Lila Lee

Lila Lee was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras.

Lila Lee was born Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel in Union Hill, New Jersey into a middleclass family of German immigrants who relocated to New York City when Lila was quite young. Searching for a hobby for their gregarious young daughter, the Appels enrolled Lila in Gus Edwards kiddie review shows where she was given the nickname of Cuddles a name that she would be known by for the rest of her acting career. Her stagework became so popular with the public that her parents had her educated with private tutors. Edwards would become Lees longterm manager.

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