Lina Basquette Overview:

Actress, Lina Basquette, was born Lena Copeland Baskette on Apr 19, 1907 in San Mateo, CA. Basquette died at the age of 87 on Sep 30, 1994 in Wheeling, WV .

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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Silent Film Star: . (1)

By Dawn Sample on May 5, 2013 From Noir and Chick Flicks

(April 19, 1907 - September 30, 1994) was an actress known for her troubled personal life and nine marriages, as her more than 75 years in entertainment beginning in the silent film era. After the death of her father, her mother married dance director Ernest Belcher and she and ha... Read full article


Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Godless Girl” –

By Art on Apr 19, 2011 From Classic Cinema Gold

Opening Title Card: [first card] “It is not generally known that there are Atheist Societies using the schools of the country as their battle-ground, ?attacking, through the Youth of the Nation, the beliefs that are sacred to most of the people.” Opening Title Card: [second card] “... Read full article


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Basquette attempted suicide in 1930, following the widow's custody battle with her late husband's brothers. In the litigation she lost custody of her daughter, Lita, to the Warner family. Lena did not see her daughter again for more than thirty years. The actress obtained $40,000 from a life insurance policy, a car, and $85 a week from one of Warner's trust funds.

During a standstill in her career in America, she was invited to Germany to appear in films for the Third Reich. She turned down the offer.

9 Marriages in all

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