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Billie Dove is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 14 may 1903 at New York City (USA)
Billie Dove (May 14, 1903 – December 31, 1997) was an American actress.
En 1923, elle épouse Irvin Willat, réalisateur de plusieurs de ses films ; leur divorce est prononcé en 1929. Pendant trois ans, elle entretient une liaison avec Howard Hughes qui la fait tourner dans deux de ses films au début des années 1930. Billie Dove tourne son dernier film en 1932.
En 1933, elle épouse le directeur d'une firme de pétrole, Robert Kenastron, mariage qui dure jusqu'à la mort de celui-ci en 1970. Ils ont deux enfants, un garçon et une fille adoptée. En 1973, elle se marie une troisième fois avec un architecte, John Miller, mariage qui se termine par un divorce. Elle meurt d'une pneumonie en 1997, à l’âge de 94 ans.
Elle a son étoile sur le Hollywood Walk of Fame, au 6351 Hollywood Bvd.
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Billie Dove
Birth name Lillian Bohny
Nationality USA
Birth 14 may 1903 at New York City (USA)
Death 31 december 1997 (at 94 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 14 may 1903 at New York City (USA)
Death 31 december 1997 (at 94 years)
Biography
Elle nait à New York, ses parents Charles et Bertha Bohny sont originaires de la Suisse. Adolescente, elle travaille comme mannequin, avant d'être engagée à l'âge de 15 ans dans la troupe des Ziegfeld Follies. Au début des années 1920, elle s'installe à Hollywood où elle commence une carrière d’actrice. Elle devient une des vedettes du cinéma muet, et joue notamment dans Le Pirate noir (1926), film en technicolor avec Douglas Fairbanks. Durant sa carrière, elle est dirigée, entre autres, par John Ford, Frank Borzage et Alexander Korda, et a pour partenaires Lon Chaney, John Gilbert ou Clara Bow.En 1923, elle épouse Irvin Willat, réalisateur de plusieurs de ses films ; leur divorce est prononcé en 1929. Pendant trois ans, elle entretient une liaison avec Howard Hughes qui la fait tourner dans deux de ses films au début des années 1930. Billie Dove tourne son dernier film en 1932.
En 1933, elle épouse le directeur d'une firme de pétrole, Robert Kenastron, mariage qui dure jusqu'à la mort de celui-ci en 1970. Ils ont deux enfants, un garçon et une fille adoptée. En 1973, elle se marie une troisième fois avec un architecte, John Miller, mariage qui se termine par un divorce. Elle meurt d'une pneumonie en 1997, à l’âge de 94 ans.
Elle a son étoile sur le Hollywood Walk of Fame, au 6351 Hollywood Bvd.
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Filmography of Billie Dove (36 films)
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Diamond Head (1962)
, 1h47Directed by Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris, France Nuyen, James Darren, Aline MacMahon
Rating59%
Richard "King" Howland is a swaggering bigoted land baron living on the Big Island of Hawaii. He objects when his sister, Sloan Howland, announces she plans to marry Paul Kahana, a native Hawaiian, even though Richard is having a torrid affair with an Asian woman, Mai Chen. During Sloan and Paul's engagement party, Mai Chen's brother attacks Richard with a knife. Paul tries to break up the fight and is killed. Bitter at her brother for Paul's death, Sloan runs off to Honolulu where she is taken in by Paul's brother, Dean, and his family.
Blondie of the Follies (1932)
, 1h31Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Billie Dove, Jimmy Durante, James Gleason, Zasu Pitts
Roles Lottie Callahan aka Lurline Cavanaugh
Rating63%
Cock of the Air (1932)
, 1h20Directed by Tom Buckingham
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Chester Morris, Billie Dove, Matt Moore, Walter Catlett, Luis Alberni, Yola d'Avril
Roles Lilli de Rosseau
Rating67%
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The Lady Who Dared (1931)
, 55minutesDirected by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Billie Dove, Sidney Blackmer, Conway Tearle, Lloyd Ingraham, Judith Vosselli, Phillips Smalley
Roles Margaret Townsend
Rating56%
The Age for Love (1931)
, 1h21Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Billie Dove, Charles Starrett, Lois Wilson, Edward Everett Horton, Mary Duncan, Betty Ross Clarke
Roles Jean Hurd
Rating64%
The Other Tomorrow (1930)
, 1h5Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Billie Dove, Grant Withers, Kenneth Thomson, Otto Hoffman, Frank Sheridan
Roles Edith Larrison
The story takes place in a small town in Georgia. Edith (Dove) is a girl who has loved Jim Carter (Withers) since childhood. One day they get into a quarrel and an older and very wealthy man, Norton Larrison (Thomson), seizes the opportunity to court Edith.
One Night at Susie's (1930)
, 1h25Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Helen Ware, Tully Marshall, John Loder, William Bailey
Roles Mary Martin
Rating57%
Helen Ware, who runs a house for gangsters, is raising the son of a dead convict, who is played by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ware has raised Fairbanks well, making sure that he was not influenced by her gangster friends. Ware even gets Fairbanks a job as press agent. Fairbanks falls in love with a chorus girl, played by Billie Dove. When Fairbanks announces his engagement to Dove, Ware becomes infuriated because she believes that a girl of her type will urge him on to a life of crime. Her premonitions come to fruition. John Loder, who is producing Dove's show, gives her an engagement party. Fairbanks is called to work, however, and Dove attends the party alone. Loder attempts to rape Dove and she shoots him in self-defence. Despite Dove's protests, Fairbanks confesses to the murder and is convicted for manslaughter. While Fairbanks is in prison, he writes a play for Dove. Dove tries to find a producer for the play but is turned down everywhere. Knowing how much the play means to Fairbanks, she makes a deal with Claude Fleming, who is willing to produce the play only if she submits to his sexual advances. The play is a success and makes Dove a star making Fairbanks happy when he hears the news. James Crane, who had made advances to Dove's previously but had been rejected, goes to Ware and tells her everything concerning Dove's sordid affair. At first, when Ware confronts her, Dove denies everything. Dove eventually confesses and Ware promises to keep the whole affair a secret. When Fairbanks is finally released, the lovers are happily reunited.
Sweethearts and Wives (1930)
, 1h17Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer, Leila Hyams, Albert Gran, Crauford Kent
Roles Femme de Chambre
Billie Dove plays the part of an aristocrat who tries to prevent her sister's divorce by attempting to recover of a diamond necklace, which is being used as incriminating evidence against her. This necklace was stolen when Dove's sister while she was secretly in another's man apartment. Dove is to meet a thief at a lonely French Inn outside of Paris who has stolen the necklace. Dove quickly disguises herself as a French maid. Unfortunately the thief is killed by someone who enters the house just as she was about to regain the diamonds. At this point, Sidney Blackmer, who has come in search of some one to fix his car and sell him some gas, arrives at the Inn. Blackmer is in an awkward position himself as he is having an affair with a married woman, played by Leila Hyams, and they are both fearful lest her husband learn of this escapade. Dove reveals that she is not a maid but an English aristocrat. The police and Clive Brook soon arrives at the house, playing the part of a divorce detective, who is secretly working to find the diamond necklace to return it to the husband of the woman who lost it. Hyams switches into Dove's maid costume in order to escape detection from Brook and the police. Meanwhile, the police are investigating the murder of the thief. Soon after the waiter and hotel clerk steal Blackmer's repaired car and take off. As the film progresses, Blackmer and Dove soon grow fond of each other and fall in love. Dove confides in Blackmer and he helps her find the necklace. In the process of recovering the necklace, three of the thieves end up being killed. In the end, Dove manages to retrieve the necklace back and save her sister from a scandalous divorce.
A Notorious Affair (1930)
, 1h9Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, Kay Francis, Kenneth Thomson, Montagu Love, Malcolm Waite
Roles Patricia Hanley
Rating53%
Billie Dove plays Lady Patricia, a socialite who, despite being engaged to an aristocrat, shocks her friends and social class by marrying a poor Italian violinist Paul Gherardi (Rathbone). Through her wealth and influence, Patricia makes Paul famous and wealthy. In spite of this, Paul falls for the charms of a vamp, Countess Olga Balakireff (Francis) who likes to fool around with rich men. Eventually Paul has a nervous breakdown due to overwork and collapses.
Her Private Life (1929)
, 1h20Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Billie Dove, Walter Pidgeon, Holmes Herbert, Montagu Love, Thelma Todd, Roland Young
Roles Lady Helen Haden
The Painted Angel (1929)
, 1h8Directed by Millard Webb
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Billie Dove, Edmund Lowe, George MacFarlane, Cissy Fitzgerald, J. Farrell MacDonald, Will Stanton
Roles Mamie Hudler / Rodeo West
The Man and the Moment (1929)
, 1h15Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Billie Dove, Rod La Rocque, Gwen Lee, Robert Schable, Charles Sellon, George Bunny
Roles Joan
Rating66%
Careers (1929)
, 1h32Directed by John Francis Dillon, Forrest Halsey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Billie Dove, Antonio Moreno, Thelma Todd, Noah Beery Sr., Holmes Herbert, Carmel Myers
Roles Hélène Gromaire
The film takes place in the French colony of Cochin-China. Young French magistrate (Antonio Moreno) and his wife (Billie Dove) are victims of virtual imprisonment because president (Noah Beery) of colony in which they are stationed has a sexual interest in the magistrate's wife. Beery refuses to allow Moreno to advance in his career on the bench until his wife agrees to his demands. Moreno, angered by this treatment after four years of hard work, secretly goes to the governor of the colony to complain. Dove endeavors in crucial moment to save her husband from disaster by pleading with the president but inadvertently reveals her husband's plan. Being afraid for the safety of her husband, Dove consents to do whatever Beery wishes as long as he does nothing to endanger her husband. Just as Beery is about to seduce Dove, he is murdered by a native musician who has been hiding in the room. Dove is immediately suspected of the murder and the musician comes out of hiding and accuses Dove of the murder. Moreno is placed in charge of the investigation and discovers that the musician is lying and that he is the one responsible. Tired of the dangers of life in the French colony, Moreno and Dove head back to Paris where Moreno hopes to start a new career.
Night Watch (1928)
, 1h12Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Billie Dove, Paul Lukas, Donald Reed, George Periolat, Anita Garvin
Roles Yvonne Corlaix
Le soir du 1er août, le commandant Corlaix, de la Marine française, organise un dîner avec les officiers de son croiseur et sa femme Yvonne. Après le repas, le Lieutenant D'Artelle demande à Yvonne de rester à bord avec lui, et quand Corlaix demande à sa femme de quitter le navire (car il a appris par radio que la guerre a été déclarée), elle se rend dans la cabine de D'Artelle. Plus tard, le croiseur est coulé par une torpille et Corlaix passe en cour martiale pour incompétence. Yvonne vient témoigner et en se compromettant prouve que son mari avait fait son devoir. Corlaix, réalisant qu'Yvonne l'aime, lui pardonne.
The Yellow Lily (1928)
, 1h5Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Marc McDermott, Eugenie Besserer, Jane Winton
Roles Judith Peredy
Rating70%
L'Archiduc Alexander, un débauché, tombe amoureux de Judith Peredy, la sœur du docteur qui exerce dans le village hongrois près duquel Alexandre a un relais de chasse. Bien que Judith aime Alexander, elle l'éconduit, car son frère Eugene l'a mise en garde. N'étant pas quelqu'un à accepter facilement un refus, l'archiduc se rend dans la chambre de Judith en profitant d'une absence d'Eugene et la brutalise. Eugene arrive alors et n'est sauvé de l'épée de l'archiduc que parce que Judith tire sur l'homme qu'elle aime. Judith et Eugene sont emprisonnés à Budapest sur ordre du père d'Alexander, qui ne veut pas que son fil se marie en dessous de sa condition. Judith, sure de son amour pour Alexander, convainc les parents de celui-ci de sa sincérité et par dispense spéciale le mariage est accepté.