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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1896-10-22 (128 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Lilyan Tashman

Biography:

Lilyan Tashman (October 23, 1896 - March 21, 1934) was an American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress. Tashman was best known for her supporting roles as tongue-in-cheek villainesses and the vindictive "other woman."

Known For

Acting

1985

That's Dancing! as From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)

1936

Frankie and Johnnie as Nellie Bly

1934

Riptide as Sylvia Wilson

1933

Wine, Women and Song as Frankie Arnette
Too Much Harmony as Lucille Watkins
Mama Loves Papa as Mrs. McIntosh

1932

Those We Love as Valerie
Scarlet Dawn as Vera Zimina
The Wiser Sex as Claire Foster

1931

Murder by the Clock as Laura Endicott
Girls About Town as Marie Bailey
Millie as Helen Riley
Finn and Hattie as Bessie Chalmers (aka The 'Princess')
The Mad Parade as Lil Wheeler
The Road to Reno as Jackie Millet
Up Pops the Devil as Polly Griscom
The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)

1930

On the Level as Lynn Crawford
One Heavenly Night as Fritzi Vajos
No, No, Nanette as Lucille Early
The Cat Creeps as Cicily
Puttin' on the Ritz as Goldie Devere

1929

Hardboiled as Minnie
Gold Diggers of Broadway as Eleanor Montgomery
The Trial of Mary Dugan as Dagmar Lorne
The Marriage Playground as Joyce Wheater

1928

Phyllis of the Follies as Mrs. Decker
Lady Raffles as Lillian
Craig's Wife as Mrs. Passmore
Manhattan Cocktail as Mrs. Renov
Happiness Ahead as Kay Sears
Take Me Home as Derelys Devore

1927

French Dressing as Peggy Nash
Evening Clothes as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
A Texas Steer as Dixie Style
Camille as Olympe
The Stolen Bride as Ilona Taznadi

1926

The Skyrocket as Ruby Wright
Rocking Moon as Sasha Larianoff
Whispering Smith as Marion Sinclair
Siberia as Beautiful Blonde
Love's Blindness as Alice, Duchess of Lincolnwood
For Alimony Only as Narcissa Williams
So This Is Paris as Mme. Georgette Lalle, A Dancer

1925

A Broadway Butterfly as Thelma Perry
Ports of Call as Lillie
Déclassé as Mrs. Leslie
Seven Days as Bella Wilson
Pretty Ladies as Selma Larson
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work as Greta Verlaine
Bright Lights as Gwen Gould
The Parasite as Laura Randall

1924

Winner Take All as Felicity Brown
Is Love Everything? as Edythe Stanley
Manhandled as Pinkie Doran
The Dark Swan as Sybil Johnson

1922

Head Over Heels as Edith Penfield

1921

Experience as Pleasure