Lillian Walker

{{short description|American actress}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Lillian Walker

| image = Lillian Walker (1887-1975).jpg

| caption = Walker, c. 1915

| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|4|21}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|10|10|1887|4|21}}

| death_place = Trinidad, West Indies

| othername = Dimples

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1909–1934

}}

Lillian Walker (April 21, 1887 – October 10, 1975), born Lillian Wolke, was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 170 films, most of them shorts, between 1909 and 1934.

Biography

Photoplay magazine's trade publication Stars of the Photoplay 1916 stated:

"Lillian Walker is a feminine confection composed of dimples, golden hair and curves. She was born in Brooklyn and as an artist's model by her beauty attracted attention and she got her opportunity on the stage. All her picture appearances have been Vitagraph productions, and she is best known for her work in Cinderella's Slipper [1915] and the "Miss Tomboy" series [1914].{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/starsofphotopla00phot#page/n51|title=Lillian Walker|work=Stars of the Photoplay|access-date=16 August 2018}}

In 1918, she set up her own production company, Lillian Walker Pictures Corporation, to make films in which she starred. At least one transpired, The Embarrassment of Riches (1918), released via the W. W. Hodkinson Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/movwor37chal#page/866/mode/2up|title=Lillian Walker to be Starred in Eight Productions|work=The Moving Picture World, August 10, 1918|access-date=August 16, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/movwor37chal#page/1046/mode/2up|title=Announcing the release of the Lillian Walker series of eight happy pictures thru the W. W. Hodkinson Corp.|work=The Moving Picture World, August 24, 1918|access-date=August 16, 2018}} Walker died in Trinidad in 1975.

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Selected filmography

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