Leah Baird
Leah Baird was an American actress and screenwriter.
Life
Baird was born in Champaign County, Illinois. on June 20, 1883, the daughter of William Frankenstein and Bertha Schreiver Frankenstein Rathjen. She had two older sisters, Augusta and Mathilda. Both her parents were alcoholics and her mother was one of the richest madams in Central Illinois.An early star for Vitagraph Studios, Baird began her film career in 1910 in Jean and the Waif opposite Jean, the Vitagraph Dog. She played several leads in William F. Brady's troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks. In the late 1910s she played in 15 episodes of the serial Wolves of Kultur. Baird wrote and produced film during the 1920s.
Baird later became a screenwriter and contributed to a number of Clara Bow features. She was married to producer Arthur F. Beck.
Baird was under contract to Warner Bros. for seventeen years, where she appeared in character roles and as an extra.
Partial filmography
Actress
Jean and the Waif Chumps - Terpsine - the CauseA Cure for Pokeritis All for a Girl - Mrs. GardnerThe Locket; or When She Was Twenty Red and White Roses - Beth WhitneyHearts of the First Empire - BeatriceIvanhoe - Rebecca of YorkAbsinthe - Madame DumasNeptune's Daughter - Princess OlgaThe Man That Might Have Been - Mrs. William RuddLights of New York - Yolande CowlesThe People vs. John Doe - Woman LawyerThe Devil's Pay Day - Jean HaskinsOne Law for Both - HelenSins of Ambition - Laurette MaxwellThe Fringe of Society - Myra StrangA Sunset Moral Suicide - Fay HopeLife or Honor? - Helen WestWolves of Kultur - Alice GraysonThe Echo of Youth - Olive MartinAs a Man Thinks - Elinor ClaytonThe Volcano - Ruth CarrollThe Capitol - Margaret Kennard / Agnes BlakeCynthia of the Minute - CynthiaThe Heart Line - Fancy GrayThe Bride's Confession Don't Doubt Your Wife - Rose ManningWhen the Devil Drives - Blanche MansfieldWhen Husbands Deceive - Viola BaxterIs Divorce A Failure? - Carol LockwoodThe Destroying Angel - Mary Miller / Saraa LawThe Miracle Makers - Doris MansfieldFangs of the Wolf The Unnamed Woman - Billie NortonBullets for O'Hara - Police MatronBad Men of Missouri - Ms. Brooks Manpower - Mrs. Taylor - Prison Matron One Foot in Heaven - Minor Role Blues in the Night - Nurse The Body Disappears - Rest Home Nurse Dangerously They Live - Fake Telephone Operator The Man Who Came to Dinner - Fan at Train Station All Through the Night - Woman Kings Row - Aunt Mamie The Male Animal - Trustee's Wife Lady Gangster - Prison MatronYankee Doodle Dandy - Housekeeper The Big Shot - Mrs. Carter Secret Enemies - Hotel Maid Busses Roar - Second Old MaidTruck Busters - Floor Nurse Air Force - Nurse #2 Action in the North Atlantic - Mother This Is the Army - Old-Timer's Wife Watch on the Rhine - Miss Drake Thank Your Lucky Stars - Bus Passenger The Desert Song - Arab Woman The Adventures of Mark Twain - Elderly Woman Make Your Own Bed - John's Wife The Last Ride - Mrs. Bronson Pillow to Post - Sailor's Mother Mildred Pierce - Police Matron My Reputation - Minor Role Shadow of a Woman - Mrs. CalvinThe Verdict - French Charwoman Humoresque - Professor Flaxy Martin - Tenement Resident The Girl from Jones Beach - Board Member The Man Who Cheated Himself - Police Matron How to Be Very, Very Popular - Around the World in Eighty Days - Minor Role The Phantom Stagecoach - Mrs. Simms The Hard Man - TownswomanWriter
The Dawning- Cynthia-Of-The-Minute, scenario
- Don't Doubt Your Wife, scenario
- When Husbands Deceive, scenario
- When the Devil Drives, scenario
- The Miracle Makers, story
- The Destroying Angel, scenario
- Is Divorce a Failure?, scenarioBarriers Burned Away, scenarioThe Primrose Path, screenplay
- The Unnamed Woman, storyDevil's Island, scenarioSpangles, scenario
- Shadow of the Law, scenarioThe False Alarm, scenarioThe Return of Boston Blackie, screenplay and continuityStolen Pleasures, storyJungle Bride, story