Lina Basquette
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Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette), was an American actress. She is noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a dancer, she was paid as a girl for performing and gained her first film contract at age nine. In her acting career, Basquette may have been best known for her role as Judith in The Godless Girl. The film was based on the life of Queen Silver, known as a 20th-century child prodigy, and feminist and socialist activist. Basquette also was noted for her several marriages, including her first, to the much older noted producer, Sam Warner, founder of Warner Bros. film studio. She had several marriages and a tumultuous personal life. When her film career declined, she returned for a period to dancing and stage performances. After she retired from the entertainment world, in 1947 Basquette moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she became a noted breeder of Great Danes; her dogs won numerous professional show prizes. She wrote several books on dog breeding as well. Later living in West Virginia, she also served as a judge for the American Kennel Club, and wrote a column.
Known for
Credits
The Younger Generation (1929)
as Birdie Goldfish
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
as Ah-Nee
Rose of the Rio Grande (1938)
as Anita
The Arm of the Law (1932)
as Zelma Shaw, a Dancer
Goldie (1931)
as Constantina
Hello Trouble (1932)
as Janet Kenyon
The Godless Girl (1928)
as Judy Craig
Shoes (1916)
as Eva's Sister (uncredited)
Mounted Fury (1931)
as Nanette LeStrange
The Buccaneer (1938)
as Roxanne
Celebrity (1928)
as Jane
Souls at Sea (1937)
as Brunette in Saloon (uncredited)
Who Calls (1942)
Actor
Ranger of the North (1927)
as Felice MacLean
A Night for Crime (1943)
as Mona Harrison
The Dude Wrangler (1930)
as Helen Dane
The Arizona Terror (1931)
as Katherine 'Kay' Moore
Serenade (1927)
as The Dancer
The Midnight Lady (1932)
as Mona Sebastian
Show Folks (1928)
as Rita Carey
The Final Hour (1936)
as Belle
Polly Put the Kettle On (1917)
as Nellie Vance
Wheel of Chance (1928)
as Ada Berkowitz
Ebb Tide (1937)
as Attwater's Servant
Morals for Women (1931)
as Claudia
The Gates of Doom (1917)
as Agatha as a child
The Phantom Express (1932)
as Betty
Trapped (1931)
as Girl Reporter
Come Across (1929)
as Mary
The Noose (1928)
as Dot
The Hard Hombre (1931)
as Senora Martini
Pleasure (1931)
as Helen
The Weaker Vessel (1919)
as Jessie
Paradise Park (1992)
as Nada