Description: See My other items I Combine Shipping on Multiple Item Orders !! Lillian Bohny (born Bertha Eugenie Bohny;[1] May 14, 1903[2] – December 31, 1997), known professionally as Billie Dove, was an American actress. 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). Dove was also a pilot, poet, and painter
Price: 17.99 USD
Location: North Port, Florida
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Antique: Yes
Image Orientation: Portrait
Signed: No
Size: 5 x 7 in
Image Color: Black & White
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Actors
Modified Item: No
Vintage: Yes
Type: Photograph
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Original/Reprint: Original Print
Theme: Movies
Featured Person/Artist: Billie Dove
Time Period Manufactured: 1920-1932
Finish: Matte
