Lyle Barton (1889 - 1971)

Actress. Appeared in motion pictures from the 1920s to the 1940s. Also known as Lyle Tayo, she appeared in several “Our Gang” comedies in the early 1930s, usually playing a mother or aunt to one of the kids. She worked with comedy legends Laurel and Hardy in some of their films, as well. Her grave […]

Lyle Talbot (1902 - 1996)

Actor. Born Lisle Henderson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he had his film debut in 1932 in “Three on a Match.” Later he worked extensively in both television and film from the 1930s through the 1980s. Also he guest starred on such TV series as: “The Lone Ranger.” “The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin,” “Perry Mason,” “The […]

Lynn Baggett (1924 - 1960)

Actress. Stage and screen figure and writer. Married to movie producer Sam Spiegel. 

Lynn Bari (1913 - 1989)

Actress. She is remembered for her portray of sultry, statuesque man-killers in over 100 20th Century Fox films from the early 1930s through the 1940s. During World War II, she was a favorite American soldier’s pin-up girl with names like “The Woo Woo Girl” and “The Girl with the Million Dollar Figure.” Her film and […]

Mabel Karr (1934 - 2001)

Actress. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she spent most of her career in Spain. Karr appeared in films such as “Las Chicas de la Cruz Roja” (1958), “El Día de los Enamorados” (1959), “Il Colosso di Rodi” (1961), “La Hora Incógnita” (1963), “Los Palomos” (1964), “Abuelo Made in Spain” (1969), “La Duda” (1972) and “La […]

Mabel Albertson (1901 - 1982)

Albertson was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the daughter of Russian-born Jewish immigrants Flora Craft and Leopold Albertson. Her brother was actor Jack Albertson. Albertson’s mother, a stock actress, supported the family by working in a shoe factory. Albertson was best known as Phyllis Stephens, Darrin’s neurotic, interfering mother on the television sitcom Bewitched, who invariably […]

Mabel Ballin (1887 - 1958)

Actress. She started acting during World War I. Ballin played several roles and she was very popular at the time. Best remembered as ‘Jane Withersteenin’ in “Riders of the Purple Sage” (1925) with Tom Mix.

Mabel Bennett (1883 - 1940)

Actress. Mother of Constance, Barbara and Joan Bennett. Stage actress and daughter of Rose Wood and stage actor Lewis Morrison. In films from 1914 to 1917. Married to Richard Bennett from 1903 to 1925. Married Eric Pinker in 1927. 

Madeleine Barbulee (1910 - 2001)

Actress. She was born in Nancy, France. In her long career that spanned more than fifty years, she appeared in over 125 films. She began her career on stage, become a leading lady in Comédie des Enfants in the 1940s. On cinema, she is best remembered in “Rome-Express” (1949), “The Diary of Major Thompson” (1955), […]

Madeline Kahn (1942 - 1999)

Actress. A versatile talent of both comedic and vocal skills, she will be perhaps best remembered for her roles in the Mel Brooks pictures “Blazing Saddles” (1974) and “Young Frankenstein” (1974). Born Madeline Wolfson, her parents separated while she was young and in order to support her family Madeline’s mother worked as a model, nightclub […]

Mady Rahl (1915 - 2009)

Actress. In a career stretching over 70 years she appeared in around 120 German movies but was for a time tainted by her association with the Nazi High Command. Born Edith Radschke, she was raised in Berlin and appears to have been drawn to the stage as a child. She studied acting at the Ilka-Gruning […]

Mae Busch (1891 - 1946)

Actress. Born Annie May Busch, she was the daughter of an opera singer mother and a symphony conductor father. Bush made her film debut in the short, “The Agitator” (1912) with J. Warren. In her early film career she was considered extraordinarily attractive and she was a favorite of several classic directors in the early […]

Mae Questel (1908 - 1998)

Actress. She began her career as a performer in Vaudeville comedy as an impressionist and singer. From 1931 to 1939, she provided the voice over for cartoon characters in more than 150 animated films such as “Felix the Cat”, “Minnie Mouse”, “Betty Boop”, “Olive Oyl” and “Sweet Pea”. During the 1930s she released a recording […]

Mai Zetterling (1925 - 1994)

Actress. Born in Sweden, she moved to London, England to pursue her career in film career. After an impoverished childhood and training at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School, Stockholm, Sweden. She starred in films like Frenzy in 1944 and came to England to play Frieda in 1947. Her film credits include, “Portrait from Life” in […]

Malcolm Keen (1887 - 1970)

British Actor. He was born in Bristol, England. Film and television credits include “Two and Two Make Six,” “Life for Ruth,” “Francis of Assisi,” “Amelia,” “Macbeth,” “Fortune Is a Woman,” “Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue,” “Lorna Doone,” “The Mating Season,” “Mama,” “Sixty Glorious Years,” “Androcles and the Lion,” “The Lonely Road,” “The Night of the […]

Manolita Saval (1914 - 2001)

Actress. She was born, of Spanish parents, in Paris, France. She studied piano in the conservatory of Valencia. She began her career as singer in the zarzuela “Marina.” But she was claimed for mexican opera singer José Mojica as his partner in the film “El Capitán Aventurero” (1938). Then, she stablished in Mexico, where developed […]

Manuel Paris (1894 - 1959)

Actor. Motion picture actor of the 1910s through 1950s. he died of congestive heart failure in 1959.

Marcel Dalio (1899 - 1983)

Actor. Born Israel Moshe Blauschild, he began his career in cinema in 1932. He is best remembered for his role as Emil, the croupier in classic film “Casablanca” (1942). He also appeared in “Pepé le Moko” (1937), “La Grande Illusion” (1937), “Le Regle du Jeu” (1939), “The Shanghai Gesture” (1942), “To Have and Have not” […]

Marco Zucker (1921 - 2003)

Famed Actor. He had a long and successful career that lasted 76 years on stage, cinema (60 movies) and television.

Marda Vanne (1896 - 1970)

Actress. Born Margaretha van Hulsteyn in Johannesburg, South Africa, she moved to England in 1918, where she began her career performing at the Fortune Theatre London. For the next 20 years she was primarily a stage performer. She entered feature films appearing in “Strange Boarders” (1938). Her other film credits included “The Great Adventure” (1939), […]

Margaret Anglin-Hull (1876 - 1958)

Stage Actress. At the peak of her career, she was one of the leading stage actresses in the world. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, her father was T.W. Anglin, speaker of the House of Commons for Canada. His career and her upper-class upbringing had her moving frequently as a child, attending schools in Montreal, Moncton, and […]

Margaret Irving (1898 - 1988)

Actress. She started in silent screen motion pictures in 1923. Her last movie was the 1955 film “The People’s Choice.” 

Margaret Tallichet (1914 - 1991)

Motion Picture Actress. Best known for her role in the influencial 1940 film-noir “Stranger on the Third Floor.” Other film appearances include “A Star is Born” (1937), “A Desperate Adventure” (1938), “Girl’s School” (1938), “The Devil Pays Off” (1941), and “It Started With Eve” (1941). She was a contender for the coveted role of ‘Scarlett […]

Margarita Xirgu (1888 - 1969)

Noted Spanish-born stage actress. She was a friend of the poet Federico García Lorca and was forced to exile during Franco’s dictatorship. She developed her career in Spain and America. She is remembered on stage in plays such as “Como tù me Deseas,” “Mariana Pineda,” and “La Casa de Bernarda Alba.” Originally buried at Cementerio […]

Margeurite Bertrandias (1891 - 1968)

Actress. Appearing in more than 60 Westerns melodramas, she was ‘Margaret Fowler’ in “A Daughter of the City,” (1915) ‘Mary Lawton’ in “The Man of Bronze,” (1918) ‘Eileen Arden’ in “Forbidden Lover” (1923) and ‘Julia’ in “The Palm Beach Girl”(1926). She died for injuries from road accident.

Mari Blanchard (1927 - 1970)

Actress. A beautiful blue-eyed brunet (later a blonde), she is remembered for her B movie roles as alluring harem girls and saloon dancers in American films of the 1950s and early 1960s. The daughter of an oil executive and a psychotherapist, she suffered from severe polio from the age of nine, which denied her a […]

Maria Gallo (1922 - 2004)

Actress. She acted for the first time in a play (1943) being only a teenager. That performance won the Critic´s Award as the best young actress. Among her most remarkable works on stage are “Fascinación,” “Todos los Hijos de Dios Tienen Alas,” “El Mercader de Venecia” and “Prontuario.” In 1950 she traveled to Italy where […]

Marian Uhlman (1922 - 2003)

Actress. Known as “The Polka Dot Girl” of World War II pinups, using the name of Chili Williams, later appearing as a Goldwyn Girl. A graduate of the Marshall High School, she was discovered by a modelling agent in 1943 at Fire Island in New York. The modelling agent’s photographer took her picture while she […]

Marie Cahill (1874 - 1933)

Actress. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was a popular stage comedienne in touring companies, making her musical debut in Broadway’s “A Tin Soldier” in 1889. She went on to appear in over twenty Broadway musicals before casting for silent films in 1916. Her most noted movie credits include “Gladys’ Day Dreams” (1917), “Judy Forget” […]

Marie Walcamp (1894 - 1936)

Actress. She made her big-screen debut in “The Werewolf”(1913), and by the 1920s she played in some 100 films. She is best remembered as ‘Mrs William Carlo’ in “Where Are My Children?(1916). She committed suicide from an overdose of medication.