Guusje Nederhorst (1969 - 2004)

Dutch Actress. Guusje played Roos Alberts-de Jager in the Dutch TV series “GTST” and Angela Bolhuys in “Onderweg,” she also appeared as herself in the movie “All Stars” which dealt with an amateur soccer team. Gussje was a popular sex-symbol among fans, and was voted as one of the sexiest women in many dutch magazines. […]

Dorothea Neff (1903 - 1986)

Actress. Born in Munich Germany, her early performances were on the German stage as a young heroine and lover, later became a character actress. Performed with the Deutschen Volkstheater (German National Theater) in Vienna (made honorary member in 1978), and from 1973 to 1976 performed at the Burgtheater (among other roles, as Elizabeth in “Maria […]

Lola Lane (1909 - 1981)

Actress. Born Dorothy Mullican in Macy, Indiana, she began her career in a musical act with her sisters actresses Priscilla and Rosemary Lane in 1920s. Together they started performing on Broadway when they were signed to Warner Bros. Studios in 1937 and as sisters they appeared “Four Wives” (1939). On her own, she appeared in […]

Helen Mann (1915 - 1947)

American stage and motion picture actress and dancer of the 1920s and 30s. Appeared with Loretta Young in the 1933 drama “Employee’s Entrance.”

Myra Keaton (1877 - 1955)

Actress. Born Myra Cutler in Modale, Iowa, she was part of her father’s traveling act The Cutler Comedy Medicine Show, when she met and married Joseph Keaton in May 1884. She began performing with her husband in various shows and after her son actor Buster Keaton was born they toured and appeared on Vaudeville as […]

Anna Keaveney (1949 - 2004)

Actress. A native of Runcorn, Cheshire, England, she is best remembered for her role as ‘Marie Jackson’ on the television soap opera series, “Brookside” from 1983 to 1995. Among her other television appearances were on, “Within These Walls,” “Enemy At The Door,” “Chiller,” “Emmerdale Farm,” “Birds Of A Feather,” “Heartbeat,” “Mersey Beat,” “Footballers’ Wives,” “Divided […]

Isabel Jewell (1907 - 1972)

Actress. She achieved immediate success and glowing critical reviews on Broadway before making her film debut in “Blessed Event” (1932). A veteran of over 100 movies, her credits included “Times Square Lady” (1935), “A Tale of Two Cities” (1935), “Gone with the Wind” (1939), “High Sierra” (1941), “Born to Kill” (1947), “Drum Beat” (1954), “Bernadine” […]

Sarah Jewett (1847 - 1899)

Actress. She debuted her theatrical career on September 3, 1872 at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City, New York, and achieved many notable roles, appearing on stage in the plays “Diamonds”, “The Merry Wives”, “Merry Wives of Windsor”, “Everybody’s Friend”, “Married Life”, “Divorce”, “Old Heads and Young Hearts”, “False Shame”, “Love’s Labor’s Lost”, […]

Jane Hamilton (1915 - 2004)

Actress. Jane Hamilton started her career as a Goldwyn girl. She also worked as a model at Saks fifth avenue in Beverly Hills. She married millionaire William I. Hollingsworth in 1939. During the war, she worked for the Red Cross. In 1949 she married her second husband, Edward G. Wormhoudt. Jane appeared in several movies […]

Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990)

Actress. Born in a small town in north Carolina, after traveling to Virginia with her family for part of her childhood, she returned to the area to enjoy her teen years. After seeing a photo taken by her brother-in-law, who was a professional photographer, her looks caught the attention of MGM scouts and she was […]

Beverly Garland (1926 - 2008)

Actress. She appeared in around 40 movies and on numerous television shows in a career spanning over 40 years. Born Beverly Lucy Fessenden, she was raised in Glendale, and later in Phoenix. She started acting in high school…her professional debut came in 1950 with the film “DOA”, and one episode of the series “The Lone […]

Patti Jerome (1925 - 2000)

American screen and television actress of the 1970s and 80s.

Adele Jergens (1917 - 2002)

American motion picture actress. Jergens went to Hollywood from her native Brooklyn, New York, where she became a model and did some work as a chorus girl before entering “B” movies in the early 1940s. She played opposite the likes of Red Skelton and Abbott & Costello in many of those films. In 1949 she […]

Tess Gardella (1894 - 1950)

Actress. She was an Italian-American born actress whom colored her face to play the character of Aunt Jemima in the original 1927, Broadway production of “Show Boat”. In the 1930s, she held the lead role on the “Aunt Jemima” radio program and in the two-reel film “A Swing Opera” (1938). Though her marker has the […]

Florence Halop (1923 - 1986)

Actress. She began her career appearing on radio series of the 1940s, which transitioned to television in the early 1950s. Halop guest starred on various television series to include “Meet Millie”, “I Love Lucy”, “I Spy”, “That Girl”, “Barney Miller”, “Soap” and “Different Strokes”. She is most fondly remembered for the roles of ‘Bailiff Florence […]

Sara Garcia (1895 - 1980)

Actress. She was born in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. She become one of the most beloved actresses in Mexican cinema, and was best known as the Granny. She developed a prolific career on stage, cinema and television, appearing in over 200 films. Among others, she played in “Alma de Sacrificio” (1917), “Yo Soy tu Padre” (1927), […]

Florence Eldridge (1901 - 1988)

A popular Broadway ingenue from age 17 onward, her credits included the original productions of “Six Cylinder Love” and “The Cat and the Canary.” She blossomed into a superb actress in the 1930s, winning several awards, including the New York Drama Critics prize for her performance in the 1956 Pulitzer Prize winner “Long Day’s Journey […]

Michele Fawdon (1947 - 2011)

Actress. She shall be remembered for her long career on Australian television. Raised in the London suburbs she had stage ambitions from an early age and at 12 entered the Bush Davies Theatrical School in Sussex. Moving to Australia she made her silver screen bow in 1971’s “Stockade” and received her first major notice as […]

Frances Faye (1911 - 1991)

Singer, Songwriter, Actress. Born Francis Cohen in Brooklyn, New York, she was a second cousin of actor Danny Kaye whom began her career as a cabaret show tune singer and pianist. In the 1930s to 1960s, she recorded dozens of albums to include “Frances Faye”, “Frances Faye Sings Folk Songs”, “Frances Faye Sings the Blues” […]

Caryll Ann Ekelund (1935 - 1939)

Actress. She appeared with Shirley Temple in the film, “The Blue Bird” (1940), in the role of a little girl. Her name was later cut from the credits for no apparent reason. Her dress caught fire from a jack-o-lantern on Halloween night, October 31, 1939. She died from the injuries on november 3, 1939. At […]

Judy Canova (1913 - 1983)

Judy Canova Actress, Singer. For three decades Judy Canova was a unique persona in the movies and music, a musical comedienne, a yodeling country bumpkin with costumes to match. However, unknown to many she was a recording artist who made hundreds of recordings from the early ’30’s and continued into the end of the ’50’s. She […]

Ruby Dandridge (1900 - 1987)

Actress, American stage and screen figure of the 1930s through the 1950s. Mother of actress Dorothy Dandridge. Their ashes are together within the same niche.

Martha Bamattre (1891 - 1970)

Actress. Born in Switzerland, she was most noted for her roles as the French peasant woman in “Battleground” (1949) and as Mathilde Mattieu in “An American in Paris” (1951). Her other credits included “Bolero” (1934), “Champagne Waltz” (1937), “Reunion in France” (1942), “Thunderbirds” (1952) and “To Catch a Thief” (1955).

Andra Akers (1943 - 2002)

Actress. A blonde character actor, she usually portrayed brassy sidekicks or tough businesswomen. She appeared in the films “Murder a la Mod” (1968), “The Wedding Party” (1969), “Moment by Moment” (1978), “E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind” (1984), “Desert Hearts” (1985), “Just Between Friends” (1986), “Odd Jobs” (1986), and “nothing in Common” (1986), […]

Skip Young (1930 - 1993)

Actor. Born Ronald Plumstead, he is best remembered for the role of Wally, a buddy of the Nelson boys on the ABC television series “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”, from 1957 to 1966. After serving in the US Navy during the Korean War, he was a radio personality before being recruited to join the […]

Morgan Wallace (1881 - 1953)

American film actor who had a long career spanning from 1919 to 1946. Husband of actress Louise Chapman Wallace.

Eddy Waller (1889 - 1977)

Actor. Born Edward C. Walker, he worked in vaudeville and the theater before he entered movies appearing in “Meet the Missus” (1929). A wide ranging performer, he was a mainstay in the westerns of Republic Pictures and worked with just about every cowboy actor of the 1940s. His many credits include “Jesse James” (1939), “The […]

James Van Horn (1917 - 1966)

American motion picture actor of the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. Appeared with Barbara Stanwyck in the 1955 adventure film “Escape to Burma.”

Jacques Tati (1907 - 1982)

French actor and director. He was best known for the films, Mr Hulot, Mr Hulot’s Holiday, and Mon Oncle which won an Oscar in 1958. He was often compared to the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

Arthur Tauchert (1877 - 1933)

Australian Actor. He was a silent screen star in australian cinema. He began his career in vaudeville, and he is best remembered for his film “The Sentimental Bloke” (1919). He also appeared in “Ginger Mick” (1920), “The Digger Earl” (1924), “Joe” (1924), “For the Term of His Natural Life” (1927), “The Adorable Outcast” (1928) and […]