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Lillian Bohny (born Bertha Eugenie Bohny;[1] May 14, 1903[2] – December 31, 1997), known professionally as Billie Dove, was an American actress.[3][4]

Billie Dove
Dove in 1920
Born
Bertha Eugenie Bohny

(1903-05-14)May 14, 1903
New York City, U.S.
DiedDecember 31, 1997(1997-12-31) (aged 94)
Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
OccupationActress
Years active1921–1932, 1962
Spouses
    Irvin Willat
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    ​
    (m. 1923; div. 1929)​
      Robert Kenaston
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      ​
      (m. 1935; died 1970)​
        John Miller
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        ​
        (m. 1973, divorced)​
        Children2

        Early life and career


        Dove was born Bertha Eugenie Bohny in New York City in 1903 to Charles and Bertha (née Kagl) Bohny,[5] both immigrants from Switzerland. She had a younger brother, Charles Reinhardt Bohny (1906-1963).[6] As a teen, she worked as a model to help support her family and was hired as a teenager by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his Ziegfeld Follies Revue. She legally changed her name to Lillian Bohny in the early 1920s and moved to Hollywood, where she began appearing in silent films. She soon became one of the more popular actresses of the 1920s, appearing in Douglas Fairbanks' smash hit Technicolor film The Black Pirate (1926), as Rodeo West in The Painted Angel (1929), and The American Beauty (1927).

        She married Irvin Willat, the director of her seventh film, in 1923. The two divorced in 1929. Dove had a legion of male fans, one of her more persistent was Howard Hughes. She had a three-year romance with Hughes and was engaged to marry him, but she ended the relationship.

        Hughes cast her as a comedian in his film Cock of the Air (1932). She also appeared in his movie The Age for Love (1931).[7]

        Dove was also a pilot, poet, and painter.[8]


        Early retirement


        Following her last film Blondie of the Follies (1932), Dove retired from the screen to be with her family. She married wealthy oil executive Robert Alan Kenaston in 1935,[9] a marriage that lasted for 35 years until his death in 1970. The couple had a son, Robert Alan Kenaston, Jr., who married actress Claire Kelly and died in 1995 from cancer, and an adopted daughter, Gail who briefly married media mogul Merv Adelson.[10] Billie Dove later had a brief third marriage to architect John Miller, which ended in divorce in the 1970s.


        Last years


        Aside from a cameo in Diamond Head (1963), Dove never returned to the movies. She spent her retirement years in Rancho Mirage, then moved to the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California where she died of pneumonia on New Year's Eve 1997, aged 94.[11]

        She is interred in the Freedom Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Glendale.


        Legacy


        Dove has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6351 Hollywood Blvd. Jazz singer Billie Holiday took her professional pseudonym from Dove as an admirer of the actress.[12]


        Filmography


        Year Title Role Note
        1921Get-Rich-Quick WallingfordDorothy WellsLost film
        At the Stage DoorMary MathewsLost film
        1922Polly of the FolliesAlysia PotterLost film
        Beyond the RainbowMarion Taylor
        Youth to YouthEve AllisonLost film
        One Week of LoveBathing Party GuestUncredited
        1923All the Brothers Were ValiantPriscilla HoltIncomplete
        Madness of YouthNanette BenningLost film
        Soft BoiledThe Girl
        The Lone Star RangerHelen LongstrethLost film
        The Thrill ChaserOlala UssanIncomplete
        1924On TimeHelen HendonLost film
        Try and Get ItRhoda PerrinLost film
        Yankee MadnessDoloresLost film
        Wanderer of the WastelandRuth VireyLost film; filmed in Technicolor
        The RoughneckFelicity ArdenLost film
        The Folly of VanityAlice
        1925The Air MailAlice Rendon
        The Light of Western StarsMadeleine HammondLost film
        Wild Horse MesaSue Melberne
        The Lucky HorseshoeEleanor Hunt
        The Fighting HeartDoris AndersonLost film
        The Ancient HighwayAntoinette St. IvesLost film
        1926The Black PiratePrincess IsobelFilmed in Technicolor
        The Lone Wolf ReturnsMarcia Mayfair
        The Marriage ClauseSylvia JordanIncomplete
        Kid BootsEleanore Belmore
        1927An Affair of the FolliesTamaraLost film
        Sensation SeekersLuena "Egypt" Hagen
        The Tender HourMarcia Kane
        The Stolen BrideSari
        The American BeautyMillicent HowardLost film
        The Love MartAntoinette FrobelleLost film
        1928The Heart of a Follies GirlTeddy O'DayLost film
        Yellow LilyJudith Peredy
        Night WatchYvonne Corlaix
        AdorationElena
        1929CareersHélène Gromaire
        The Man and the MomentJoan Winslow
        Her Private LifeLady Helen Haden
        The Painted AngelMammie HudlerLost film; Vitaphone track survives
        1930The Other TomorrowEdith LarrisonLost film
        A Notorious AffairPatricia Hanley
        Sweethearts and WivesFemme de Chambre
        One Night at Susie'sMary Martin
        1931The Lady Who DaredMargaret Townsend
        The Age for LoveJean HurtLost film
        1932Cock of the AirLili de Rosseau
        Blondie of the FolliesLottie
        1962Diamond HeadHerselfCameo role

        References


        1. "Join Ancestry". Ancestry.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
        2. Other sources including the California registry of births and deaths cite 1900 or 1901 as her year of birth, although the 1910 census supports 1903 as her year of birth, as does her entry in the New York City Birth Registry.
        3. Drew, William M. Billie Dove profile Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, The Lady in the Main Title: On the Twenties and Thirties. Vestal Press, 1997.
        4. Wagner, Bruce. "Moving Pictures", Annals of Hollywood, The New Yorker. July 20, 1998, p. 54.
        5. "Billie Dove - Silent Star of May, 1997". Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
        6. "Archived copy". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
        7. Dietrich, Noah; Thomas, Bob (1972). Howard, The Amazing Mr. Hughes. Greenwich: Fawcett Publications, Inc. p. 89.
        8. Gussow, Mel (January 6, 1998). "Billie Dove, Damsel in Distress In Silent Films, Is Dead at 97". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
        9. "Archived copy". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
        10. Los Angeles Times: "Gail Adelson; Hostess, Home Designer to the Stars" by Myrna Oliver February 22, 1999
        11. "Billie Dove (1903–1997)", Goldensilents.com. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
        12. Kliment, Bud. Billie Holiday. Holloway House Publishing, 1990, p. 29. ISBN 978-0-87067-561-4.


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