Leah Baird
Born: 1883-06-19 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1971-10-03
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1957
- The Hard Man as Townswoman (uncredited)
1956
- Around the World in 80 Days as Extra (uncredited)
1954
- Riding Shotgun as Townswoman (uncredited)
- It Should Happen to You as Audience Member (uncredited)
1951
- Gasoline Alley as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1947
- Humoresque as Professor (uncredited)
1946
- Shadow of a Woman as Mrs. Calvin, Genevieve's Mother
1945
- Mildred Pierce as Police Matron (uncredited)
1944
- Make Your Own Bed as John's Wife
1943
- Action in the North Atlantic as Mother (uncredited)
- Air Force as Nurse #2 (uncredited)
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1942
- Lady Gangster as Matron
- The Male Animal as Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
- Winning Your Wings as High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)
- Busses Roar as 2nd Old Maid
- The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as Superintendent
1941
- Manpower as Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner as Fan at Train Station (uncredited)
- Bad Men of Missouri as Ms. Brooks
- Dangerously They Live as Fake Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- One Foot in Heaven as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Bullets for O'Hara as Police Matron
1933
- Jungle Bride ... (Story)
1927
- Stolen Pleasures ... (Writer)
- The Return of Boston Blackie ... (Adaptation)
1926
- Shadow of the Law ... (Producer)
- Spangles ... (Writer)
- Devil's Island ... (Screenplay)
- The False Alarm ... (Screenplay)
1925
- The Primrose Path ... (Writer)
- Barriers Burned Away ... (Screenplay)
- The Unnamed Woman as Billie Norton
1923
- Is Divorce a Failure? as Carol Lockwood
- The Destroying Angel as Mary Miller /Sara Law
- The Miracle Makers as Doris Mansfield
1922
- When Husbands Deceive as Viola Baxter
- When the Devil Drives as Blanche Mansfield
1920
- The Bond of Blood as Evelyn
1919
- The Capitol as Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake
- As a Man Thinks as Elinor Clayton
- The Echo of Youth as Olive Martin
- The Volcano as Ruth Carroll
1918
- Moral Suicide as Fay Hope
- Life or Honor? as Helen West
- Wolves of Kultur as Alice Grayson
1917
- One Law for Both as Helen
- The Devil's Pay Day as Jean Haskins
- Sins of Ambition as Laurette Maxwell
1916
- The People vs. John Doe as Woman Lawyer
- Lights of New York as Yolande Cowles
1915
1914
- Neptune's Daughter as Princess Olga
- Absinthe as Madame Dumas
- The Great Universal Mystery as Herself
1913
- Ivanhoe as Rebecca of York
- Vampire of the Desert as Mrs. William Corday
- A Birthday Gift as Alice's Aunt
- The Lady and the Glove as Anne
- Bunny and the Bunny Hug
- The Only Veteran in Town as Mrs. Arnold - Dora's Mother
- Cutey and the Chorus Girls as Kitty - Another Dancer
1912
- The Gamblers
- The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror as Ruth
- A Cure for Pokeritis
- The Black Sheep as Mrs. Moreland - Clara's Mother
- Following the Star as George's Fiancée
- The Spider's Web as Brenda Wray - Lester's Stenographer
- Chumps as Terpsine - the Cause
- The Adventure of the Italian Model as The Model
- Stenographer Wanted as The Brunette Stenographer
- The Foster Child as An Heiress
- The Old Silver Watch as Mildred as an Adult
- The Red Barrier as Isabel, Professor Bain's Daughter
- The Miracle as Mousali - a Poor Woman