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Portrait of Viola Dana

Acting

Viola Dana

Titles
79movies2TV shows
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 4.7EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Viola Dana Catalog average

Main genres

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Recurring tags

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

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78

1980s

1 title · average score 81

1920s

45 titles · average score 63

as Jean / Jane

as Nanette Pearson

as Marie, the Girl

as Rouletta Kirby

as Pandora La Croix

as Eleanor Butterworth

as Thérèse Duverne

as Sally 'Flips' Montague

as Joline Hofer

All 45 titles from the 1920s

1910s

32 titles

as Patricia Morley

as Ruth Bowman

as Sally Castleton

as Judith Sylvester

as Mary Willard

as Unity Beaumont / Priscilla Beaumont

as Darya Orlinsky

as Fifty-Fifty Mamie

All 32 titles from the 1910s