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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-04-08 (118 years old)

Place of Birth

Lille, France

Yola d'Avril

Biography:

Yola d'Avril grew up in Paris. In 1923 she moved to Canada and became a dancer. She then went to Hollywood and, from 1925, started being cast in small roles, ultimately appearing in more than seventy films.

Known For

Acting

1953

Little Boy Lost as Madame Le Blanc (uncredited)

1952

The Red Ball Express as Barmaid (uncredited)

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number as Leona's Maid (uncredited)

1946

Monsieur Beaucaire as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Cloak and Dagger as First Nurse

1942

Night in New Orleans as Mme. Lamballe
The Lady Has Plans as Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Now, Voyager as Celestine (uncredited)

1940

Green Hell as Native Girl (uncredited)
I Was an Adventuress as Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited)

1939

Gone with the Wind as Belle's Girl (uncredited)

1937

I Met Him in Paris as French Wife in Room 617
The Hurricane as Club Hibiscus Singer (uncredited)

1935

Captain Blood as Girl in Tavern (uncredited)
Straight from the Heart as French Girl in Taxi

1934

Tarzan and His Mate as Madame Feronde (uncredited)
Glamour as Renee
Kansas City Princess as French Manicurist (uncredited)
The Cat and the Fiddle as Maid in House (uncredited)

1933

Diplomaniacs as French Vamp (uncredited)

1932

Sky Devils as Fifi
Cock of the Air as Italian girl #2
A Passport to Hell as Rosita (as Yola D'Avril)
Strange Innertube as Diamond Joe's Moll
Beauty and the Boss as Bathtub Phone Caller Mimi (uncredited)
The Man from Yesterday as Tony's Cocotte

1931

Just a Gigolo as Pauline
Svengali as Maid (uncredited)
The Last Flight as French Party Girl at Cafe
Suicide Fleet as French Girl (uncredited)

1930

A Hollywood Theme Song as Madame von Hoppsburg
The Bad One as Gida
The Right of Way as Suzette
All Quiet on the Western Front as Suzanne (uncredited)
King of Jazz as Automobile Owner's Wife ("Springtime") / Marie ("All Noisy on the Eastern Front") (uncredited)
The Truth About Youth as Babette - Kara's Maid (uncredited)
The Love Parade as Paulette (uncredited)
Born Reckless as French Girl
Double Cross Roads as Happy Max's Moll

1929

Hot for Paris as Yola Dupre
She Goes to War as Yvette
Shanghai Lady as Lizzie

1928

3-Ring Marriage as Minnie
Vamping Venus as Stenographer
Lady Be Good as Assistant
The Noose as Cabaret Girl

1927

Hard-Boiled Haggerty as Cafe Dancer
American Beauty as Telephone Girl
The Tender Hour as Cabaret Girl
Orchids and Ermine as Telephone Operator
The War Horse as Yvonne

1926

Have Courage as Yola
Mister Wife as His Wife
Hitchin' Up as His Fiancee
Fresh Faces as Dora

1925

Yes, Yes, Babette as The Darling of Paris