Shannon Michelle “Savannah” Wilsey (1970 - 1994)

Adult Film Actress. Savannah starred in over eighty adult features and was one of the most successful adult film actresses of her time. To the mainstream world, however, she was perhaps best known for her relationships with famous men outside the adult film industry, including guitarist Slash of the rock band Guns ‘n Roses, comedian […]

Sigfred Ann “Siggie” Nordstrom Williams (1893 - 1980)

Model, Actress, Singer, Entertainer, she started as a hat model. Named Queen of the Polar Bears when she was the first to break through the ice of Lake Michigan and was caught by the lens of an ambitious photographer in a fetching pose that appeared in the papers all across the country.  She always claimed […]

Rhoda Williams (1930 - 2006)

Voice Actress. A native of Denver, Colorado, she is best known as the voice of the evil step-sister ‘Drizella’ in the classic Disney animated film, “Cinderella” (1950). She began her career at the age of 9, and then she got the role of ‘Betty’ on the radio version of “Father Knows Best” from 1949 to […]

Megan Mingyu Williams (1956 - 2000)

Actress. Best known for her performances in the Australian mini series Anzacs (1985), Return to Eden (1986) and her role as Alice Sullivan in the Australian TV series the “Sullivans” (1976). Her first major role occurred in 1974 in the Australian soap opera “Class of 74.” Her other notable acting credits include “All at Sea” […]

Kathlyn Williams (1888 - 1960)

Actress and Screenwriter. Married to Paramount Pictures general manager Charles Eyton, Williams directed 2 films, wrote 6 screenplays and acted in 176 films. (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Spouse:  Charles Eyton (1871 – 1941)

Clara Williams (1888 - 1928)

Actress. Born in Seattle, Washington, she was a popular figure of the silent film era making her screen debut in “Western Chivalry” (1910). With the success of “The Italian” (1915), in which she played the wife of an immigrant, resulted in her being typecast in roles as Latin characters. Her numerous credits included “The Man […]

Jennifer Willems (1947 - 2015)

Dutch Actress. Willems was an actress who was well known in film and television, particularly the children’s television series “De film van ome Willem”. She started her acting career on the television series “Bibelebons” in 1972 and would continue to act in such films and television series as “De film van ome Willem” (1974), “Naked […]

Collin Wilcox (1935 - 2009)

Actress. She appeared in some 80 television programs, motion pictures and theatre productions from the late 1950s until the early 2000s. Wilcox is best known for her role as Mayella Ewell in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962),  playing the alleged victim of a racially-charged 1930s rape case.  Raised in Highlands, North Carolina, her parents established […]

Minnie Wideman (1889 - 1971)

Stage and motion picture actress. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Mary Wickes (1910 - 1995)

Actress. Born Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of a well-to-do St. Louis banker, Wickes was an excellent student, completing a political science degree at the Washington University in St. Louis by the age of 18. She originally intended becoming a lawyer. She made her Broadway debut in 1934. Wickes began acting […]

Barbara Whiting (1931 - 2004)

Movie Actress and Singer. She appeared in a few films such as “Centenial Summer” (1946), “City Across the River” (1949), “Beware my Lovely” (1952) and “Dangerous When Wet” (1953). (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)  Family links:  Parents:  Richard Armstrong Whiting (1891 – 1938)  Sibling:  Margaret Whiting (1924 – 2011)*  Barbara Whiting (1931 – 2004) […]

Arkie Whiteley (1965 - 2001)

Actress. Real name Arkje Deya Whiteley. A native of London, England, she is best remembered for her role as ‘Donna Mason’ in the television series, “Prisoner” in 1982. The daughter of famed Australian painter Brett Whiteley, and his wife Wendy Whiteley, she also appeared in numerous other films and television shows. Among Whiteley’s other roles […]

Billie Whitelaw (1932 - 2014)

Actress. Born Billie Honor Whitelaw, she was raised in Bradford, England. Her father died when Billie was ten years old, leaving her mother to support her family. Billie joined an area drama group and experienced her first radio performance at the age of eleven. In 1950, she marked her theater debut and during this period, […]

Thelma White (1910 - 2005)

Actress. She starred in the 1936 cult-classic “Reefer Madness.” This movie become a favorite on the college midnight movie circuit in the 1960s and 1970s. Thelma White came to film from the world of vaudeville and radio. She appeared in a number of B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s, such as “Tell Your Children” (1938), […]

Ruth White (1914 - 1969)

Actress. Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, she made her film debut in the Three Stooges film ” Rhythm and Weep” (1946) and appeared in several more Three Stooges films throughout the 1950s. In demand as a character actor, she appeared in the films “The Nun’s Story” (1959), “To Kill a MockingBird” (1962), “Up the […]

Pearl White (1889 - 1938)

Actress. Born Pearl Fay White, the youngest of five to farmers Ed and Inez White, Mrs White died when Pearl was still a toddler. At the age of 6 she appeared in a production of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in order to help with the family finances. She appeared in various juvenile theatrical roles during her […]

Marjorie White (1907 - 1935)

Motion picture actress. She established herself as a Vaudeville comedienne in the late 1920s, appearing with her husband, Eddie Tierney. Signed by Fox Studios in 1929, she was featured in several of the early Fox musicals, most notably “Sunny Side Up” (1929) and Just Imagine (1930). She moved to Columbia Pictures in 1933, playing the […]

Jane White (1922 - 2011)

Actress. Born in New York City, her parents were active in civil rights causes and with the NAACP. She attended Smith College and the New School before making her professional acting debut on Broadway in the production “Strange Fruit” (1945 to 1946). During the 1950s, she accumulated TV roles on the programs “The Alcoa Hour” […]

Chrissie White (1895 - 1989)

Actress. Born Ada White. Popular child star in early silent films, White got her start in the early 1900s, she is best remembered as ‘Valerie Sailon’ in “Possession.” White frequently appeared in shorts directed by Lewin Fitzhamon. In the 1920s married her long-time co-star and frequent director Henry Edwards. White left the screen in 1924, […]

Carol White (1943 - 1991)

British Actress. In a career that spanned over forty years Carol became a star on British Television in 1965 with her portrayal of a pregnant mother in a grim story called “Cathy Come Home” and “Poor Cow”. She was born in Hammersmith, West London to working class parents. Carol started making pictures in 1949 in […]

Alice White (1904 - 1983)

Actress. Born Alva White in Paterson, New Jersey, she began her career in Hollywood as a script girl for Joseph Von Sternberg and later as a secretary for Charlie Chaplin. Signed to First National Studios, her film debut was in “Sea Tiger” (1927). Dubbed as the “Jazz Baby” she appeared in over forty movies including […]

Arleen Whelan (1916 - 1993)

Actress in 24 films including “Kidnapped,” “Young Mr. Lincoln,” “Sabotage,” “Charley’s Aunt,” “Ramrod” and “The Senator Was Indiscreet.” (bio by: TLS)

Theresa “Tess” Wheeler (1891 - 1975)

Actress in the silent era.  Family links:  Spouse:  Elmer Charles Wheeler (1893 – 1942)* *Calculated relationship

Nydia Westman (1902 - 1970)

Actress. She appeared in 50 films and 30 television shows, as well as numerous stage productions. (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Spouse:  Robert S. Sparks (1901 – 1963)  Children:  Kate Williamson (1930 – 2013)* *Calculated relationship

Paula Wessely (1907 - 2000)

Actress. Wessely made her debut in “Maskerade” (1934). During the Second World War she played in nazi propaganda movies like “Heimkehr” (“Coming Home”, 1941). Wessely refused several invitations to go to Hollywood and therefore never really became famous outside the German speaking region. (bio by: MC)

Ilse Werner (1921 - 2005)

Actress. Born in Batavia (Jakarta/Indonesia). Daughter of O.E. Still and his wife Lilli. In 1931 she migrated to Frankfurt/Germany. Her first appearance on stage was in “Glück” at the Josephstadt-Theater in Vienna, 1937. Her debut movie role was in  “Die unruhigen Mädchen” (1938). In 1939 she had her first leading role in “Bel Ami.” She […]

Barbara Werle (1928 - 2013)

Actress. Born Barbara May Theresa Werle, she attended parochial school and following graduation, she received training in professional ballroom dancing. She achieved national attention when along with her partner John Mansell (under her married name Barbara Branca), they won the Harvest Moon Ball title in 1955. This success led to multiple appearances on the “Ed […]

Annemarie Wendl (1914 - 2006)

Actress. Born in Germany, she began her training as an actress in Berlin.  She starred in such  classic plays as “Faust”,  “Götz von Berlichingen”,  “A Streetcar Named Desire”,  and “Mother Courage” before entering films in 1961.  Wendl was seen in some 35 films and TV productions, notably director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s “Ich will doch nur, […]

Pat Welsh (1915 - 1995)

Voice Actress. She will forever be immortalized on screen, as the voice of the legendary alien in the 1982 Steven Spielberg classic blockbuter hit “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”. Pat was born Patricia A. Carroll in San Francisco, California and in her early years she worked as a radio soap opera actress there. Movie Voice Designer Ben […]

Doris Wells (1941 - 1988)

Actress. Born Doris Marina Buonafina in Caripito, a little oil town of Monagas State, Venezuela, at 15 years of age, and coinciding with the migration of her family to Caracas, she became a student of the Juana Sujo’s School of Theater, graduating in 1960. Her debut in television was in the polemic Venezuelan TV series […]