Lillian Hall-Davis

Lillian Hall-Davis was born on Jun 23, 1898 in UK. Lillian Hall-Davis's big-screen debut came with The Eleventh Commandment directed by George A. Cooper in 1924. Lillian Hall-Davis is known for Boadicea directed by Sinclair Hill, Phyllis Neilson-Terry stars as Queen Boadicea and Lillian Hall-Davis as Emmelyn. The upcoming new movie Lillian Hall-Davis plays is The Farmer's Wife which will be released on Jan 04, 1930.

Lilian Hall Davis was born June 23, 1898, in Mile End, London, England, the daughter of a London cab driver. For publicity purposes, she changed the spelling of her name to to the tonier Lillian Hall-Davis and reported her birthplace as the more fashionable Hampstead, London. She began acting in films in 1917 and by the early 1920s, Hall-Davis was one of the leading actresses of British silent film. She was Alfred Hitchcock's favorite actress during the early days of his career. He directed her in The Ring (1927) and The Farmer's Wife (1928) Hall-Davis was married to Walter Pemberton, a British stage actor. Her last film was a supporting role in Her Reputation (1931). By 1933, her film career was over, she was being treated for neurasthenia and was suffering a nervous breakdown. On October 25, 1933, she locked herself in the kitchen of her home in Golders Green, turned on the gas, stuck her head in the oven, and cut her throat with her brother's straight razor. Her 14-year-old son Grovsvenor, came home from school, found her suicide note in the hall and summoned the neighbors for help. They were too late. Hall-Davis was dead at the age of 34.