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ライラ・リー嬢はニューヨーク市で生れ、家庭教師の教育を受けた。幼くしてヴォードヴィルで活動を開始、指導はガス・エドワーズ氏によるもので、嬢の「発見」は同氏の功績が大なりと言わねばならない。氏の手による名曲『ジミー・ヴァレンタイン』の初披露時に歌っていたのがリー嬢で、また同氏の手掛けた「少女歌劇物」にも数多く出演。舞台の愛好家たちは愛情をこめて「抱っこちゃん（Cuddles）」と呼んでいる。映画界での第一歩はフェイマス・プレイヤー社の『見せかけの船路』で以後『可愛い海賊』『男性と女性』『狼の娘』『米国市民ホーソン君の冒険』と出演を重ねていく。身長は五尺三寸、體重は十三貫三百匁、黒目黒髪。

『銀幕名鑑』(ロス出版社、1920年)

Lila Lee was born in New York City and was educated by private tutors. She started her stage career in vaudeville at an early age, under the guidance of Gus Edwards, to whom must be given the credit for “discovering” her. She was the original “Look Out for Jimmy Valentine” girl introducing that song for Mr. Edwards, and has appeared in many of his “kid” revues. She is fondly known to all theatre-goers as “Cuddles.” She started her screen career with Famous Players, making her first appearance in “The Cruise of the Make-Believe”, followed by “Such a Little Pirate,” “Male and Female,” “A Doughter of Wolf,” and “Hawthornes of the U.S.A.” She is five feet three inches tall, weighs a hundred and ten pounds, and has black hair and black eyes.

“Who’s Who On The Screen” (New York: Ross Publishing Co., 1920.)