Billie Dove

Personal Info

Birthday

May 14, 1903

Day of Death

1997-12-31

(94 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Bertha Bohny

Lillian Bohny

Lillian 'Billie' Dove

Lillian Kenaston

Billie Dove

Biography

Billie Dove (born Bertha Bohny) was an American star actress of 1920s Silent cinema and of the first few years of the 'talkies' era. She retired from show business in 1932.

Known For

The Black Pirate

Sensation Seekers

The Tender Hour

American Beauty

The Light of Western Stars

Blondie of the Follies

Kid Boots

An Affair of the Follies

Filmography

2000
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
Blondie of the Follies
as Lottie Callahan aka Lurline Cavanaugh
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
as Self
Cock of the Air
as Lilli de Rosseau
1931
The Age for Love
as Jean Hurd
The Lady Who Dared
as Margaret Townsend
1930
One Night at Susie's
as Mary Martin
Sweethearts and Wives
as Femme de Chambre
A Notorious Affair
as Patricia Hanley
The Other Tomorrow
as Edith Larrison
1929
The Painted Angel
as Mamie Hudler / Rodeo West
Her Private Life
as Lady Helen Haden
The Man and the Moment
as Joan
Careers
as Hélène Gromaire
1928
Adoration
as Elena
The Yellow Lily
as Judith Peredy
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
1927
The Love Mart
as Antoinette Frobelle
American Beauty
as Millicent Howard
The Stolen Bride
as Sari, Countess Thurzo
The Tender Hour
as Marcia Kane
Sensation Seekers
as Luena 'Egypt' Hagen
An Affair of the Follies
as Tamara
1926
Kid Boots
as Eleanore Belmore
The Marriage Clause
as Sylvia Jordan
The Lone Wolf Returns
as Marcia Mayfair
The Black Pirate
as Princess Isobel
1925
The Ancient Highway
as Antoinette St. Ives
The Fighting Heart
as Doris Anderson
Wild Horse Mesa
as Sue Melberne
The Lucky Horseshoe
as Eleanor Hunt
The Light of Western Stars
as Madeline Hammond
The Air Mail
as Alice Rendon
1924
Folly of Vanity
as Alice (modern sequence)
The Roughneck
as Felicity Arden
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Ruth Virey
On Time
as Helen Hendon
1923
The Thrill Chaser
as Olala Ussan
The Lone Star Ranger
as Helen Longstreth
Soft Boiled
as The Girl
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Priscilla Holt
1922
Beyond the Rainbow
as Marion Taylor (as Lillian 'Billie' Dove)
Polly of the Follies
as Alysia Potter
1921
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
as Dorothy Wells