An early star for Vitagraph Studios, Baird 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.

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Sunday, May 30, 2021. 7:01.PM.
Leah Baird - Actress.
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1. Profile :


Baird in Stars of the Photoplay, 1916

Born Ada Frankenstein, June 20, 1883, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Died October 3, 1971 (aged 88), Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Resting place Hollywood Forever Cemetery

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Years active 1910–1957

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Spouse(s) Arthur F. Beck ​(m. 1914)​

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2. Introduction :



Leah Baird (born Ada Frankenstein; June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress and screenwriter.

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3. Life :


Baird was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 20, 1883, the daughter of William Frankenstein and Bertha Schreiver Frankenstein Rathjen. She had an older sister, Mathilda Marie Emilie Frankenstein.

An early star for Vitagraph Studios, Baird 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.[citation needed] She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.

Baird was under contract to Warner Bros. for seventeen years, where she appeared in character roles and as an extra.

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4. Partial filmography :



Jean and the Waif (1910, Short)

Chumps (1912, Short) - Terpsine - the Cause

A Cure for Pokeritis (1912, Short)

All for a Girl (1912, Short) - Mrs. Gardner

Red and White Roses (1913, Short) - Beth Whitney

Hearts of the First Empire (1913, Short) - Beatrice

Ivanhoe (1913) - Rebecca of York

Absinthe (1914) - Madame Dumas

Neptune's Daughter (1914) - Princess Olga

The Man That Might Have Been (1914, Short) - Mrs. William Rudd

Lights of New York (1916) - Yolande Cowles

The People vs. John Doe (1916) - Woman Lawyer

The Devil's Pay Day (1917) - Jean Haskins

One Law for Both (1917) - Helen

Sins of Ambition (1917) - Laurette Maxwell


The Fringe of Society (1917) - Myra Strang

A Sunset (1917)

Moral Suicide (1918) - Fay Hope

Life or Honor? (1918) - Helen West

Wolves of Kultur (1918) - Alice Grayson

The Echo of Youth (1919) - Olive Martin

As a Man Thinks (1919) - Elinor Clayton

The Volcano (1919) - Ruth Carroll

The Capitol (1919) - Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake

Cynthia of the Minute (1920) - Cynthia

The Heart Line (1921) - Fancy Gray

The Bride's Confession (1921)

Don't Doubt Your Wife (1922) - Rose Manning

When the Devil Drives (1922) - Blanche Mansfield

When Husbands Deceive (1922) - Viola Baxter

Is Divorce A Failure? (1923) - Carol Lockwood

The Destroying Angel (1923) - Mary Miller / Saraa Law

The Miracle Makers (1923) - Doris Mansfield

Fangs of the Wolf (1924)

The Unnamed Woman (1925) - Billie Norton

Bullets for O'Hara (1941) - Police Matron

Bad Men of Missouri (1941) - Ms. Brooks (uncredited)

Manpower (1941) - Mrs. Taylor - Prison Matron (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven (1941) - Minor Role (uncredited)

Blues in the Night (1941) - Nurse (uncredited)

The Body Disappears (1941) - Rest Home Nurse (uncredited)

Dangerously They Live (1941) - Fake Telephone Operator (uncredited)


The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) - Fan at Train Station (uncredited)

All Through the Night (1942) - Woman (uncredited)

Kings Row (1942) - Aunt Mamie (uncredited)

The Male Animal (1942) - Trustee's Wife (uncredited)

Lady Gangster (1942) - Prison Matron

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Housekeeper (uncredited)

The Big Shot (1942) - Mrs. Carter (uncredited)

Secret Enemies (1942) - Hotel Maid (uncredited)


Busses Roar (1942) - Second Old Maid

Truck Busters (1943) - Floor Nurse (uncredited)

Air Force (1943) - Nurse #2 (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic (1943) - Mother (uncredited)

This Is the Army (1943) - Old-Timer's Wife (uncredited)

Watch on the Rhine (1943) - Miss Drake (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) - Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Desert Song (1943) - Arab Woman (uncredited)

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Elderly Woman (uncredited)


Make Your Own Bed (1944) - John's Wife (uncredited)

The Last Ride (1944) - Mrs. Bronson (uncredited)

Pillow to Post (1945) - Sailor's Mother (uncredited)

Mildred Pierce (1945) - Police Matron (uncredited)

My Reputation (1946) - Minor Role (uncredited)

Shadow of a Woman (1946) - Mrs. Calvin


The Verdict (1946) - French Charwoman (uncredited)

Humoresque (1946) - Professor (uncredited)

Flaxy Martin (1949) - Tenement Resident (uncredited)

The Girl from Jones Beach (1949) - Board Member (uncredited)

The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) - Police Matron (uncredited)

How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) - (uncredited)

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited)

The Phantom Stagecoach (1957) - Mrs. Simms (uncredited)

The Hard Man (1957) - Townswoman (uncredited) (final film role)

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5. Writer :


The Dawning (1912)

Barriers Burned Away (1925)

The Primrose Path (1925)

Devil's Island (1926)

Spangles (1926)

The False Alarm (1926)

The Return of Boston Blackie (1927)

Stolen Pleasures (1927)

Jungle Bride (1933)

Producer

Cynthia of the Minute (1920)

Shadow of the Law (1926)

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