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
- Air Force as Nurse #2 (uncredited)
- Action in the North Atlantic as Mother (uncredited)
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1942
- Busses Roar as 2nd Old Maid
- Lady Gangster as Matron
- The Male Animal as Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
- Winning Your Wings as High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)
- 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)
- One Foot in Heaven as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Bullets for O'Hara as Police Matron
- Dangerously They Live as Fake Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Bad Men of Missouri as Ms. Brooks
1933
- Jungle Bride ... (Story)
1927
- The Return of Boston Blackie ... (Adaptation)
- Stolen Pleasures ... (Writer)
1926
- Devil's Island ... (Screenplay)
- Spangles ... (Writer)
- Shadow of the Law ... (Producer)
1925
- Barriers Burned Away ... (Screenplay)
- The Primrose Path ... (Writer)
- The Unnamed Woman as Billie Norton
1923
- Is Divorce a Failure? as Carol Lockwood
1922
- When Husbands Deceive as Viola Baxter
1920
- The Bond of Blood as Evelyn
1919
- The Echo of Youth as Olive Martin
- The Capitol as Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake
- As a Man Thinks as Elinor Clayton
- The Volcano as Ruth Carroll
1918
- Moral Suicide as Fay Hope
- Life or Honor? as Helen West
- Wolves of Kultur as Alice Grayson
1917
- Sins of Ambition as Laurette Maxwell
- The Devil's Pay Day as Jean Haskins
- One Law for Both as Helen
1916
- The People vs. John Doe as Woman Lawyer
- Lights of New York as Yolande Cowles
1915
1914
- The Great Universal Mystery as Herself
- Neptune's Daughter as Princess Olga
- Absinthe as Madame Dumas
1913
- Ivanhoe as Rebecca of York
- Cutey and the Chorus Girls as Kitty - Another Dancer
- Vampire of the Desert as Mrs. William Corday
- The Only Veteran in Town as Mrs. Arnold - Dora's Mother
- A Birthday Gift as Alice's Aunt
- Bunny and the Bunny Hug
- The Lady and the Glove as Anne
1912
- Chumps as Terpsine - the Cause
- The Miracle as Mousali - a Poor Woman
- The Gamblers
- The Adventure of the Italian Model as The Model
- The Black Sheep as Mrs. Moreland - Clara's Mother
- The Spider's Web as Brenda Wray - Lester's Stenographer
- The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror as Ruth
- A Cure for Pokeritis
- Stenographer Wanted as The Brunette Stenographer
- The Red Barrier as Isabel, Professor Bain's Daughter
- The Old Silver Watch as Mildred as an Adult
- The Foster Child as An Heiress
- Following the Star as George's Fiancée