Etta Lee

Etta Lee

Born: September 12, 1906
Died: October 27, 1956
in Kauai, Hawaii, USA
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Etta Lee (born Etta Lee Frost, 1906 – 1956) was an American silent film actress. Lee was born on September 12, 1906, in Kauai, Hawaii. She was of Chinese and French descent; her father was a Chinese medical doctor and her mother was of French ancestry. She grew up in California and went on to get her degree in education at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Lee moved back to Hawaii to be a teacher, before returning to Los Angeles to begin her career as an actress.

Movies for Etta Lee...

The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Title: The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Character: Lusan
Released: January 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Mr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
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The Chinese Parrot
Title: The Chinese Parrot
Character: Girl in Gambling Den
Released: October 23, 1927
Type: Movie
The plot is motivated by a pearl necklace, which has caused the death and/or ruination of all its owners. The second screen appearance of detective Charlie Chan
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Camille
Title: Camille
Character: Mataloti
Released: September 4, 1927
Type: Movie
Based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
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The Trouble With Wives
Title: The Trouble With Wives
Character: Maid
Released: September 28, 1925
Type: Movie
William Hyatt (Tom Moore) runs an exclusive shoe store, and his happy marriage to Grace (Florence Vidor) is nearly derailed by his well-meaning, but hopelessly gauche pal, Al Hennessy (Sterling). Dagmar, a Parisian shoe designer (Esther Ralston) has come to town to meet with Hyatt and Hennessy, and Hennessy describes the situation to Grace in the worst possible manner, convincing her that her husband is having an affair.
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Recompense
Title: Recompense
Character: Dancing Girl
Released: April 26, 1925
Type: Movie
A black-and-white melodrama where France, South Africa and England featured prominently in the narrative about Julie Gmelyn, a bright-eyed, single-minded Red Cross nurse and Peter Graham a clergyman who gives up his chaplaincy and goes to war.
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The Thief of Bagdad
Title: The Thief of Bagdad
Character: Slave of the Sand Board (uncredited)
Released: March 18, 1924
Type: Movie
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
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The Untameable
Title: The Untameable
Character: Ah Moy
Released: September 9, 1923
Type: Movie
The Most Shocking Film of 1923! Directed by Herbert Blache, The Untameable dramatizes the then-sensational subject of dual personality, with Gladys Walton in the dual role of Joy and her whip-toting, brutal, sadistic alter-ego Edna, and Etta Lee as her faithful Asian lesbian maid.
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The Toll of the Sea
Title: The Toll of the Sea
Character: Gossip
Released: January 22, 1923
Type: Movie
While visiting China, an American man falls in love with a young Chinese woman, but he then has second thoughts about the relationship.