Beverly Jean Tyler (1927 - 2005)

Actress. She was born in Scranton (Pennsylvania) and died in Reno (Nevada). She was a contract player with MGM and appeared in a number of films during the 1940s and 50s. She also worked on TV during the 1950s. She is best remembered for her film opposite Tom Drake and Peter Lawford “The Green Years” […]

Helen Twelvetrees (1908 - 1958)

Actress. Born in New York, she attended a fine arts school as a teen, and inspired by her love for moving film took her talents to Hollywood, landing numerous roles in silent films. She later went on to act with such stars as Clark Gable and John Barrymore. Some of her more popular films include […]

Lurene Tuttle (1907 - 1986)

Actress. She is best remembered for variety of roles on the stage, in vaudeville, radio, television and movies. Born in Pleasant Lake, Indiana, she was raised on a ranch in Arizona. She studied acting in Phoenix and was known to steal the scene in her early roles. She began in the vaudeville company, Murphy’s Comedians,” […]

Florence Turner (1885 - 1946)

Actress. She was one of the cinema’s first matinee idols. In the years before World War I, when films were considered disreputable and actors appeared in them anonymously, Turner was known to millions as “The Vitagraph Girl”, after the studio where she worked.  Public demand forced Vitagraph to reveal her name.  She was also one […]

Barbara Turner (1936 - 2016)

Actress, Screenwriter. Born Gloria Rose Turner, to Jewish parents who both immigrated from Europe. She studied at the University of Texas for one year, prior to returning to New York, where she took acting classes at the Dramatic Workshop, where she met actor Vic Morrow. After her and Morrow married they moved to Hollywood and […]

Rosa Turich (1903 - 1998)

Actress, Comedian. Born in Tucson, Arizona, with her husband Felipe F. Turich, they were the comic Spanish language act “Felipin Y Rosita” in the 1940s. As a performer, she appeared in films to include “Prairie “Pioneers” (1941), “Bowery Buckaroos” (1947), “The Kid from Texas” (1950), “Tripoli” (1951), “Havana Rose” (1951) and “Gun Fury” (1953). Her […]

Marin Turcott (1890 - 1971)

Actress.  Family links:  Children:  Mattie J. Mizell (1848 – 1926)* *Calculated relationship

Keiko Tsushima (1926 - 2012)

Japanese Actress. A respected star of the Japanese cinema, she is remembered for a long career during which she transitioned from daughter to mother to grandmother roles. Born Mori Naoko, she initially intended to be a dancer and indeed was teaching dance at the Shochika Oofuna movie studio when she was spotted and given her […]

Lyudmila Vasilyevna Tselikovskaya (1919 - 1992)

Actress. A performer of both the stage and screen, she was considered Russia’s leading sex symbol of the 1940s. Tselikovskaya studied piano at the Gnesin School of Music before switching her interests to the field of acting. From 1937 to 1941 she attended the Shehiukin Theatrical School in Moscow, graduating three weeks prior to the […]

Mabel Trunnelle (1879 - 1981)

Actress. She began her career as a model for “Photoplay” magazine and was stage performer before entering films in the silent era. From 1909 to 1923, she was a very prominent star with Edison Films, Majestic Company and Vitagraph Pictures. With her husband actor Herbert Prior, she appeared in nearly 200 films to include “Nursing […]

Elinor Troy (1916 - 1949)

Actress. Born in Washington D.C., she was a dancer before making her film debut in “Meet The Boyfriend” (1937). Her other film credits included “The Fleet’s In” (1942), “Lady Of Burlesque” (1943), “Atlantic City” (1944), “Lost in a Harem” (1944), “See My Lawyer” (1945) and “Anchors Aweigh” (1945). She died in Hollywood, California. (bio by: […]

Marie Trintignant (1962 - 2003)

Actress. She was born in Paris, France, on January 21, 1962, to French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and his wife, French film director Nadine Trintignant. Between 1967 and 2003, she appeared in over 57 films, several television series, and several specials. In 1967 she made her debut, opposite her father in the film, “My Love, My […]

Margaret Trigg (1964 - 2003)

Actress. Born in Bastrop, Texas, she began her career as a stand-up comedy act at a variety of venues in New York City. She made her feature film debut in “R.O.T.O.R.” (1989) and also appeared in “Dream House” (1997). For television, she was a regular on the series “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Aliens […]

Kay Tremblay (1914 - 2005)

Canadian Actress. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Stratford, Ontario. She developed her long career throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and North America. Her first professional appearance was with the George Balanchine Ballet in London, England. After World War II, she came to Montreal and she continued her acting career with the […]

Beverly Pearl Crane Trees (1917 - 2006)

Actress. Beverly and twin sister Bettymae were born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 11, 1917. They are best known for speaking the opening titles for Hal Roach comedies like Our Gang. Beverly died in 2006. (bio by: Marisa Shute)  Family links:  Parents:  Melvin Walker Crane (1877 – 1950)  Spouse:  Earl Cash Trees (1913 […]

Mary Treen (1907 - 1989)

Actress in Film and Televison. Probably best remembered as Cousin Tilly in the Frank Capra Classic “Its A Wonderful Life.” On Televison she played Hilda the Nurse on “The Joey Bishop Show.” She had several guest starring roles, including playing ‘Rose,’ the Taylor’s former maid on the pilot episode of “The Andy Griffith Show,” and […]

June Travis (1914 - 2008)

Actress. She appeared in over 30 films from the mid to late 1930s. Born June Grabiner in Chicago, she was the daughter of baseball executive Harry Grabiner. Her credits include “Ceiling Zero” (1936), “Jailbreak” (1936), “The Big Game” (1936), “Love Is on the Air” (1937) and “The Kid Comes Back” (1938). Among her leading men […]

Thuy Trang (1973 - 2001)

Actress. Born in Saigon, South Vietnam the daughter of a soldier in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). During the fall of Saigon to the Communist North Vietnamese Army he escaped South Vietnam and was given political asylum by the United States. Thuy, her mother, two brothers and sister were left behind. In […]

Mary Ellen Trainor (1952 - 2015)

American Actress. Trainor will best be remembered for her role as an LAPD psychiatrist in the ‘Lethal Weapon’ franchise. She studied broadcast journalism at San Diego State, and was discovered by a radio station manager and asked to be an on-air personality for local television station KSDO. She soon landed a position at KCBS as […]

Noel Toy (1918 - 2003)

Actress and Dancer. She gained infamy for her fan dances often called the “Chinese Sally Rand” that was featured in “Forbidden City” a popular asian nightclub in San Francisco. Like the Cotton Club of Harlem which featured America’s finest African American entertainers, Forbidden City gained an international reputation with its unique showcase of Chinese American […]

Rosella Towne (1918 - 2014)

American Actress. Towne was known for her appearances opposite Ronald Reagan in films such as ‘Sergeant Murphy’ (1938), ‘Cowboy from Brooklyn’ (1938), ‘Secret Service of the Air’ (1939) and ‘Code of the Secret Service’ (1939). Brought to Hollywood at age 19, she made a screen test for Warner Bros and signed a contract with the […]

Lupita Tovar (1910 - 1970)

Actress. She is best remebered for her starring role in the 1931 spanish language version of “Dracula”. She was married to director Paul Kohner for many years. She is the mother of actress Susan Kohner, and Pancho Kohner, and grandmother of director Chris Weitz and actor Paul Weitz. She retired from acting in 1945. (bio […]

Audrey Totter (1917 - 2013)

Actress. Comfortable in both leading and secondary roles, she was often cast as hardened females or as she once stated “bad girls”. Her association with the entertainment industry began when she became a member of a theater group following her high school years. This experience led to an abundance of parts on radio in soap […]

Raquel Torres (1915 - 1987)

Actress. Born Paula Osterman in Sonora, Mexico, she made her debut in films appearing in “White Shadows of the South Seas” (1928). She went on to be screen beauty in films to include “The Desert Rider” (1930), “Aloha” (1931), “The Woman I Stole” (1933), “Duck Soup” (1933), “Red Wagon” (1933) and “Go West Young Man” […]

Lolita Torres (1930 - 2002)

Singer and actress. Born Beatriz Mariana Torres, she was one of the top actresses of Argentina’s golden era of cinema. Her cinema career made her very popular in countries like Spain and Russia. (bio by: 380W)

Carmen Marina Torres (1956 - 2015)

Colombian Actress. Torres was an actress of African descent, who appeared in various television series throughout her long career. She was well loved among her peers for the energy that she brought to her trade.  Torres appeared in such television series as “Grosso guaio a Cartagena” (1987), “Pretty María” (1995), “The Storm (2005), “Zorro: La […]

Nuria Torray (1934 - 2004)

Actress. She is remembered for her films “El Bosque del Lobo,” “El Amor Brujo,” “Un Marido de Ida y Vuelta” and “Maravilla”. On Stage, she is remembered for the play “Mi Querida Familia” and in TV series “Un Mito Llamado…”.  (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Marta Toren (1925 - 1957)

Actress. She is remembered for her films “Rospiggar” (1942), “Rogue’s Regiment” (1948), “Casbah” (1948), “Sword in the Desert” (1949), “Spy Hunt” (1950), “Sirocco” (1951), “The Man Who Watched Trains Go By” (1953), “Maddalena” (1954), “Casa Ricordi” (1954), “Carta a Sara” (1956) and “La Puerta Abierta” (1957). (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Cause of death: […]

Lillian Brennard Tonge (1970 - 1970)

Stage and film actress, she appeared in the film “The Laughing Lady” (1929). Some of the original stage productions she appeared in were “Meet the Prince” (1929). “The Good Companions” (1931), “The Distaff Side” (1934) and “Call It a Day” (1936). (bio by: Ginny M)  Family links:  Spouse:  Ashton Tonge (1872 – 1927)*  Children:  Philip […]

Jenny Tomasin (1938 - 2012)

Actress. She is best remembered as Ruby, the dimwitted and accident prone kitchen maid of the hit British television series “Upstairs, Downstairs”. Raised in Leeds, little is recorded of her early years save that she had early theatrical ambitions which she persued against her family’s wishes in a string of stage productions. Jenny made her […]