
Known for
Acting
Born
April 22, 1888 (age 138)
Wiki - Lila Hayward Chester was born in Richmond, Virginia, and was educated at the University of California. She followed a career in stock and vaudeville on the stage. Her middle name was rarely used in publicity. She worked with P.A. Powers in 1911 and January 1912. Around the same time she also was an actress with Gaumont and Edison. Early in 1912 Lila Chester moved to Thanhouser, for whom she played in many films through 1915. In 1913 The New York Times named her as "one of the prettiest girls of today," in a contest judged by artists who specialized in the so-called "American girl," including James Montgomery Flagg, C. Allen Gilbert, Clarence F. Underwood, and Penrhyn Stanlaws. In the...
1918
as Lady Hermione
1917
as Della
1916
as Mrs. Worth Courtleigh
1916
as Mae Forsythe
1915
as Lila Christopher - Wife
1914
as The Child's Nurse
1914
as Susan Farlow - Florence's Companion
1914
1913
as Gracia Vanderlee
1913
as May
1913
as The Adventuress
1913
as Lady Dolly
1913
as Governess
1912
as The Rich Client
1912
as Vaudeville Artist
1912
as The factory owner's wife