Lina Basquette
Birthday
1907/04/19
Day of death
1994/09/20 (87 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
San Mateo, California, USA
Also know as
Lena Baskette, Lena Basquette, Little Lena, Lena Copeland Baskette
Biography
Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette), was an American actress. She is noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a dancer, she was paid as a girl for performing and gained her first film contract at age nine. In her acting career, Basquette may have been best known for her role as Judith in The Godless Girl. The film was based on the life of Queen Silver, known as a 20th-century child prodigy, and feminist and socialist activist. B...Read more
Acting
(1917) Polly Put the Kettle On
as Nellie Vance
(1917) The Gates of Doom
as Agatha as a child
(1930) The Dude Wrangler
as Helen Dane
(1932) Hello Trouble
as Janet Kenyon
(1928) The Godless Girl
as Judy Craig
(1932) The Phantom Express
as Betty
(1931) The Hard Hombre
as Senora Martini
(1929) The Younger Generation
as Birdie Goldfish
(1932) The Midnight Lady
as Mona Sebastian
(1931) Morals for Women
as Claudia
(1931) Pleasure
as Helen
(1931) Trapped
as Girl Reporter
(1937) Ebb Tide
as Attwater's Servant
(1927) Serenade
as The Dancer
(1932) The Arm of the Law
as Zelma Shaw, a Dancer
(1937) Souls at Sea
as Brunette in Saloon (uncredited)
(1931) Goldie
as Constantina
(1928) Wheel of Chance
as Ada Berkowitz
(1931) The Arizona Terror
as Katherine 'Kay' Moore
(1928) Show Folks
as Rita Carey
(1943) A Night for Crime
as Mona Harrison
(1928) The Noose
as Dot
(1938) Rose of the Rio Grande
as Anita
(1928) Celebrity
as Jane
(1919) The Weaker Vessel
as Jessie
(1928) Fashion News
as Self (1929)
(1938) The Buccaneer
as Roxanne
(1938) Four Men and a Prayer
as Ah-Nee
(1996) Paradise Park
as Nada
(1929) Come Across
as Mary
(1936) The Final Hour
as Belle
(1916) Shoes
as Eva's Sister (uncredited)
(1942) Who Calls
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