Etta Lee

Biography

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Etta Lee (born Etta Lee Frost, 1906 – 1956) was an American silent film actress. Lee was born on September 12, 1906, in Kauai, Hawaii. She was of Chinese and French descent; her father was a Chinese medical doctor and her mother was of French ancestry. She grew up in California and went on to get her degree in education at Occidental College in Los Angeles. Lee moved back to Hawaii to be a teacher, before returning to Los Angeles to begin her career as an actress.

Known For

The Trouble With Wives

Recompense

The Toll of the Sea

The Untameable

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

Filmography

1935 Let's Live Tonight

as Manicurist

1935 The Mysterious Mr. Wong

as Lusan

1935 Clive of India

as Slave Girl

1927 The Chinese Parrot

as Girl in Gambling Den

1927 Camille

as Mataloti

1925 The Trouble With Wives

as Maid

1925 Recompense

as Dancing Girl

1925 The Dressmaker from Paris

as Mannequin

1924 The Thief of Bagdad

as Slave of the Sand Board (uncredited)

1923 The Untameable

as Ah Moy

1923 The Toll of the Sea

as Gossip