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)

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 […]