BornLilianeMarie-MadeleineCarréinBlaye,France,shewaseducatedinconventsandballetschoolsinseveralEuropeancountries,includingFrance,SpainandPortugal.At14,shewasenrolledasadancerattheOperadeParis. Bytheageof16,shewasperforminginpopularmusichalls,eventuallyappearingintheRevueattheCasinodeParis.[1]Shealsoworkedasaphotographicmodel.Offeredaroleinfilmasaprizeforwinning...(展开全部) BornLilianeMarie-MadeleineCarréinBlaye,France,shewaseducatedinconventsandballetschoolsinseveralEuropeancountries,includingFrance,SpainandPortugal.At14,shewasenrolledasadancerattheOperadeParis. Bytheageof16,shewasperforminginpopularmusichalls,eventuallyappearingintheRevueattheCasinodeParis.[1]Shealsoworkedasaphotographicmodel.Offeredaroleinfilmasaprizeforwinningamagazinebeautycompetitionin1921,sheappearedinseveralsilentfilmsbeforebeingofferedherfirstleadingroleinDasSpielzeugvonParis(1925)byHungarian-borndirectorMichaelCurtiz,whomshemarriedin1925(theydivorcedayearlater).Shewasaninstantsuccess,andCurtizdirectedherintwomorefilms:FiakerNr13(1926)andDerGoldeneSchmetterling(1926).DamitacontinuedappearinginGermanproductionsdirectedbyRobertWiene(DieGrosseAbenteuerin;1927),G.W.Pabst(ManSpieltnichtmitderLiebe;1926),andBritishdirectorGrahamCutts(TheQueenWasintheParlour;1927). In1928,attheinvitationofSamuelGoldwynshewenttoHollywood,makingherAmericandebutinafilmtitledTheRescue.Leasedouttovariousstudios,sheappearedwithstarssuchasGaryCooper,MauriceChevalier,LaurenceOlivier,CaryGrant,andJamesCagney.HerfilmsincludedtheboxofficesuccessesTheCock-EyedWorld(1929),[2]thesemi-silentTheBridgeofSanLuisRey(1929),andThisIstheNight(1932). LiliDamitadiedofAlzheimer'sdiseaseinPalmBeach,Florida,aged89,andwasinterredintheOaklandCemeteryinFortDodge,Iowa,herthirdhusband'shometown.