Leah Baird
Birthday
1883/06/19
Day of death
1971/10/03 (88 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Ada Frankenstein
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leah Baird (June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter. 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.
Acting
(1941) Manpower
as Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
(1942) The Male Animal
as Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
(1942) The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Superintendent
(1942) Lady Gangster
as Matron
(1913) The Lady and the Glove
as ---
(1920) The Bond of Blood
as Evelyn
(1946) Shadow of a Woman
as Mrs. Calvin, Genevieve's Mother
(1942) Busses Roar
as 2nd Old Maid
(1912) Chumps
as Terpsine - the Cause
(1912) The Gamblers
as ---
(1911) The Wooing of Winifred
as ---
(1913) Vampire of the Desert
as Mrs. William Corday
(1912) The Miracle
as Mousali - a Poor Woman
(1942) Winning Your Wings
as High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)
(1912) A Cure for Pokeritis
as ---
(1947) Humoresque
as Professor (uncredited)
(1913) A Birthday Gift
as Alice's Aunt
(1918) Moral Suicide
as Fay Hope
(1912) Following the Star
as George's Fiancée
(1912) The Foster Child
as An Heiress
(1912) The Black Sheep
as Mrs. Moreland - Clara's Mother
(1915) The Ruling Power
as ---
(1916) Lights of New York
as Yolande Cowles
(1950) The Man Who Cheated Himself
as ---
(1919) The Volcano
as Ruth Carroll
(1951) Gasoline Alley
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
(1913) Bunny and the Bunny Hug
as ---
(1917) One Law for Both
as ---
(1957) The Hard Man
as Townswoman (uncredited)
(1943) Air Force
as Nurse #2 (uncredited)
(1945) Mildred Pierce
as Police Matron (uncredited)
(1912) The Spider's Web
as Brenda Wray - Lester's Stenographer
(1912) The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
as Ruth
(1913) Ivanhoe
as Rebecca of York
(1913) Cutey and the Chorus Girls
as Kitty - Another Dancer
(1913) The Only Veteran in Town
as Mrs. Arnold - Dora's Mother
(1922) When Husbands Deceive
as Viola Baxter
(1923) Is Divorce a Failure?
as Carol Lockwood
(1912) The Red Barrier
as Isabel, Professor Bain's Daughter
(1912) Stenographer Wanted
as The Brunette Stenographer
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
(1956) Around the World in Eighty Days
as Extra (uncredited)
(1941) Bad Men of Missouri
as Ms. Brooks
(1941) Dangerously They Live
as Fake Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1918) Wolves of Kultur
as Alice Grayson
(1914) Neptune's Daughter
as Princess Olga
(1943) Action in the North Atlantic
as Mother (uncredited)
(1917) The Devil's Pay Day
as Jean Haskins
(1916) The People vs. John Doe
as Woman Lawyer
(1917) Sins of Ambition
as Laurette Maxwell
(1944) Make Your Own Bed
as John's Wife
(1914) Absinthe
as Madame Dumas
(1912) The Adventure of the Italian Model
as The Model
(1912) The Old Silver Watch
as Mildred as an Adult
(1941) The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Fan at Train Station (uncredited)
(1941) Bullets for O'Hara
as Police Matron
(1919) The Capitol
as Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake
(1918) Life or Honor?
as Helen West
(1914) The Great Universal Mystery
as Herself
(1941) One Foot in Heaven
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1954) It Should Happen to You
as Audience Member (uncredited)
(1919) The Echo of Youth
as Olive Martin