11 Facts About Viola Dana

Viola Dana appeared in over 100 films, but was unable to make the transition to sound films.

Viola Dana's sisters were known as Edna Flugrath and Shirley Mason.

Viola Dana read Shakespeare and particularly identified with the teenage Juliet.

Viola Dana enjoyed a long run at the Hudson Theater in Manhattan.

Viola Dana became a star with the Edison Manufacturing Company, working at their studio in the Bronx.

Viola Dana fell in love with Edison director John Hancock Collins, and they married in 1915.

Viola Dana left before Collins, who was finishing work at the studio; however, Collins contracted influenza and died in a New York hotel room on October 23,1918.

Viola Dana remained in California acting for Metro throughout the 1920s, but her popularity gradually waned.

Viola Dana briefly came out of retirement to appear in her first and only television role in a small part on Lux Video Theatre in 1956.

Viola Dana witnessed the 1920 crash and did not fly again for 25 years.

Viola Dana was married to Yale football star and actor Maurice "Lefty" Flynn in June 1925.