Lilyan Tashman

Biography

Lilyan Tashman (October 23, 1896 - March 21, 1934) was an American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress. Tashman was best known for her supporting roles as tongue-in-cheek villainesses and the vindictive "other woman."

Known For

Acting

1925

A Broadway Butterfly

as

Thelma Perry

1931

Murder by the Clock

as

Laura Endicott

1927

French Dressing

as

Peggy Nash

1927

Don't Tell the Wife

as

Suzanna

1930

On the Level

as

Lynn Crawford

1924

The Garden of Weeds

as

Hazel

1929

Bulldog Drummond

as

Irma

1924

Winner Take All

as

Felicity Brown

1933

Wine, Women and Song

as

Frankie Arnette

1921

Experience

as

Pleasure

1924

Is Love Everything?

as

Edythe Stanley

1925

Ports of Call

as

Lillie

1925

Déclassé

as

Mrs. Leslie

1925

Seven Days

as

Bella Wilson

1926

The Skyrocket

as

Ruby Wright

1926

Rocking Moon

as

Sasha Larianoff

1926

Whispering Smith

as

Marion Sinclair

1926

Siberia

as

Beautiful Blonde

1926

Love's Blindness

as

Alice, Duchess of Lincolnwood

1927

Evening Clothes

as

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1927

The Woman Who Did Not Care

as

Iris Carroll

1927

A Texas Steer

as

Dixie Style

1928

Phyllis of the Follies

as

Mrs. Decker

1928

Lady Raffles

as

Lillian

1929

Hardboiled

as

Minnie

1929

Gold Diggers of Broadway

as

Eleanor Montgomery

1927

Camille

as

Olympe

1931

Girls About Town

as

Marie Bailey

1929

The Trial of Mary Dugan

as

Dagmar Lorne

1932

Those We Love

as

Valerie

1931

Millie

as

Helen Riley

1929

The Marriage Playground

as

Joyce Wheater

1929

New York Nights

as

Peggy

1932

Scarlet Dawn

as

Vera Zimina

1925

Pretty Ladies

as

Selma Larson

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as

Self (archive footage)

1931

Finn and Hattie

as

Bessie Chalmers (aka The 'Princess')

1930

The Matrimonial Bed

as

Sylvaine

1933

Too Much Harmony

as

Lucille Watkins

1926

For Alimony Only

as

Narcissa Williams

1928

Craig's Wife

as

Mrs. Passmore

1930

One Heavenly Night

as

Fritzi Vajos

1922

Head Over Heels

as

Edith Penfield

1928

Manhattan Cocktail

as

Mrs. Renov

1934

Riptide

as

Sylvia Wilson

1924

Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model

as

Nita

1933

Mama Loves Papa

as

Mrs. McIntosh

1926

So This Is Paris

as

Mme. Georgette Lalle, A Dancer

1931

The Mad Parade

as

Lil Wheeler

1924

Manhandled

as

Pinkie Doran

1931

The Road to Reno

as

Jackie Millet

1931

Up Pops the Devil

as

Polly Griscom

1930

No, No, Nanette

as

Lucille Early

1936

Frankie and Johnnie

as

Nellie Bly

1930

The Cat Creeps

as

Cicily

1930

Puttin' on the Ritz

as

Goldie Devere

1932

The Wiser Sex

as

Claire Foster

1924

The Dark Swan

as

Sybil Johnson

1930

Leathernecking

as

Edna

1925

The Girl Who Wouldn't Work

as

Greta Verlaine

1925

Bright Lights

as

Gwen Gould

1927

The Stolen Bride

as

Ilona Taznadi

1927

The Prince of Headwaiters

as

Mae Morin

1925

The Parasite

as

Laura Randall

1931

The House That Shadows Built

as

(archive footage)

1985

That's Dancing!

as

From 'So This is Paris' (archive footage)

1929

The Lone Wolf's Daughter

as

Velma

1925

I'll Show You the Town

as

Fan Green

1928

Happiness Ahead

as

Kay Sears

1928

Take Me Home

as

Derelys Devore

Production

Crew

Directing