Leah Baird

Personal Info

Birthday

June 19, 1883

Day of Death

1971-10-03

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Ada Frankenstein

Leah Baird

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.

Known For

Around the World in Eighty Days

Mildred Pierce

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Action in the North Atlantic

Riding Shotgun

Air Force

Manpower

It Should Happen to You

Filmography

1957
The Hard Man
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1956
Around the World in Eighty 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
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Mother (uncredited)
Air Force
as Nurse #2 (uncredited)
1942
Busses Roar
as 2nd Old Maid
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Superintendent
Winning Your Wings
as High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)
Lady Gangster
as Matron
The Male Animal
as Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Fan at Train Station (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live
as Fake Telephone Operator (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Manpower
as Mrs. Taylor (uncredited)
Bad Men of Missouri
as Ms. Brooks
Bullets for O'Hara
as Police Matron
1925
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 Capitol
as Margaret Kennard / Agnes Blake
The Volcano
as Ruth Carroll
As a Man Thinks
as Elinor Clayton
The Echo of Youth
as Olive Martin
1918
Wolves of Kultur
as Alice Grayson
Moral Suicide
as Fay Hope
Life or Honor?
as Helen West
1917
Sins of Ambition
as Laurette Maxwell
One Law for Both
as Helen
The Devil's Pay Day
as Jean Haskins
1916
The People vs. John Doe
as Woman Lawyer
Lights of New York
as Yolande Cowles
1914
The Great Universal Mystery
as Herself
Neptune's Daughter
as Princess Olga
Absinthe
as Madame Dumas
1913
Ivanhoe
as Rebecca of York
The Lady and the Glove
as Anne
The Only Veteran in Town
as Mrs. Arnold - Dora's Mother
Vampire of the Desert
as Mrs. William Corday
Cutey and the Chorus Girls
as Kitty - Another Dancer
A Birthday Gift
as Alice's Aunt
1912
Following the Star
as George's Fiancée
The Red Barrier
as Isabel, Professor Bain's Daughter
The Adventure of the Italian Model
as The Model
The Miracle
as Mousali - a Poor Woman
The Black Sheep
as Mrs. Moreland - Clara's Mother
The Foster Child
as An Heiress
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
as Ruth
The Spider's Web
as Brenda Wray - Lester's Stenographer
The Old Silver Watch
as Mildred as an Adult
Stenographer Wanted
as The Brunette Stenographer
Chumps
as Terpsine - the Cause