Leah Baird
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Leah Baird (June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter. She began her film career in 1910 in Jean and the Waif opposite Jean, the Vitagraph Dog. She played several leads in William F. Brady's troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks. In the late 1910s she played in 15 episodes of the serial Wolves of Kultur. Baird wrote and produced film during the 1920s.
Baird later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4825 |
| Birthday | 1883-06-19 |
| Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Also Known As | Ada Frankenstein, |
1941
Manpower
6.833/18
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tens...
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Manpower
1942
The Male Animal
4.455/11
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threaten...
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The Male Animal
1942
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
9/1
Story of a rich man who backs a show for an old man and his granddaughter from the East Side who has brought joy to the money bag's crippled son.
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The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942
Lady Gangster
5.659/22
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 bank robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the mone...
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Lady Gangster
1913
The Lady and the Glove
9/1
Lady Viola, a witty and beautiful favorite of King Francis, enjoys toying with the affections of Comte De Lorge. To further amuse herself, she throws...
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The Lady and the Glove
1920
The Bond of Blood
0/0
Former actor Holden attempts suicide out of despair but is rescued and offered a small acting role. During a rehearsal, he recognizes the leading lady...
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The Bond of Blood
1946
Shadow of a Woman
4.542/12
Brooke's brief marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that he is starving his son from a prior marriage to death in order...
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Shadow of a Woman
1942
Busses Roar
6.75/8
A sergeant saves the day when Axis agents plant a bomb on a bus bound for California oil fields.
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Busses Roar
1912
Chumps
0/0
Bunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.
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Chumps
1912
The Gamblers
0/0
Mrs. Travers, a society leader, is madly in love with Arthur Ingraham, a rising diplomat. Arthur is not in love with her and avoids her advances. He i...
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The Gamblers
1911
The Wooing of Winifred
8/1
In order to inherit their uncle's property, two cousins must marry each other.
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The Wooing of Winifred
1913
Vampire of the Desert
9/1
Ishmael, the son of Hagar, an old hag, living on the edge of the desert, falls completely under the charms of Lispeth, a vampire. One day there passes...
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Vampire of the Desert
1912
The Miracle
7/1
A story of that famous adventurer, Haroun al Rashid, the Caliph of Bagdad.
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The Miracle
1942
Winning Your Wings
6.045/11
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Winning Your Wings
1912
A Cure for Pokeritis
4.9/22
This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on the weekly poker game.
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A Cure for Pokeritis
1947
Humoresque
7.022/68
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
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Humoresque
1913
A Birthday Gift
10/1
Left alone by the death of her mother and the imprisonment of her father for theft, little Alice goes to live with her uncle and aunt. The latter does...
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A Birthday Gift
1918
Moral Suicide
1/2
Wealthy Richard Covington, although aging and lonely, distresses his children, Waverly and Beatrice, by marrying a heartless seductress named Fay Hope...
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Moral Suicide
1912
Following the Star
9/1
Helen Winthrop has ambition for the stage and when, during his summer sojourn at her home town, she is introduced to De la Marre, a popular star and d...
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Following the Star
1912
The Foster Child
8/1
Mr. and Mrs. Caspar, home-loving, industrious people, long for a little one to bless their lives and their home. Their hopes are not in vain. One nigh...
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The Foster Child
1912
The Black Sheep
8/1
You would think that the death of his wife through his dissipation and neglect would have brought Jack Moreland to his senses. Instead he is more diss...
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The Black Sheep
1915
The Ruling Power
7/1
Mr. Williams, a stern father and man of wealth, disinherits his son Hugh, for marrying Rose, a seamstress. Twenty years later, although Sose is practi...
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The Ruling Power
1916
Lights of New York
9/1
The story of two small-town barbers, Eddie and Gene, who are tricked into fronting a speakeasy for bootleggers in New York City. Eddie reconnects with...
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Lights of New York
1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself
6.15/50
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
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The Man Who Cheated Himself
1919
The Volcano
10/1
Ruth Carroll, a schoolteacher in New York's Lower East Side, meets Bolshevist Alexis Minski at her grandfather's bookstore. After Ruth complains to he...
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The Volcano
1951
Gasoline Alley
5.75/4
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.
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Gasoline Alley
1913
Bunny and the Bunny Hug
10/1
Norman Winthrop, a surveyor, accidentally meets John Bunny, an Irish watchman of a building. He introduces him to Tom and Will Hawley, two of his frie...
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Bunny and the Bunny Hug
1917
One Law for Both
0/0
Elga Pulaski and her brother Ossip live in Warsaw. They belong to a secret society whose goal is to liberate Poland and Russia from the Romanoffs. Elg...
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One Law for Both
1957
The Hard Man
5.167/9
A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.
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The Hard Man
1943
Air Force
6.54/62
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of t...
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Air Force
1945
Mildred Pierce
7.6/449
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
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Mildred Pierce
1912
The Spider's Web
10/1
Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware that promoters Harris, Brennen, and Lester are fraud...
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The Spider's Web
1912
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
0/1
During the French Revolution, the Duke and Duchess of Bérac are captured by a mob. The Duchess agrees to marry one of their leaders in order to save h...
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The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
1913
Ivanhoe
4.7/3
Wilfred of Ivanhoe (played by King Baggot), son of Sir Cedric (played by Wallace Bosco), returns to England from the Crusades in the Holy Land. As Iva...
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Ivanhoe
1913
Cutey and the Chorus Girls
7/2
Cutey tries to make an impression on a couple of chorus girls. He attends the burlesque show with his friends...
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Cutey and the Chorus Girls
1913
The Only Veteran in Town
9/1
More interested in automobiling than in anything else, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are inclined to be neglectful of their little daughter, Dora, and are almos...
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The Only Veteran in Town
1922
When Husbands Deceive
8/1
Viola Baxter is deceived into a hasty marriage with her guardian, Marshall Welch, who is after her money and has framed her fiancé, Dick Fletcher, for...
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When Husbands Deceive
1923
Is Divorce a Failure?
8/1
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
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Is Divorce a Failure?
1912
The Red Barrier
5.5/2
A short romantic drama about a woman who is worshiped by both a lieutenant and a Russian diplomat; the latter wins, but later turns out to be a brute....
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The Red Barrier
1912
Stenographer Wanted
4/1
Two businessmen need to hire a stenographer, but their wives get suspicious when they notice a parade of beautiful young women entering and leaving th...
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Stenographer Wanted
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.225/40
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
6.657/573
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
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Around the World in 80 Days
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
6.167/6
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buyin...
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Bad Men of Missouri
1941
Dangerously They Live
6.2/10
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
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Dangerously They Live
1918
Wolves of Kultur
6/1
Alice Grayson's uncle develops a wireless torpedo that can be controlled by radio. After he announces his invention to several of his colleagues, two...
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Wolves of Kultur
1914
Neptune's Daughter
1/2
The daughter of King Neptune takes on human form to avenge the death of her young sister, who was caught in a fishing net. However, she falls in love...
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Neptune's Daughter
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
7.085/59
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as pa...
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Action in the North Atlantic
1917
The Devil's Pay Day
0/0
When Gregory Van Houten went to the country to recuperate, he intended to remain only a few weeks and then return to plunge into the swirl of city gai...
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The Devil's Pay Day
1916
The People vs. John Doe
0/0
A farmer is unjustly convicted of a homicide he did not commit.
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The People vs. John Doe
1917
Sins of Ambition
0/0
Andrew Maxwell is so intent on creating a universal language that he completely neglects his wife, Laurette, and daughter, Ruth. Laurette decides she...
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Sins of Ambition
1944
Make Your Own Bed
6/6
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresti...
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Make Your Own Bed
1914
Absinthe
0/0
A Parisian artist becomes addicted to the liquor absinthe and sinks to robbery and murder.
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Absinthe
1912
The Adventure of the Italian Model
4/1
Master detective, Lambert Chase, unravels a case of poisoning
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The Adventure of the Italian Model
1912
The Old Silver Watch
7/2
Mary Collins dies leaving two children; Mildred ('Lucie') and Frank. On her deathbed, she gives Frank a silver watch that belonged to his father. The...
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The Old Silver Watch
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
6.968/94
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
Bullets for O'Hara
5/5
A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.
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Bullets for O'Hara
1919
The Capitol
0/0
Margaret Kennard takes her baby daughter Agnes and leaves her husband Eustace for James Carroll. Upon discovering that James is a thief, she leaves hi...
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The Capitol
1918
Life or Honor?
0/0
When retired merchant J. T. Manly is murdered, his son James, with whom he had quarreled, is arrested and finally convicted through the testimony of M...
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Life or Honor?
1914
The Great Universal Mystery
8/1
A promotional one-reel film promoting the stars of Universal Pictures.
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The Great Universal Mystery
1941
One Foot in Heaven
6.886/22
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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One Foot in Heaven
1954
It Should Happen to You
7.079/70
Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at firs...
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It Should Happen to You
1919
The Echo of Youth
7/1
After becoming a Supreme Court justice, Peter Graham is visited by Olive Martin, a singer from New Orleans, Louisiana, with whom he had an affair in h...
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The Echo of Youth
1919
As a Man Thinks
0/0
Prominent New York magazine publisher Frank Clayton visits Paris, France,with his wife Elinor and young son Dick. He is shown around the city by Benja...
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As a Man Thinks
1925
The Unnamed Woman
8/1
The marriage between Donald and Flora Brookes is under pressure. Donald has eyes for a new girl, innocent at first, but more and more affectionate. Bu...
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The Unnamed Woman
1954
Riding Shotgun
5.983/29
When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang.
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Riding Shotgun
1922
When the Devil Drives
8/1
Robert Taylor has been romancing Blanche Mansfield but also seeing Grace Eldridge at the same time. When he tells Blanche that he is marrying Grace, s...
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When the Devil Drives
1923
The Miracle Makers
10/1
A woman, engaged to one man, is forced to marry another, who is subsequently arrested, leaving his wife with a terrible decision to make when her form...
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The Miracle Makers
1923
The Destroying Angel
7/1
Hugh Whittaker believes he is terminally ill, and, as an act of mercy, weds a young woman named Mary, who has been deserted by her lover. He travels t...
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