Lydia Knott
Acting
Biography
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Born: September 30, 1866
Place of Birth: Tyner, Indiana, USA
Known For
The Defense Rests
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Home
A young woman of humble origins hides her family's lack of wealth and prestige from her boarding school friends.
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
If I Had a Million
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
After the Dance
Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry Davis (George Murphy), and he's sent to jail. In a riot, a hostile convict (Jack La Rue) forces Jerry to help him escape, so Jerry takes to the streets himself. Nightclub entertainer Anne Taylor (Nancy Carroll) meets him, and convinces her boss Louis (Arthur Hohl) to hire him as her partner.
Fair Warning
In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealthy mine owner who had been staying at a fancy winter resort.
The Clodhopper
Everett Nelson is a naive young farmboy. Following unjust treatment on the farm, he runs away to the big city. There he encounters a showman who decides Everett is perfect for the part of a bumpkin in his new play. Everett takes the role and becomes a big star. But there are complications...
Should a Woman Tell?
A village girl, on a visit to the city of Boston, is taken advantage of by a man there, and returns to her home feeling sullied and ashamed. A young man who had once sought her hand returns from years away in Europe and reiterates his suit.
The President's Mystery
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
The Primrose Path
Alcoholic playboy Wallace MacDonald (as Bruce Armstrong) would like to sober up and become more responsible, after a drinking accident causes him to cripple little brother Pat Moore (as Jimmy Armstrong). Still, the lure of liquor makes him to sneak drinks at home, and go out partying with carefree showgirl Clara Bow (as Marilyn Merrill). He's promised Ms. Bow he'll quit drinking and gambling. Further complicating Mr. MacDonald's life are the bad checks he's been accumulating. Nasty Stuart Holmes (as Tom Canfield) and Tom Santschi (as "Big Joe" Snead) force MacDonald to join their diamond smuggling racket, in lieu of payment.
Filmography
as Miss Willoughby
as Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
as Mrs. Davis
as Mrs. Harrison
as Mrs. Rhodes
as Hospital Patient
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
as Mrs. Hendricks
as Mrs. Healy
as Martha
as Ma Winters
as Mother
as Mrs. Hare
as Mrs. Kirby
as Mrs. Armstrong
as Mrs. Abigail Doon
as Cranston's Mother
as Aunt Mehitabel
as Mrs. Mary Kilbourne
as Mrs. Grant
as Aunt Sarah
as Mrs. Carney
as John's Mother
as Mrs. Burbeck
as Jean's Mother
as Mrs. Thornton
as Mama Madison
as Mrs. Higgins
as Mrs. Latham
as Aunt Sophia
as Mrs. Bascom
as Charity Kidder
as Mrs. MacLaughlin
as Clifford Townsend's mother
as Miss Seraphina
as Mary Hildreth
as Madame Fanchette
as John Barclay's Mother
as John's mother
as Mrs. Marshall
as Mrs. Howe
as Hannah Butler
as Clifford Townsend's mother
as Clarissa Sedgwick
as Mrs. Lee
as Aunt Charlotte
as Johnny's Ma
as Mrs. Prendergast
as Mrs. Stuyvesant
as Mrs. Appleton
as Aunt Sarah
as Mrs. Heathe
as Mrs. Manning
as Mrs. Endicott
as Mrs. Glenny
as Widow Stickney
as Mrs. Nelson
as Lady Mary Constable
as His Mother
as Mrs. West