Olinda Bozan (1894 - 1977)

Famed actress. She was one of the milestones of the Argentine theater. She began his career at age 5 in a circus. During her long career, she participated in 51 films.

Olympe Bradna (1920 - 2012)

Actress. A pretty brunette, she is remembered for starring in several late 1930s Hollywood films. Born Antoinette Olympe Bradna to a circus family that pushed her into show business, she was named for Paris’ Olympia Theatre, was seen in her parents’ act from the time she was a toddler, made her formal debut at eight […]

Oscar Valicelli (1915 - 1999)

Famed stage, radio, T.V. and cinema actor. He participated in 40 movies during his long sixty-year career.

Osvaldo Valenti (1906 - 1945)

Actor. He appeared in many films: “Ettore Fieramosca”, “The Iron Crown”, “Queen of the Scala”, “An adventure of Salvator Rosa”, “The mask of Cesare Borgia” and “Boccaccio”. He’s best remembered for his interpretation in “La cena delle beffe”. He was shot by Communist partisans with Luisa Ferida in 1945.

Otome Amatsu (2024 - 1980)

Actress. Popular performer of the Takarazuka Revue Theater Company.

Owen Nares (1888 - 1943)

Actor. A British matinée idol, he made his stage debut in 1909 at the Haymarket theater in London, and his film debut in 1914 with “Danny Donovan, the Gentleman Cracksman.” Other credits include: “The Real Thing at Last,” “Milestones,” “Flames,” “The Elder Miss Blossom,” and “Gamblers All.” Besides his acting career, in 1925 he published […]

Pamela Britton (1923 - 1974)

Actress. The daughter of Ethel Owen, a well known radio, stage, and early television actress, she changed her name to Pamela Britton to escape her mothers shadow. After her education at State Teachers normal School and Holy Angels Academy in Milwaukee, she went to New York City, New York where she was discovered by bandleader […]

Pamela Brown (1917 - 1975)

Stage and film actress. She was living with Michael Powell and when he died 15 years later his grave was placed next to hers.

Parley Baer (1914 - 2002)

Actor. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was a veteran character performer of more then 40 films and countless televisions shows. He began his career on radio in the 1940s, being featured on programs such as “A Tooth for Paul Revere”, “Dragnet”, “Lux Radio Theatre”, “The Whistler” and many more. For TV, his credits […]

Pascale Ogier (1958 - 1984)

Actress. Born Pascale Marguerite Cécile Claude Colette Nicolas in Paris, France, she was the daughter actress Bulle Ogier. She began performing first on the stage, made her film debut in “Perceval le Gallois” (1978) and with her mother co-wrote the screenplay and starred in “Le pont du nord” (1981). For her performance in “Full Moon […]

Pat Ast (1941 - 2001)

Actress, Model. Best known for her role as as ‘Linda’ in the movie “Heat”. She was working as a clerk and receptionist in a box factory when she caught the eye of Andy Warhol who signed her on to star in some movies he was going to make. Her credits include “Heat”, “The Incredible Shrinking […]

Patricia Blair (1933 - 2013)

Actress. She will be best remembered for playing Rebecca Boone opposite Fess Parker in the TV series “Daniel Boone” (1964 to 1970). Born Patsy Lou Blake, she was raised in Dallas, Texas. Her radiant beauty enabled her to launch a career in modeling while a teenager. The experience created opportunities for her to try acting […]

Patricia Lake (1923 - 1993)

Actress, Scandal Figure. In the 1920s, there was speculation that Lake was the child of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and actress Marion Davies, who carried on a public affair despite Hearst being married to another woman. Many reference books state that Lake’s parents were Marion Davies’ sister Rosemary and her first husband, George Van […]

Patricia Neal (1926 - 2010)

Actress. The sultry voiced beauty won an Academy Award for playing Alma Brown in the film “Hud” (1963). Off-screen, she will be best remembered for her personal triumph and recovery over a series of strokes than nearly took her life in 1965. Born Patricia Louise Neal, her father was a coal company manager her mother […]

Patti Brill (1923 - 1963)

American actress in several motion pictures of the 1940s and 50s.

Patti Jerome (1925 - 2000)

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

Paul Panzer (1872 - 1958)

Prolific German-born stage and motion picture actor of the 1910s through the 1950s. His film credits date back as far as 1905. Appeared with Joan Crawford in the 1945 film-noir drama “Mildred Pierce.” 

Paula Blackton (1881 - 1930)

Actress and Film Director. Most remembered for the role of ‘Paula Wyngate’ in “The Littlest Scout.” Other credits include: “The Diary of a Puppy,” “The Little Strategist” and “The Fairy Godfather.” Married for a time to filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton, she was the mother of actress Violet Virginia Blackton and actor Charles Stuart Blackton.

Paule Bayard (1931 - 1975)

Actress. Bayard appeared in the films, “Bingo” (1974), and “Tiens-Toi Bien Apres Les Oreilles A Papa” (1971). She also appeared on the television shows, “Pepinot Et Capucine” from 1952 to 1954, and “Le Courrier Du Roy” from 1958 to 1961. Also a talented voice actress she did the voice of the puppet character, ‘Bobinette’ on […]

Pauline Bush (1886 - 1969)

Actress. Leading lady in early silent movies. She was the first wife of acclaimed director Allan Dwan. She was born in Wahoo, a suburb of Lincoln, Nebraska, to parents Dr. Russell Bush and Charlotte Garfield Bush. She was educated in a private school in Virginia and attended the University of Nebraska. She appeared in her […]

Pearl Hackney (1916 - 2009)

Actress. Though she had a long career on stage, as well as in movies and on radio, she will be best remembered for her numerous British television appearances. Raised in Liverpool, to which her family had moved after their business in Staffordshire failed, Hackney never attended school, but was drawn to classical music and dance […]

Pearl M. Early (1878 - 1960)

Actress on Stage and in Motion Pictures. She started in Vaudeville along with her husband, entertainer John Early.

Pedro Infante (1917 - 1957)

Acclaimed Mexican actor and singer. Among his films: “Angelitos Negros” (1948), “Los Hijos de María Morales” (1952), “Ahora soy Rico” (1952), “Ansiedad” (1953), and “La Vida no Vale Nada” (1955). He was a screen idol in México.

Pedro Quartucci (1905 - 1983)

Actor. He belonged to a family of actors. He began his career at age of 4. Between 1923 and 1928 he had a successful career as a boxer, winning a bronze medal (featherweight category) at the Olympic Games of 1924 (Paris). 

Pedro Armendariz (1912 - 1963)

Actor. Born in Churubusco, a suburb of Mexico City, and raised in Texas, he studied at California Polytechnic State University where he graduated with an engineering degree. He began his acting career at the stage in Mexico City, entering films there in 1935. During the next years he made 42 Spanish-language films, among them “Maria […]

Peggy Ashcroft (1907 - 1991)

Actress. Born Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft in Croydon, Surrey, England. After graduation from London’s Central School of Dramatic Art, Ashcroft made her stage debut in the Birmingham Repertory’s production of Dear Brutus in 1926, and her London debut a year later. She first gained recognition, however, for her portrayal Naomi in Jew Süss in 1929. […]

Peter Kanellos (1879 - 1967)

Motion picture actor in the silent-era (1910s-20s). 

Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)

Actor, Motion Picture Director, Educator. He is best remembered for his film roles of vain, selfish, insolent and rude characters. Born of Russian descent, where his grandfather, an officer in the Czar’s Army, was exiled for refusing to convert to the Eastern Orthodox Church (he was Protestant), his mother was Nadia Benois, also of a […]

Philip John Amelio II (1977 - 2005)

Child Actor. Amelio is best known for his television role as ‘Scott Parker Chandler’ on the long-running soap opera series, “All My Children” from 1988 to 1991. Amelio’s character was the son of Stuart and Cindy Chandler, Adam Chandler’s brother and sister-in-law. In a later episode Cindy died from AIDS. Amelio’s other roles included, an […]

Phyllis Avery (1924 - 2011)

Actress. Born in New York City, daughter of screenwriter Stephen Morehouse Avery, she marked her professional acting debut at the age of twelve on the Broadway stage in the musical “Orchids Preferred” (1937), followed by “Three Waltzes” (1937 to 1938) and “Charley’s Aunt” (1940 to 1941). She broadened her skills at the American Academy of […]