Portrait of Viola Dana

Acting

Viola Dana

Career

Active from 1912 to 1987, with a break from 1930 to 1986, busiest in 1917 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
74
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Viola Dana Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.0, average 5.4
  • Mystery
    0.0, average 4.0
  • Violence
    0.3, average 4.1
  • Crime
    0.0, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Silent Film 5
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Romantic Entanglements 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Silent Film Era 2
  • Romantic Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title · average score 81
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show

1920s

45 titles · average score 63
Two Sisters
Two Sisters (1929)

as Jean / Jane

That Certain Thing
That Certain Thing (1928)
GoodWatch score 65

as Molly Kelly

The Silent Lover
The Silent Lover (1926)

as Scadsza

Winds of Chance
Winds of Chance (1925)

as Rouletta Kirby

As Man Desires
As Man Desires (1925)

as Pandora La Croix

Forty Winks
Forty Winks (1925)

as Eleanor Butterworth

Merton of the Movies
Merton of the Movies (1924)

as Sally 'Flips' Montague

Open All Night
Open All Night (1924)

as Thérèse Duverne

Revelation
Revelation (1924)

as Joline Hofer

Home Stuff
Home Stuff (1921)

as Madge Joy

The Chorus Girl's Romance
The Chorus Girl's Romance (1920)

as Marcia Meadows

Dangerous to Men
Dangerous to Men (1920)

as Elisa

1910s

32 titles
Some Bride
Some Bride (1919)

as Patricia Morley

The Microbe
The Microbe (1919)

as Happy O'Brien, The Microbe

The Gold Cure
The Gold Cure (1919)

as Annice Paisch

Riders of the Night
Riders of the Night (1918)

as Sally Castleton

Opportunity
Opportunity (1918)

as Mary Willard

Blue Jeans
Blue Jeans (1917)

as June

The Girl Without a Soul
The Girl Without a Soul (1917)

as Unity Beaumont / Priscilla Beaumont

The Innocence of Ruth
The Innocence of Ruth (1916)

as Ruth Travers

The Cossack Whip
The Cossack Whip (1916)

as Darya Orlinsky

Children of Eve
Children of Eve (1915)

as Fifty-Fifty Mamie

The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement
The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement (1914)

as Ruth

The Butler and the Maid
The Butler and the Maid (1912)

as The Statue