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Lila Lee

Born 25 July 1901 in Union Hill, New Jersey, USA, as Augusta Wilhelmena Fredericka Appel.
Died 13 November 1973 in Saranac Lake, New York, of a stroke.

Married actor James Kirkwood, 25 July 1923; divorced, 21 August 1931; son, James Kirkwood Jr., born 22 August 1924.
Married Jack Rees Peine, 5 December 1934; divorced, 1 August 1935.
Married John E. Murphy, 30 August 1944; divorced, 9 September 1949.

Lila Lee began her motion picture career in 1916 for the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated. She made several film throughout the silent era, and continued well into the golden era.

References: Website-IMDb.