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Occupation  Actress, panto
Role  Film actress
Name  Lilian Bond
Years active  1922-1958

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Born  January 18, 1908 (1908-01-18) London, England, UK
Died  January 25, 1991, Reseda, Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse  Michael Fessier (m. 1961–1988), Morton Lowry (m. 1950–1956), Sidney Smith (m. 1935–1944)
Movies  The Old Dark House, The Women, Hot Saturday, The Maze, Man in the Attic
Similar People  Michael Fessier, James Whale, Morton Lowry, Joseph Santley, Leslie Goodwins

Children  Jo Kelly, Michael Fessier

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Lilian Bond (January 18, 1908 – January 25, 1991) was a British-born United States-based film actress from the late 1920s to the 1940s.

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Life and career

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Bond was born in London and made her first public appearance at the age of fourteen when she was in the pantomime, Dick Whittington. Later she joined the chorus of Piccadilly Revels and continued on the stage when she went to the USA. She began her film career in the 1929 film No More Children.

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Between 1929 and 1931 she starred in nine films, most notably the 1931 western Rider of the Plains opposite Tom Tyler. In 1932 she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star, alongside future Hollywood legends Gloria Stuart and Ginger Rogers.

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From 1932 to 1953, she would have roles in 39 films, some of which were uncredited, with others having her in the lead heroine role. Bond played Gladys DuCane in The Old Dark House, a chorus girl who falls in love with Roger Penderel (played by Melvyn Douglas). Possibly her best-known film role was in the 1940 film The Westerner, in which she played Lillie Langtry. By the 1950s her career had declined, with her having mostly television series appearances. She retired from acting at the age of 50 in 1958.

Personal life

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She was married three times, her first marriage being at the height of her career, to Sidney Smith. She married Smith in 1935, and the two divorced in 1944. Lilian went on to marry Michael Fessier, a successful writer and producer in 1961. The two remained married until his death in 1988.

Death

Bond died in 1991, aged 83, from a heart attack in a care home in Reseda, California.

References

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