Acting
Yola d'Avril
Born April 8, 1907 · Lille, France
Died March 2, 1984 · aged 76
Yola d'Avril grew up in Paris. In 1923 she moved to Canada and became a dancer. She then went to Hollywood and, from 1925, started being cast in small roles, ultimately appearing in more than seventy films.
Known For
Gone with the Wind · 1939Gone with the Wind
★ 7.91939
MovieDramaWar
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Shanghai Lady · 1929Shanghai Lady
★ 10.01929
MovieDrama
Having spent several wasted months in a Shanghai opium dem, former prostitute Cassie Cook yearns to start her life afresh. Likewise, ex-convict Badlands McKinney also wants to clean up his act.
Strange Innertube · 1932Strange Innertube
★ 4.71932
MovieCrimeComedy
After graduating from Taxi Driver school, Billy, Ben, and Clyde soon find themselves involved with a gang of jewel smugglers.
All Quiet on the Western Front · 1930All Quiet on the Western Front
★ 7.81930
MovieDramaWar
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
Diplomaniacs · 1933Diplomaniacs
★ 7.51933
MovieComedy
Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians of the Oopadoop nation also enter, hearing the usual barbershop banter about foreign debts, they force them to be ambassadors of their nation at the Peace conference in Geneva. Ammunition industry executive Winkelreid is scheming to prevent their mission becoming an success, but the vamp Dolores aboard the ship fails, falling in love with Nilly, and so does Fifi, the toughest person of the world in Paris, falling for Glub. Although Winkelreid is able to steal their secret papers, Nilly and Glub don't give up after being reminded by constant observation of their Indians and enter the Peace conference, which turns out to be a battlefield...
Green Hell · 1940Green Hell
★ 4.51940
MovieAdventureRomance
A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
Madame Behave · 1925Madame Behave
★ 6.01925
MovieComedyRomance
A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing witness important to the case of the plaintiff. He attracts the romantic attention of two old roués and one hot Broadway showgirl.
The Red Ball Express · 1952The Red Ball Express
★ 5.91952
MovieActionDrama
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.
Filmography
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Gone with the Wind · 1939Gone with the Wind
★ 7.91939
MovieDramaWar
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Belle's Girl (uncredited)
Green Hell · 1940Green Hell
★ 4.51940
MovieAdventureRomance
A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
Native Girl (uncredited)
Captain Blood · 1935Captain Blood
★ 7.21935
MovieAdventureHistory
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Girl in Tavern (uncredited)
Tarzan and His Mate · 1934Tarzan and His Mate
★ 6.61934
MovieActionAdventure
Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
Madame Feronde (uncredited)
Now, Voyager · 1942Now, Voyager
★ 7.41942
MovieRomanceDrama
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and from an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
Celestine (uncredited)
The Love Parade · 1929The Love Parade
★ 6.71929
MovieComedyRomance
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
Paulette (uncredited)
The Cat and the Fiddle · 1934The Cat and the Fiddle
★ 7.11934
MovieComedyRomance
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
Maid in House (uncredited)
King of Jazz · 1930King of Jazz
★ 6.31930
MovieMusic
A large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early sound-era “all-star” musical productions.
Automobile Owner's Wife ("Springtime") / Marie ("All Noisy on the Eastern Front") (uncredited)









