Iva Shepard (1886 - 1973)

Actress. Best remembered as ‘Zoe Trevor’ in “The Haunted Manor” (1916) and as ‘Nettie Lea’ in “The Isle of Love.” (1916) Also, she appeared in Lucille Ball’s “I Love Lucy” (1951) playing “Nurse” in episode “Nursery School.” (bio by: MC)

Margaret Shelby (1900 - 1939)

Actress. Daughter of Charlotte Shelby, sister of Mary Miles Minter. She is well remembered as ‘Countess of Crex” in “The Amazing Impostor.” (1919) She died of chronic alcoholism. Originally buried in ‘The Garden Of Honor’ a private and locked section at Forest Lawn (Glendale), in the 1950s Mary Miles Minter had her remains cremated and […]

Charlotte Shelby (1877 - 1957)

Actress. Born Lily Pearl Miles Reilly, mother of Mary Miles Minter and Margaret Shelby, Charlotte is best remembered as ‘Mrs. Goodwin’ in “Always in the Way.” (1915) She was one of the major suspects in the 1922 Taylor murder. Is reported that she owned an old .38 caliber pistol. Apparently the same Pistol that killed […]

Wini Shaw (1910 - 1982)

Actress, Singer. She is probably best remembered for introducing the song “Lullaby of Broadway” in the 1935 musical “Gold Diggers of 1935.” Born Winifred Lei Momi to parents of Hawaiian and Irish descent, she was the youngest of thirteen children and started her show career as a child in her parents’ vaudeville act. When the […]

Susan Shaw (1929 - 1978)

Motion picture actress. She performed in a wide variety of roles in films such as “London Belongs to Me,” “The Woman in Question,” “Chain of Events” and “Wide Boy.” Married to American-British Actor Bonar Colleano, she was never to be the same again after his tragic death, and spent most of her life fighting a […]

Reta Shaw (1912 - 1982)

Actress. Born in South Paris, Maine, the daughter of a New England orchestra leader. Educated in the arts, Shaw debuted in the play, ‘It Takes Two’, a 1946 dud. She went on to character roles in such Broadway musicals as ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ and ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’. She created the part of ‘Mabel’ when […]

Helen Alliene Shaw (1897 - 1997)

Actress. She is best known for playing a kindly old woman on such shows as Diff’rent Strokes and Highway to Heaven. Perhaps her most famous role was Steve Martin’s grandmother in the 1989 comedy Parenthood. She died at the age of 100. (bio courtesy of: Wikipedia)

Anabel Shaw (1921 - 2010)

Actress. She is remembered for her roles in the films “Shock” (1946, with Vincent Price and Lynn Bari), “Secret Beyond the Door…” (1947, with Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave), and “Gun Crazy” (1950, with John Dall and Peggy Cummings). Born Marjorie Henshaw, she graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, California in 1943 and […]

Peggy Shannon (1907 - 1941)

Actress. A pretty redhead, hers was one of Hollywood’s sadder “hard luck stories”. Born Winona Sammon in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, she was inspired to become a perfomer by child star Madge Evans. She traveled to New York in 1923 and soon landed spots as a chorus girl in the Ziegfeld “Follies” and Earl Carroll “Vanities” […]

Harry Shannon (1890 - 1964)

Actor. Shannon started his career in musical comedy and stock at the age of fifteen. He later joined a travelling repertory troupe and developed into a great comedy actor. He played vaudeville, tent shows and Broadway. In the 1930s he was a member of Joseph Schildkraut’s Theatre Guild, which in turn got him into the […]

Ethel Shannon (1898 - 1951)

Actress. Born in Colorado, she began her career as a set extra before signing a contract with a movie studio and made her film debut in “It’s Easy to Make Money” (1919). She appeared in over 30 features to include “Roarin’ Dan” (1920), “The Hero” (1923), “Riders Up” (1924), “The Texas Trail” (1925), “The High […]

Lyudmila Shagalova (1923 - 2012)

Actress. A noted performer of the Soviet stage and screen for nearly half a century, she shall be remembered for her roles in more than 40 feature films. Born in what was then the Soviet Union, little is recorded of her early years though she apparently took to show business early as she made her […]

Delphine Seyrig (1932 - 1990)

French Film Actress and Film Director, she is best remembered for her role of Helene Aughain in “Muriel” (1963), and in the role of Colette de Montpelier in “The Day of the Jackal” (1973). Born Delphine Claire Belriane Seyrig in Beirut, Lebanon, to a French Archeologist and his wife.  She studied acting at the Comedie […]

Frances Ford Seymour (1908 - 1950)

Actress. A New York Socialite and descendant of Massachusetts Governor Samuel Adams, and the second President of the United States John Adams. Married for a time to actor/producer Henry Fonda, with whom she had two kids, Jane and Peter Fonda, also to become screen stars. (bio by: MC)  Family links:  Parents:  Eugene Ford Seymour (1870 […]

Clarine Seymour (1898 - 1920)

Actress. She began her career working with the Thanhouser Film Company, New York and made her debut in the silent serial film “Mystery of the Double Cross” in 1917. In 1918, she excepted an offer from director D.W. Griffith, relocated to Hollywood and appeared in supporting for the films “True Heart Susie” (1919), “Other Woman” […]

Anne Seymour (1909 - 1988)

Actress.  Appeared in “Field of Dreams,” “Big Top Pee-Wee,” and several other films. She was also a regular on the long-running television daytime drama, “General Hospital.”  Best remembered as Jane Wyman’s friend ‘Mrs. Amelia Tarbell’ in the movie “Pollyanna.” (bio by: The Perplexed Historian) Cause of death: Heart failure

Pilar Seurat (1938 - 2001)

Pilar Seurat was of Filipino descent who had a acting career in films and television in the 1960s. Born Rita Hernandez in Manila.  Among her films were Seven Women From Hell and Battle at Bloody Beach, both released in 1961. Also in 1961, she gave her best performance of her  career, as Louisa Escalante, the […]

Almira Sessions (1888 - 1974)

Actress. Born Allen Sessions in Washington D.C., she began her career on the New York stage and appeared regularly on Bob Hope’s radio show before relocating to Hollywood in 1940. She made her film debut in “Little Nellie Kelly” (1944) and appeared in many character roles until her retirement in 1971. Her credits included “The […]

Pepita Serrador (1913 - 1964)

Actress. She was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and died in Madrid (Spain). Daughter of actors, she began her career on stage at the age of eight, and ten years later, he formed her own company. She triumphed in Argentina and in 1940, she moved to Spain with her Compañía Argentina de Comedias, where spent […]

Suchitra Sen (1931 - 2014)

Actress. An award-winning Bollywood star called the “Greta Garbo of India”, she is remembered for dozens of Bengali and, to a lesser extent, Hindi films. Born Rama Dasgupta in what was then British India, she was educated in local schools and in 1947 married wealthy industrialist Dibanath Sen (deceased 1970). Suchitra made her silver screen […]

Ruth Selwyn (1905 - 1954)

American stage and screen actress. Once married to actor Edgar Selwyn. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Peg Sellers (1970 - 1967)

Agnes Marks, the mother of Peter Sellers, was born in Hackney in North London, the daughter of Solomon Marks and his wife, Welcome Mendoza. She was a first cousin, three times removed,  of famous boxer Daniel Mendoza (1764-1836), not, as is commonly believed, his great-granddaughter.  When Solomon died, Welcome used his legacy to form a […]

Evelyn Selbie (1871 - 1950)

Actress in 113 films, most of them Westerns. She appeared in 9 “Bronco Billy” films opposite Gilbert M. Anderson. (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Spouse:  Harvey Selbie (____ – 1923)* *Calculated relationship

Zohra Sehgal (1912 - 2014)

Actress. A dancer, choreographer, and prolific character performer, she is remembered for her roles in dozens of British and Bollywood productions. Born Sahibazdi Zohra Begrum Mumtaz-ullah Khan in what was then British India, she was raised in Chakatra, educated at the rather strict Queen Mary College of Lahore, and following her graduation traveled by car […]

Vivienne Segal (1897 - 1992)

Actress. An acclaimed Broadway musical and comedy figure, she appeared in four motion pictures and in two episodes of the television series “Alfred Hitchock Presents” in 1955.  Family links:  Spouse:  Robert Ames (1889 – 1931)* *Calculated relationship

Sybil Seely (1902 - 1984)

Actress.  Although her Hollywood career was brief,  she is fondly remembered for playing Buster Keaton’s romantic interest in his early starring comedies.  Unlike the helpless women who tended to populate The Great Stoneface’s later films,  Seely was feisty,  playful and sexy,  not to mention spirited enough to take part in the messier (and more dangerous) […]

Miriam Seegar (1907 - 2011)

Actress. One of the last performers to have appeared in silent films as an adult, she starred in a number of British and Hollywood features of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Raised in the midwest, she joined an itinerant theatrical troupe as a teenager and eventually ended up in London where she appeared in […]

Josie Sedgwick (1899 - 1973)

Silent screen actress, primarily in westerns. She was a member of the performing vaudeville family “The Five Sedgwicks.” (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Parents:  Edward Sedgwick (1868 – 1931)  Josphine Walker Sedgwick (1872 – 1964)  Siblings:  Edward Sedgwick (1892 – 1953)*  Eileen Sedgwick (1898 – 1991)*  Josie Sedgwick (1899 – 1973) *Calculated relationshipCause of death: […]

Eileen Sedgwick (1898 - 1991)

Vaudeville star. One of The Five Sedwicks acting family. (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Parents:  Edward Sedgwick (1868 – 1931)  Josphine Walker Sedgwick (1872 – 1964)  Spouses:  Justin Huntley McCloskey (1889 – 1935)*  Clarence Dwynell Hutson (1895 – 1950)*  Children:  Mary Eileen Hutson Chrys (1936 – 1984)*  Siblings:  Edward Sedgwick (1892 – 1953)*  Eileen Sedgwick […]

Margaret Seddon (1872 - 1968)

Actress. Did an vaudeville act with Margaret McWade: known as the “Pixilated Sisters.”  (bio by: Laurie)