredited)
1941
Blues in the Night as
Nurse (uncredited)
1941
One Foot in Heaven as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1941
Manpower as
Mrs. Taylor - Prison Matron (uncredited)
1941
Bad Men of Missouri as
Ms. Brooks (uncredited)
1941
Bullets for O'Hara as
Police Matron
1927
King Harold (Short) as
Polly
1927
Their Second Honeymoon (Short) as
Polly
1927
Should a Mason Tell? (Short) as
Polly
1925
The Unnamed Woman as
Billie Norton
1924
Fangs of the Wolf
1923
The Miracle Makers as
Doris Mansfield
1923
Destroying Angel as
Mary Miller / Saraa Law
1923
Is Divorce a Failure? as
Carol Lockwood
1922
When Husbands Deceive as
Viola Baxter
1922
When the Devil Drives as
Blanche Mansfield
1922
Don't Doubt Your Wife as
Rose Manning
1921
The Bride's Confession
1921
The Heart Line as
Fancy Gray
1920
Cynthia of the Minute as
Cynthia
1919
The Capitol as
Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake
1919
The Volcano as
Ruth Carroll
1919
As a Man Thinks as
Elinor Clayton
1919
The Echo of Youth as
Olive Martin
1918
Wolves of Kultur as
Alice Grayson
1918
Life or Honor? as
Helen West
1918
Moral Suicide as
Fay Hope
1917
A Sunset
1917
The Fringe of Society as
Myra Strang
1917
Sins of Ambition as
Laurette Maxwell
1917
One Law for Both as
Helen
1917
A Woman of Clay (Short) as
Marjorie Lowery
1917
Old Faithful (Short)
1917
The Devil's Pay Day as
Jean Haskins
1917
The Old Toymaker (Short) as
Wife
1916
The People vs. John Doe as
Woman Lawyer
1916
The Eyes of Love (Short) as
Martha
1916
The Harbor of Happiness (Short)
1916
The Bond of Blood (Short) as
Evelyn
1916
Would You Forgive Her? (Short) as
Eleanor Baine
1916
Lights of New York as
Yolande Cowles
1916
Primal Instinct (Short) as
Irma Ford
1916
A Caliph of the New Bagdad (Short) as
Alice Hope
1916
The Road of Many Turnings (Short) as
Myrtle / Edna
1916
Tried for His Own Murder (Short) as
Irene Gardner
1915
A Question of Right or Wrong (Short) as
Grace Caldner
1915
Saints and Sinners (Short) as
Margaret - Ashley's Wife
1915
The Ruling Power (Short)
1915
The Gods Redeem (Short) as
Nell the Pickpocket
1915
Dorothy (Short) as
Dorothy Manners
1915
The Romance of a Handkerchief (Short) as
Effie Harmon
1915
The Dawn of Understanding (Short) as
Ruth Weldon - the Wife
1915
The Way of the Transgressor (Short) as
Fanchette - Arthur's Wife
1915
The Return of Maurice Donnelly (Short) as
Edith Dent - Attorney
1915
The Radium Thieves (Short) as
Nurse Betty Weston
1915
The Millionaire's Hundred Dollar Bill (Short) as
Helen Wynford
1915
Hearts to Let (Short)
1915
For Another's Crime (Short) as
Amy Green - the Judge's Daughter
1915
The Slightly Worn Gown (Short)
1914
An Affair for the Police (Short) as
Yvonne Whelan
1914
The Man That Might Have Been (Short) as
Mrs. William Rudd
1914
The Senator's Brother (Short) as
Paul Zanes' First Wife / Daughter (dual role)
1914
His Wedded Wife (Short) as
Esther Fredericks
1914
His Dominant Passion (Short) as
Mrs. John Breck
1914
Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds (Short) as
Lillian Norton
1914
The Man Who Knew (Short) as
Gillian Iredell
1914
The Upper Hand (Short) as
Mrs. Steve Carson
1914
Jim Webb, Senator (Short) as
Marion
1914
When the World Was Silent (Short) as
Leah - the Musician's Wife
1914
The Old Rag Doll (Short) as
Mrs. Bill Wright
1914
Across the Atlantic (Short) as
Mrs. Wilbur Norton (replaced by Evelyn Hope)
1914
His Last Chance (Short) as
Nora Davis
1914
Love and a Lottery Ticket (Short) as
Leah
1914
On the Chess Board of Fate (Short)
1914
Through the Snow (Short)
1914
Neptune's Daughter as
Princess Olga
1914
The Sea Coast of Bohemia (Short) as
Miriam - the Heiress
1914
Out of the Far East (Short) as
Margaret
1914
The Silver Loving Cup (Short) as
Estella - Mrs. Harvey
1914
The Flaming Diagram (Short) as
Lillian, the Inventor's Daughter
1914
The Price of Sacrilege (Short) as
Teresa
1914
The Doctor's Deceit (Short) as
Emily Davis / Irene Stone (re-release)
1914
Absinthe (Short) as
Madame Dumas
1914
Watch Dog of the Deep (Short) as
The Adopted Daughter
1913
Love or a Throne (Short) as
Marianne - an Opera Singer
1913
Mr. and Mrs. Innocence Abroad (Short)
1913
Time Is Money (Short) as
Leah
1913
The Child Stealers of Paris (Short) as
Mother
1913
The Anarchist (Short)
1913
Ivanhoe as
Rebecca of York
1913
The Lady and the Glove (Short) as
Anne
1913
My Lady of Idleness (Short) as
Edith Hanson
1913
The Diamond Mystery (Short) as
Violet Moore, Their Daughter
1913
His House in Order; or, the Widower's Quest (Short)
1913
The Heart of Mrs. Robins (Short) as
Mrs. Robins
1913
The Only Veteran in Town (Short) as
Mrs. Arnold - Dora's Mother
1913
Bunny and the Bunny Hug (Short) as
Ethel Donovan
1913
Vampire of the Desert (Short) as
Mrs. William Corday
1913
A Soul in Bondage (Short) as
Winnie Alden
1913
Hearts of the First Empire (Short) as
Beatrice
1913
The Stronger Sex (Short) as
Edna Marshall
1913
There's Music in the Hair (Short)
1913
Cutey and the Chorus Girls (Short) as
Kitty - Another Dancer
1913
The Golden Hoard; or, Buried Alive (Short) as
Bob's Wife
1913
The House in Suburbia (Short) as
Vesta Voorhies
1913
A Birthday Gift (Short) as
Alice's Aunt
1913
Red and White Roses as
Beth Whitney
1913
That College Life (Short) as
Jack's Sweetheart
1913
The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty (Short) as
Mrs. Jenkins
1913
The Two Purses (Short) as
Miss Warren - Gerald Warren's Sister
1912
A Woman (Short) as
Ida Middleton
1912
Days of Terror (Short)
1912
Sue Simpkins' Ambition (Short) as
Sue Simpkins, Aspiring Actress
1912
Following the Star (Short) as
George's Fiancée
1912
The Night Before Christmas (Short) as
Mrs. Corbin - The Mother
1912
A Leap Year Proposal (Short) as
Diana Morley, a Newspaper Journalist
1912
All for a Girl (Short) as
Mrs. Gardner
1912
Adam and Eve (Short) as
Eve
1912
The Dawning (Short) as
Helen Mason
1912
Lord Browning and Cinderella (Short) as
Adrienne, Cinderella's Younger Sister
1912
The Face or the Voice (Short) as
Undine Borden, Myna's Sister
1912
The Red Barrier (Short) as
Isabel, Professor Bain's Daughter
1912
The Adventure of the Italian Model (Short) as
The Model
1912
The Miracle (Short) as
Mousali - a Poor Woman
1912
The Black Sheep (Short) as
Mrs. Moreland - Clara's Mother
1912
The Foster Child (Short) as
An Heiress
1912
The Extension Table (Short) as
Mabel Moore, later Herbert's Wife
1912
The Gamblers (Short)
1912
The Nipper's Lullaby (Short) as
Bill's Wife
1912
The Days of Terror; or, in the Reign of Terror (Short) as
Ruth
1912
The Spider's Web (Short) as
Brenda Wray - Lester's Stenographer
1912
Counsel for the Defense (Short) as
Laura Bray Gowan - the Industrialist's Wife
1912
The Way of a Man with a Maid (Short) as
Elma Ransom
1912
Working for Hubby (Short) as
Second Wife
1912
The Old Silver Watch (Short) as
Mildred as an Adult
1912
Mrs. Carter's Necklace (Short) as
Mrs. Harry Carter
1912
Stenographers Wanted (Short) as
The Brunette Stenographer
1912
A Cure for Pokeritis (Short)
1912
Chumps (Short) as
Terpsine - the Cause
1911
The Wooing of Winifred (Short)
1910
Jean and the Waif (Short)
Writer
1943
Air Force (uncredited)
1933
Jungle Bride (story and scenario)
1927
The Return of Boston Blackie (adaptation) / (screenplay)
1927
Stolen Pleasures (screenplay) / (story)
1926
Spangles (scenario)
1926
The False Alarm (screenplay) / (story)
1926
Devil's Island (screenplay) / (story)
1926
Shadow of the Law
1925
The Unnamed Woman (story)
1925
The Primrose Path
1925
Barriers Burned Away (screenplay)
1923
The Miracle Makers (story)
1923
Destroying Angel (scenario)
1923
Is Divorce a Failure? (adaptation) / (screenplay)
1922
When Husbands Deceive (screenplay) / (story)
1922
When the Devil Drives (screenplay) / (story)
1922
Don't Doubt Your Wife (screenplay) / (story)
1920
Cynthia of the Minute
1916
The Road of Many Turnings (Short) (scenario)
1913
The Kiss of Retribution (Short) (scenario)
1913
The Moulding (Short) (writer)
1913
A Soul in Bondage (Short) (story)
1913
The Stronger Sex (Short) (writer)
1912
A Woman (Short) (scenario)
1912
The Dawning (Short)
Producer
1926
Shadow of the Law (producer)
1921
The Heart Line (producer)
1920
Cynthia of the Minute (executive producer)
Self
1914
The Great Universal Mystery (Short documentary) as
Self
Archive Footage
1924
The Radio Flyer as
Alice Grayson
1924
The Law Demands as
Alice Grayson
References
Leah Baird Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA