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Viola Dana
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Actor Born: June 28, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY Death: July 3, 1987 in Woodland Hills, CA Biography:Together with her sister Shirley Mason, actress Viola Dana began her Broadway career in 1913, under her family name of Flugrath. Viola played the lead in the original production of "Poor Little Rich Girl", which led to her being cast in two films. A star at the Edison studios in the teens, Viola married Edison's finest director, John H. Collins, and the two collaborated on such above-average efforts as "Children of Eve" (1915) (a surprisingly graphic re-enactment of the notorious 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire), "The Cossack Whip" (1916) and "Blue Jeans" (1917). Collins died during the influenza epidemic of 1918; less than two years later, Viola suffered another personal tragedy when her then-beau, stunt pilot Omar Locklear, fell to his death while making a film. During the 1920s, Viola was a highly-paid star with the Metro company. Her star faded around 1928; reduced to working for parsimonious... Full Biography
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