Yola d'Avril grew up in Paris. In 1923 she moved to Canada and became a dancer. She then went to Hollywood and, from 1925, started being cast in small roles, ultimately appearing in more than seventy films.
A Hollywood Theme Song
Madame von Hoppsburg
The Bad One
Gida
Night in New Orleans
Mme. Lamballe
Monte Carlo Nights
Madelon
Sky Devils
Fifi
Just a Gigolo
Pauline
Just Like Heaven
Fifi
The Right of Way
Suzette
I Met Him in Paris
French Wife in Room 617
God's Gift to Women
Dagmar
The Common Law
Fifi
Cock of the Air
Italian girl #2
A Passport to Hell
Rosita (as Yola D'Avril)
Tarzan and His Mate
Madame Feronde (uncredited)
Hot for Paris
Yola Dupre
Svengali
Maid (uncredited)
She Goes to War
Yvette
All Quiet on the Western Front
Suzanne (uncredited)
Those Three French Girls
Diane
The Hurricane
Club Hibiscus Singer (uncredited)
Glamour
Renee
King of Jazz
Automobile Owner's Wife ("Springtime") / Marie ("All Noisy on the Eastern Front") (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
Belle's Girl (uncredited)
The Last Flight
French Party Girl at Cafe
The Valley of the Giants
Felice
Kansas City Princess
French Manicurist (uncredited)
Green Hell
Native Girl (uncredited)
The Red Ball Express
Barmaid (uncredited)
Strange Innertube
Diamond Joe's Moll
I Was an Adventuress
Frenchwoman at Party (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs
French Vamp (uncredited)
Beauty and the Boss
Bathtub Phone Caller Mimi (uncredited)
The Truth About Youth
Babette - Kara's Maid (uncredited)
The Man from Yesterday
Tony's Cocotte
The Lady Has Plans
Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Monsieur Beaucaire
Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Love Parade
Paulette (uncredited)
The Cat and the Fiddle
Maid in House (uncredited)
Little Boy Lost
Madame Le Blanc (uncredited)
Now, Voyager
Celestine (uncredited)
Captain Blood
Girl in Tavern (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
Leona's Maid (uncredited)
Cloak and Dagger
First Nurse
Suicide Fleet
French Girl (uncredited)
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Maid
American Beauty
Telephone Girl
3-Ring Marriage
Minnie
Vamping Venus
Stenographer
Shanghai Lady
Lizzie
Lady Be Good
Assistant
Straight from the Heart
French Girl in Taxi
Women Go on Forever
Pearl
Born Reckless
French Girl
Double Cross Roads
Happy Max's Moll
House of Horror
The Awakening
The Noose
Cabaret Girl
Orchids and Ermine
Telephone Operator
The War Horse
Yvonne
The Midnight Sun
Madame Behave
Madame Sans-GĂȘne
The Dressmaker from Paris
Mannequin
Charley's Aunt