Highest rated movie: The Godless Girl (1928)
Lowest rated movie: The Buccaneer (1938)
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Movies starring Lina Basquette have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 60%.
The Godless Girl - released in 1928 - is Lina Basquette's highest rated movie, with a score of 69% based on 10 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Lina Basquette is The Buccaneer - released in 1938 - with a score of 53% based on 1 reviews.
Lina Basquette (born Lena Copeland Baskette), was an American actress. She is noted for her 75-year career in entertainment, which began during the silent film era. Talented as a dancer, she was paid as a girl for performing and gained her first film contract at age nine. In her acting career, Basquette may have been best known for her role as Judith in The Godless Girl. The film was based on the life of Queen Silver, known as a 20th-century child prodigy, and feminist and socialist activist.
Basquette also was noted for her several marriages, including her first, to the much older noted producer, Sam Warner, founder of Warner Bros. film studio. She had several marriages and a tumultuous personal life. When her film career declined, she returned for a period to dancing and stage performances. After she retired from the entertainment world, in 1947 Basquette moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she became a noted breeder of Great Danes; her dogs won numerous professional show prizes. She wrote several books on dog breeding as well. Later living in West Virginia, she also served as a judge for the American Kennel Club, and wrote a column.
Lina Basquette has acted in films with Robert Barrat, Gilbert Emery, Loretta Young and Paul Fix.
Lina Basquette has worked with these film directors: Cecil B. DeMille, John Ford and Henry Hathaway.
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