Jean Seberg (1938 - 1979)

Actress. She is best remembered for her roles in such movies as “Bonjour Tristesse” (1958), “The Mouse that Roared” (1959), “Paint Your Wagon” (1969), and “Airport” (1970). Born in Iowa, and educated at Iowa University, she landed the lead role of ‘Joan of Arc’ in Otto Preminger’s “Saint Joan” (1957), after a much publicized contest. […]

Dorothy Sebastian (1903 - 1957)

Actress. Married to “Hopalong Cassidy” actor William Boyd, Dorothy was rumored to be the mistress of Buster Keaton. Sebastian appeared in 61 films including “Spite Marriage” (with Keaton), “A Woman of Affairs,” “Our Blushing Brides,” “The Women,” and “Reap the Wild Wind.” (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Spouse:  William Boyd (1895 – 1972)

Zelda Sears (1873 - 1935)

Actress, Screenwriter. Born in Brockway, Michigan, she was in an opera chorus when she began her as a stage performer at Manhattan Theater in the early 1900s. In addition to acting, she was playwriting librettos for several long-running musicals when she relocated to Hollywood to appear in the film “Cornered” (1924). As a writer and […]

Ynez Seabury (1907 - 1973)

Actress in 24 films including “Madam Satan,” “The Sign of the Cross,” “Now and Forever,” “The Girl of the Golden West,” “Union Pacific,” “Reap the Wild Wind,” and “Samson and Delilah.” (bio by: TLS)

Elaine Anderson Scott Steinbeck (1914 - 2003)

Actress. She was born Elaine Anderson in Austin, Texas, in 1914, to parents who were in the oil business. She attended the University of Texas, where she met Zachary Scott, who was an up and coming actor. She married Scott in 1935 and with him had a daughter named Waverly, born in 1936. They divorced […]

Margaretta Scott (1912 - 2005)

British Stage, Screen and Television Actress. She had a long career that spanned more than seventy years. She debuted on stage at the age of 14, in Romeo and Juliet. Her screen debut was an uncredited appearance in Alexander Korda’s “The Private Life Of Don Juan” (1934), and she is best remembered for her work […]

Mabel Julienne Scott (1892 - 1976)

Actress. Appeared in motion pictures the silent era (1910s and 1920s). Sister of actor William Scott. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Lizabeth Scott (1922 - 2015)

Actress. A sexy, sultry voiced blonde leading lady of the 1940s and 1950s, she shared the screen with such leading men as Humphrey Bogart, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Charlton Heston. Born Emma Matzo, to parents of Ukrainian ancestry, she was educated at Marywood College and later studied at the Alvienne School of Drama in […]

Frankie Scott (1920 - 2004)

Singer and Actress. She appeared in the films “Trail of the Hawk,” “Mountain Capers,” “Hillbilly Harmony,” and “Southern Hayride,” among several others. She performed along side of her husband Tommy Scott on his TV variety series “Ramblin’ Tommy Scott” in which she danced, sang and did comedy. (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  Tommy Lee […]

Debralee Scott (1953 - 2005)

Actress. A native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Scott appeared in several television programs and films during the 1970s and 1980s. Among Scott’s credits are the television programs, “Welcome Back Kotter” (as Rosalie ‘Hotsy’ Totsy in 1975 and 1978), “Isis,” “The Love Boat,” “Chain Reaction,” “Angie” (as Marie Falco, 1979-1980), “Forever Fernwood,” “Sons And Daughters,” “Mary […]

Betty Scott (1883 - 1955)

Actress. American motion picture figure and writer of the 1910s and 1920s. Appeared briefly during the 1940s and 1950s in film and television. Married to actor Sam Hardy. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Marianne Schönauer (1920 - 1997)

Actress. She had a long acting career in Austrian motion pictures and television. She made her first film “Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt” (The World Turns The Wrong Way) in 1947. Other films she appeared in include “Eroica,” “1 April 2000,” and “Maria Theresia.” She also performed on the stage and sang and recorded music. […]

Portland Mason Schuyler (1948 - 2004)

Child Actress. A native of Los Angeles, California, she was the daughter of actor James Mason and his wife Pamela Mason, a writer and actress. Schuyler appeared in several films as a child including, “The Child” (1954), “The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit” (1956), “Bigger Than Life” (1956), “Cry Terror!” (1958), “The Great St. […]

Karla Schramm (1891 - 1980)

Actress. Born in Los Angeles, California, she was child prodigy pianist whom had traveled the world when she performed in the D.W. Griffith film “Broken Blossoms” (1919), followed by “Her Majesty, the American” (1919) . She was most noted for the role of being the screen’s second ‘Jane’ in the films, “Son Of Tarzan” (1920) […]

Violet Schram (1898 - 1987)

Motion picture actress of the 1910s through the 1930s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Maria Schneider (1952 - 2011)

Actress. She was best known for her graphic, sexually-oriented role opposite Marlon Brando in the highly controversial 1972 film “Last Tango in Paris”. Born in Paris, she was the daughter of actor Daniel Gelin, whom she did not meet until she was 16. Her mother was a bookstore owner of Rumanian descent. Schneider made her […]

Magda Schneider (1909 - 1996)

German Film Actress. Born in Augsburg in Bavaria, she was the mother of actress Romy Schneider. Magda was a popular actress in the 1930s and 1940s, and continued her career into the 1950s and 1960s, sometimes appearing with her more famous daughter Romy. She appeared in some 40 films. (bio by: Geoff Walden)  Family links: […]

Ella Annie “Tiny Doll” Schneider (1914 - 2004)

Actress. A ‘small person’ actress she was originally from Germany and the sister of other midget actors, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, and Gracie Doll. ‘Tiny Doll’ appeared in the film classic, “The Wizard Of Oz” (1939), “Be Big” (1931), “Three Ring Marriage” (1928), and “Special Delivery” (1927). She passed away at the age of 90 […]

Sybille Schmitz (1909 - 1955)

Actress.  Born in Duren,  Germany,  she got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt’s Deutsches Theater Berlin in 1927. A year later she made her film debut with “Freie Fahrt”, which won her immediate attention from the critics. Schmitz’s other movies include “Tagebuch einer Verlorenen” (1929), “Vampire” (1932), and  “F.P. 1 antwortet nicht” (1932). Her career […]

Lucinda Schiff (1970 - 2015)

Actress. Born Linda Dooling, she will best be remembered for her role as a high school cheerleader who goes undercover to fight drug dealers and avenge the death of her brother in the 1981 cult film ‘Lovely But Deadly’. She made her acting debut in 1979 in Steven Spielberg’s ‘1941’ and also had roles in […]

Rosanna Schiaffino (1939 - 2009)

Actress,  Model. While gracing numerous magazine covers, she had a roughly 20-year career in European and British films. After winning the beauty contest title of Miss Liguria in her native Italy at age 14, she broke into movies with the 1956 “Roland the Mighty”. Her first notable success came with “The Minotaur” (1961) which was […]

Fritzi Scheff (1879 - 1954)

Singer, Entertainer. The daughter of Hortense Scheff Yarger, a prima donna with the Imperial Opera in Vienna, she made her debut at  eight years old singing Juliet in  “Romeo and Juliet” with the Frankfurt Opera company. She appeared with several opera companies in Germany, she spent three years with the Metropolitan Opera in New York. […]

Iya Savvina (1936 - 2011)

Actress. A veteran of more than 30 films, she shall be remembered as a star of both the Russian screen and stage. Raised in Voronezh, she earned a 1958 journalism degree from Moscow State University while participating in some school drama productions. Despite a complete lack of formal theatrical training Iya was cast in the […]

Viola Savoy (1899 - 1987)

Actress of stage and silent film.  Viola Savoy spent most of her childhood as a stage actress, reports of the time indicating that she was involved in around one hundred and twenty five stage productions, from Broadway to touring stock companies, and acted alongside some of the finest acting talents of the day. She claimed […]

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 […]

Ann Savage (1921 - 2008)

Actress. She appeared in around 30 B-movies, and retains a cult following for the 1945 “Detour”. Born Bernice Maxine Lyon, she was raised in Dallas until age nine when her family moved to Los Angeles. Describing herself as “star-struck”, she enrolled in Max Reinhardt’s acting school, and made her screen debut in the 1943 “One […]

Mary Saunderson (1970 - 1970)

English actress and opera singer. She was the first woman to act professionally in several of Shakespeare’s leading female roles, including Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Lady Macbeth, at a time when the law forbidding women from the stage had only just been repealed. Her early success as Ianthe in the […]

Lanna Saunders (1941 - 2007)

Actress. She is best remembered by many for the role of Marie Horton in the popular daytime television soap opera “Days of Our Lives”, and for her performances as Barbara in the Broadway musical “Milk and Honey”. Her other memorable stage credits include “The Changeling”, “Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory” and “Philadelphia, Here I […]

Joy Saunders (1924 - 2014)

Stage and Television Actress. Born Joy Silver, she attended Shorewood High School in Milwaukee, then spent a year at Lindenwood College in Missouri before moving to New York to pursue a career as an actress. Under the stage name Joy Saunders, she made her Broadway debut in the controversial and short-lived ‘A Pin to See […]

Jacqueline Saunders (1892 - 1954)

Actress. Born Anna Jackal, she was known as Jackie Saunders and appeared in nearly fifty features during the silent film era. Her credits included “The Intrigue” (1914), “The Web of Crime” (1915), “The Shine of Happiness” (1916), “Muggsy” (1919), “The Scuttlers” (1920), “Alimony” (1924) and “The People vs. Nancy Preston” (1925). She died in Palm […]