Etta Lee

from Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Artwork for The Thief of BagdadImage of Etta Lee

Biography

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Etta Lee (born Etta Lee Frost, 1906 – 1956) was an American silent film actress. Lee was born on September 12, 1906, in Kauai, Hawaii. She was of Chinese and French descent; her father was a Chinese medical doctor and her mother was of French ancestry. She grew up in California and went on to get her degree in education at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Lee moved back to Hawaii to be a teacher, before returning to Los Angeles to begin her career as an actress.

Timeline

1935Aged 29

  • Poster for Clive of India

    Slave Girl

  • Poster for The Mysterious Mr. Wong

    Lusan

  • Poster for Let's Live Tonight

    Manicurist

1928Aged 22

1927Aged 21

  • Poster for Camille

    Mataloti

  • Poster for The Chinese Parrot

    Girl in Gambling Den

1925Aged 19

  • Poster for The Dressmaker from Paris

    Mannequin

  • Poster for Recompense

    Dancing Girl

  • Poster for The Trouble With Wives

    Maid

1924Aged 18

  • Poster for The Thief of Bagdad

    Slave of the Sand Board (uncredited)

1923Aged 17

  • Poster for The Toll of the Sea

    Gossip

  • Poster for The Remittance Woman

    Liu Po-Yat

  • Poster for The Untameable

    Ah Moy

1921Aged 15

  • Poster for A Tale of Two Worlds

    Ah Fah