Lilian Bond (18 January 1908 – 25 January 1991) was a British film actress of the late 1920s to the 1940s, with most of her films being B-films. Bond was born in London and made her first public appearance at the age of fourteen when she was in the pantomime, Dick Whittington. Later she joined the chorus of Piccadilly Revels and continued on the stage when she went to America. She began her film career in the 1929 film No More Children. Between 1929 and 1931 she starred in nine films, most notably the 1931 western Rider of the Plains opposite Tom Tyler. In 1932 she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star, alongside future Hollywood legends Gloria Stuart and Ginger Rogers. From 1932 to 1953, she would have roles in 39 films, some of which were uncredited, with others having her in the lead heroine role. Bond played Gladys DuCane in The Old Dark House, a chorus girl who falls in love with Roger Penderel (played by Melvyn Douglas). Possibly her best-known film role was in the 1940 film The Westerner, in which she played legendary stage actress Lillie Langtry, and which starred Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan and Doris Davenport. By the 1950s her career had declined, with her having mostly television series appearances. She retired from acting at the age of 50 in 1958. She was married three times, her first marriage being at the height of her career, to Sidney Smith. She married Smith in 1935, and the two divorced in 1944. Lilian went on to marry Michael Fessier, a successful writer and producer in 1961. The two remained married until his death in 1988. She died in 1991, aged 83, from a heart attack, in the care home in which she lived in Reseda, California, USA.
Series | The Californians | Unknown | 1957-09-24 |
Movie | Pirates of Tripoli | Sono | 1955-02-10 |
Movie | The Maze | Margaret Dilling | 1953-07-02 |
Movie | Shadow on the Wall | Attendant (uncredited) | 1950-05-19 |
Movie | That Forsyte Woman | Old Jolyon's Maid | 1949-11-03 |
Movie | Fighter Squadron | English Lady (uncredited) | 1948-11-27 |
Movie | The Jolson Story | Woman (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
Movie | Nocturne | Mrs. Billings (scenes deleted) | 1946-10-29 |
Movie | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Kate | 1945-03-03 |
Movie | A Tragedy at Midnight | Lola | 1942-02-02 |
Movie | A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | Adele Belden | 1942-05-07 |
Movie | Scotland Yard | Lady Constance | 1941-04-03 |
Movie | The Westerner | Lily Langtry | 1940-09-18 |
Movie | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Gladys Fontaine | 1939-10-26 |
Movie | The Women | Mrs. Erskine (uncredited) | 1939-09-01 |
Movie | Sued for Libel | Muriel Webster | 1939-10-27 |
Movie | Blond Cheat | Roberta Trent | 1938-06-17 |
Movie | China Seas | Mrs. Timmons | 1935-08-09 |
Movie | The Bishop Misbehaves | Mrs. Millie Waller | 1935-09-13 |
Movie | Affairs of a Gentleman | Carlotta Barbe | 1934-05-01 |
Movie | Hell Bent for Love | Millicent 'Millie' Garland | 1934-05-19 |
Movie | Dirty Work | Evie Wynne | 1934-12-07 |
Movie | Hot Pepper | Hortense | 1933-01-15 |
Movie | Double Harness | Monica Page | 1933-07-21 |
Movie | Pick-up | Muriel Stevens (as Lillian Bond) | 1933-03-24 |
Movie | The Big Brain | Dorothy Norton | 1933-08-04 |
Movie | Her Splendid Folly | Jill McAllister / Laura Gerard | 1933-10-07 |
Movie | Take a Chance | Thelma Green | 1933-11-25 |
Movie | Fireman, Save My Child | June Farnum | 1932-02-20 |
Movie | Under Eighteen | Penthouse Party Guest | 1932-01-02 |
Movie | Beauty and the Boss | Girl at Bar (uncredited) | 1932-04-09 |
Movie | Union Depot | Actress on Train (uncredited) | 1932-01-14 |
Movie | Man About Town | Carlotta Cortez | 1932-05-22 |
Movie | The Trial of Vivienne Ware | Dolores Divine | 1932-05-01 |
Movie | Air Mail | Irene Wilkins | 1932-11-03 |
Movie | Hot Saturday | Eva Randolph | 1932-10-28 |
Movie | The Old Dark House | Gladys | 1932-10-20 |
Movie | Stepping Out | Cleo Del Rio | 1931-04-11 |
Movie | Just a Gigolo | Agatha Carrol | 1931-06-06 |
Movie | Manhattan Parade | Sewing Girl | 1931-12-24 |
Movie | The Squaw Man | Babs | 1931-07-21 |
Movie | The Great Lover | Mrs. Loring (uncredited) | 1931-07-18 |
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