Lili Damita was a French-American actress, best remembered today for whom she married than for the movies in which she appeared. When the sound revolution arrived in Hollywood, all of the studio's scrambled to find actors who could speak lines and record well. It was at this time Lili burst onto the scene. While her accent would always be quite noticeable, the novelty of sound overcame the quality of lines uttered. In the MGM movie
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929), she played against
Ernest Torrence as his love interest. In 1931, she was cast with
Gary Cooper in the early western
Fighting Caravans (1931). After that, her career was almost over as she continued to make only a few other movies over the next few years. In 1935, she married a hell raiser by the name of
Errol Flynn. This rocky tempestuous union lasted until 1942.
The Devil on Horseback(1936)as Diane Corday
Frisco Kid(1935)as Belle
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle(1935)as Lili Damita
Brewster's Millions(1935)as Rosalie La Rue
The Woman Between(1931)
Screen Snapshots, Series 16, No. 3(1936)as Self - Observer
Screen Snapshots, Series 16, No. 1(1936)as Self
A Dream Comes True(1935)as Self
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn(2007)as Self
The Adventures of Errol Flynn(2005)as Self
That's Entertainment!(1974)as Self - Clip from 'La Fiesta Santa Barbara'
Hollywood and the Stars(1963)as Self
