Viola Dana . Viola died on July 3, 1987, at age 90.
Sister of actresses Shirley Mason and Edna Flugrath.
Had a romantic relationship (1919-1920) with daredevil Hollywood pilot Ormer Locklear , who was married at the time. Locklear perished during a plane stunt that went wrong on August 2, 1920. She was present a the time of the incident.
Her first husband, director John H. Collins died during the influenza epidemic of 1918.
Screenland Magazine reported in January, 1922, that Dana and Bebe Daniels were more popular in Japan than Mary Pickford and Mary Miles Minter.
