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Ada Williams is a Actor American born on 2 june 1913

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Birth name Ada Williams
Nationality USA
Birth 2 june 1913
Death 12 august 1975 (at 62 years)

Ada Williams (June 2, 1913–August 12, 1975) was an American film actress.

She was the daughter of Calvin Williams of Knoxville, Kentucky. In 1927 she won the Miss Florida beauty contest, and became first runner-up in the Miss United States contest. Her film career began with a role was in Joy Street (1929) for the William Fox Film corporation. As she was 16 at the time, her contract needed to be validated by the California court system. She was chaperoned by her mother, A. G. Williams. In 1929, at the age of 18 she was married to William Thomas Ince, a son of a movie producer. She took the name Ada Ince, which appeared in her subsequent film credits. They were divorced in 1934. The following year she was married to Ray Dodge, a long-distance runner who competed in the 1924 summer Olympics. Their daughters were named Diana Ada and Darlene Rae Dodge.

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Glen MacWilliams
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Richard Fryer
Richard Fryer
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Charles Van Enger
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Lee J. Cobb
Lee J. Cobb
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ada Williams (4 films)

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Actress

Stolen Harmony
Stolen Harmony (1935)
, 1h20
Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Crime
Themes Musical films
Actors George Raft, Ben Bernie, Grace Bradley, Iris Adrian, Lloyd Nolan, Goodee Montgomery
Roles Girl in Sextette (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2264853.2264853.2264853.2264853.226485
The Vanishing Shadow
The Vanishing Shadow (1934)

Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Actors Onslow Stevens, Ada Williams, Walter Miller, Richard Cramer, Edmund F. Cobb, Monte Montague
Roles Gloria Barnett
Rating62% 3.140633.140633.140633.140633.14063
Stanley Stanfield is the inventor of the Vanishing Ray, a wearable device which, when active, leaves only the user's shadow still visible. After meeting with a fellow scientist, Carl Van Dorn, a prototype is built. Stanley intends to sell bonds to finance his invention. He inherited them from his late father, an editor for the Tribune newspaper, but the stockbroker he meets is corruptly involved with Wade Barnett, the businessman who hounded Stanley's father to his death. Barnett wants the bonds and will go to any length to acquire them. A conflict ensues between Stanley and Barnett. However, Stanley's new girlfriend, Gloria Grant, is really Gloria Barnett, his enemy's estranged daughter. Neither hero nor villain wants to hurt Gloria and must work around this in their struggle. Many science fiction gadgets, including a robot and The Destroying Ray, also feature.
The River of Romance
The River of Romance (1929)
, 1h18
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Buddy Rogers, Mary Brian, June Collyer, Henry B. Walthall, Wallace Beery, Fred Kohler
Rating53% 2.69322.69322.69322.69322.6932
Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford (Roger) comes back to Magnolia Landing, his Parents' estate. Having been brought up in the north by Quaker relatives, he just hate violence and accordingly refuses a duel. As this is the only way in the south to settle a dispute between gentleman, tom's father is so infuriated by his behavior that tom has no other choice but leave. Away from Magnolia Landing, Tom learns bravery and returns seven years later as "the notorious Colonel Blake" the terror of the Lower Mississippi...