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Billie West is a Actor American born on 5 august 1891 at Kentucky (USA)

Billie West

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Nationality USA
Birth 5 august 1891 at Kentucky (USA)
Death 7 june 1967 (at 75 years) at Plainfield (USA)

Billie West (5 August 1891 – 7 June 1967), was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 65 films between 1912 and 1917.

She was born in Kentucky and died in Plainfield, New Jersey.

Usually with

Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh
(3 films)
Ralph Lewis
Ralph Lewis
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Billie West (12 films)

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Actress

The Highbinders
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Eugene Pallette, Seena Owen, Walter Long, Billie West, Tom Wilson
Roles Maggie Gallagher

As recorded in a film magazine, Maggie, the daughter of Pat Gallagher, a brutal saloon keeper, to escape from being forced into a marriage with a bully and protégé of her father, takes refuge in a shop in Chinatown that is just around the corner from her father's resort. The Chinese merchant Hop Woo, who has given her shelter, at last persuades her to marry him, resulting in a repugnant life for her. Years later finds Hop Woo the merchant selling his daughter Ah Woo into slavery. Ah Woo's brother, overhearing his father bartering with the highbinder, who is a member of the powerful Hip-y-tong society, runs for help to Jack Donovan, who keeps a gambling hall on the border of Chinatown. The brother shoots and kills the slave trader. Hop Woo is suspected of the crime and visited with blood atonement by the Hip-y-tong. The brother and Donovan, who loves the Chinese-American girl, rescue her from an underground passage below Chinatown, and Donovan shoots dead the highbinders. Maggie the mother has committed suicide. Donovan sells the gambling hall and buys a ranch, where he takes his bride Ah Woo and her brother.
The Living Death
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Actors Fred Turner, Billie West, Edward Peil Sr.
Roles Naida Farrell