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Lilyan Tashman (October 23, 1896 - March 21, 1934) was an American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress. Tashman was best known for her supporting roles as tongue-in-cheek villainesses and the vindictive "other woman."
Lilyan Tashman was an American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress active from the 1910s until her death in 1934, recognized for her sharp-witted supporting roles.
She is best known for portraying cynical, sophisticated characters in pre-Code Hollywood films such as Girls About Town, The Trial of Mary Dugan, and Gold Diggers of Broadway.
She balanced a background in Ziegfeld Follies and vaudeville with a successful transition into silent and early sound cinema, often bringing a fashion-forward, acid-tongued persona to her screen work.