Viora Daniel

{{Short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Viora Daniel | image = File:Film actress Viora Daniel (SAYRE 22820).jpg | image_size = | caption = Publicity still for the 1920 film ''Life of the Party'' | birth_date = January 24, 1902 | birth_place = Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U. S. | death_date = May 9, 1980 | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U. S. | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1920–1927 (film) }} '''Viora Daniel''' (1902–1980) was an American film actress of the silent era.<ref>Foster p.33</ref> She appeared in around twenty films, including several shorts, in a mixture of lead and supporting roles.

==Early years== Daniel was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and moved with her parents to Portland, Oregon, when she was five years old. After attending a private school for girls, she attended Oregon Agricultural College, but she left there to seek a career in acting.<ref name="odj">{{cite news |title=Movie Star Was Local Kiddie; Viora Daniel Educated Here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregon-daily-journal-viora-daniel/145570387/ |access-date=April 18, 2024 |work=The Oregon Daily Journal |date=July 24, 1921 |location=Oregon, Portland |page=42|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>

== Career == Daniel worked for Lasky Studios and Al Christie.<ref name="odj" />

==Selected filmography== * ''The Fourteenth Man'' (1920) * ''Young Mrs. Winthrop'' (1920) * ''The Sins of St. Anthony'' (1920) * ''Life of the Party'' (1920) * ''Thou Art the Man'' (1920) * ''Be My Wife'' (1921) * ''The Easy Road'' (1921) * ''Saturday Night'' (1922) * ''The Cowboy and the Lady'' (1922) * ''Old Shoes'' (1925) * ''Bulldog Pluck'' (1927) * ''One Chance in a Million'' (1927) * ''Quarantined Rivals'' (1927)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Foster, Charles. ''Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood''. Dundurn, 2000. * Massa, Steve. ''Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy''. BearManor Media, 2017.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0199748}}

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