Aileen Pringle (1895 - 1989)

Actress. She starred in numerous Hollywood features of the 1920s and 1930s. Born Aileen Bisbee to a family of wealth and high position, she was educated in Europe and started her theatrical career shortly after her 1916 marriage to Charles McKenzie Pringle, child of rich British nobility. Billed as “Aileen Savage” in her first few […]

Lillian Hughes Prince (1970 - 1970)

Actress. She starred in many theatre productions in the Northeast and The North Carolina area before joining the Schubert Touring Company and performing in Howard Richardson’s “Dark of the Moon” in the 1940s. In her later years, she became well known for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in Paul Green’s play “The Lost Colony.” She […]

Suzy Prim (1896 - 1991)

Actress. She was born in Paris and died in Boulogne-Billancourt (France). She is best remembered for films such as Le Crime du Grand-Père (1921), La Reine Lumière (1921), La Peur (1936), Mayerling (1936), Arsène Lupin Détective (1937), Les Anges Noirs (1937), Cas de Conscience (1939), L’Étrange Suzy (1941), Untel Père et Fils (1943), Triple Enquête […]

Maudie Merrie Prickett (1914 - 1976)

Actress. She appeared in the motion pictures “Call Her Mom” (1972), “Sweet Charity” (1969), “The Gnome-Mobile” (1967), “The Legend of Tom Dooley” (1959), “North By Northwest” (1959), “Lost In Alaska” (1952), “Harvey” (1950) and “Song of Idaho” (1948). She is best known for her roles in many television series, including, “Leave It To Beaver” (1957-1963), […]

Sari L. Price (1933 - 2003)

Actress. Price began her career by studying acting when she was 17 at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. She later met and became a friend of actress Shirley Jones. Price’s films include, “Lille Frk Norge” (2003), “Hold My Heart” (2002), “Orion’s Belt” (1985), “The People Vs. Jean Harris” (1981), “First, You Cry” (1978), and […]

Marie Prevost (1898 - 1937)

Actress. Born Mary Bickford Dunn in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, as a child she first moved to Denver, Colorado with her parents and then to Los Angeles, California. She worked as a stenographer, but after many comments about her good looks, she was hired by producer Mack Sennett, who gave her her stage name. She was […]

Marcia Anne Henderson Prestlien (1929 - 1987)

Actress.  Born in Andover, Massachusetts to John Day Henderson and Dorothy Crofts Henderson. She made her first public appearance at the age of 5 in an Easter service at the Congregational Church at Hampden, Connecticut. Acting was her passion while attending public schools. Marcia  began to act on a regular basis with local drama groups […]

Mercedes Prendes (1970 - 1981)

Noted Spanish Actress. She is one of the best Spanish Stage Actresses of the 40s. She triumphed in plays such as “Macbeth,” “Romeo y Julieta,” “Fuenteovejuna” and “La Dama Duende”. She also appeared in a few films but, leave the cinema after Spanish Civil War. Among others she appeared in “Estudiantes y Modistillas” (1927),”La Bien […]

Mari Carmen Prendes (1906 - 2002)

Spanish-born screen, stage and television actress, sister of actors Mercedes and Luis Prendes. She made her debut on stage at the age of 15 in the play “Los millones de Monty.” Before the start of Spanish Civil War she went to Buenos Aires(Argentina) and she not returned to Spain until 1945. On stage she played […]

Evelyn Jarvis Preer (1896 - 1932)

Stage/Screen Actress and Singer of the 1910s to the early 1930s. Although she exhibited great talent and promise as an actress, she found her roles limited due to her light skin tone which did not fit the industry’s standards for African-Americans of the era. She appeared in “The Gunsaulus Mystery” (1921), “The Devil’s Disciple” (1926), […]

Hana Maria Pravda (1918 - 2008)

Actress, Director, Author. She made her screen debut as Hana Beck at age seventeen in “Mariika the Unfaithful” (1934), which was soon followed by leading roles in several Czechoslovakian movies. She then went to Leningrad, to study drama under the Russian director Alexei Dikii, and while there witnessed Stalin’s purges of 1936 to 1937. After […]

Lilia Prado (1928 - 2006)

Actress. She was born in Michoacán, Mexico. She performed in Mexican cinema appearing in more than 100 films such as “Han Matado a Tongelete” (1948), “Confidencias de un Ruletero” (1949), “Te Besaré en la Boca” (1950), “Subida al Cielo” (1951), “La Ilusión Viaja en Tranvía” (1953) and “Talpa” (1956). Also she is fondly remembered for […]

Perrette “Queen” Pradier (1938 - 2013)

French Actress. Born Marie-Mathilde Perrette Chevau, she is best remembered for her co-starring roles in films with actors such as Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles and George Peppard. In 1961, two years after her film debut, Perrette Pradier won the “Prix Suzanne Bianchetti” as the best promising French actress for her performance […]

Annabella Power (1907 - 1996)

Actress. Born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier, the daughter of a magazine publisher, in la Varenne Saint Hilaire, France, on July 14, 1909 (although sources vary the years from 1904 to 1913), she appeared under the screen-name “Annabella”–which she kept throughout her subsequent acting career–in French director Abel Gance’s legendary silent epic “Napoléon” (1927), and director René […]

Martha Scott Powell (1912 - 2003)

Actress. Best remembered for her television roles including, ‘Jennifer Talbot’ on “General Hospital” from 1985 to 1986, ‘Margaret Millington’ on “Secrets Of Midland Heights” from 1980 to 1981, ‘Helen Elgin’ on “The Bionic Woman” from 1976 to 1977, and from 1954 to 1958 she was the host/narrator for the series, “Modern Romances.” She appeared in […]

Diana “Mousie” Powell (1919 - 1997)

Actress. Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, she was nicked named “Mousie” and began her film career appearing in “All the King’s Horses” (1934). In 1940, she met and married actor William Powell, with whom she remained with for the rest of her life. Before retiring from performing in 1943, her most notable films included […]

Maureen Potter (1925 - 2004)

Actress. Born Marina Philomena Potter in Dublin. She has had a long and distinguished career in the Irish theatre, mainly as a comedienne but also as a straight actress. Among her most memorable roles were as ‘Maisie Madigan’ in “Juno and the Paycock.” (bio by: MC)  Family links:  Spouse:  John D. O’Leary (1922 – 2010)* […]

Luce Luz Potter (1914 - 2005)

Actress. She was an entertainer for over 40 years, appearing on stage, television and motion pictures. Her films included, “The Greatest Show of Earth,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” “Houdini” and others. She is best known for playing the Martian leader in the 1953 sci-fi thriller, “Invaders From Mars”. Cause of death, […]

Viola Adele Porter (1879 - 1942)

Actress. She was a frontier stage entertainer in the late 1800s to early 1900s. She is best known for being a part of western actor Jack Langrishe’s theater troupe which performed at the Langrishe Theatre in Deadwood, South Dakota and later in all the states on the west coast. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)

Nyree Dawn Porter (1936 - 2001)

Actress. Renowned for her portrayal of ‘Irene’ on TV’s “The Forsyte Saga.” (bio by: David Conway)

Henny Porten (1890 - 1960)

Actress. She had one of the longest careers of any German actress. As popular in the 1910s as Mary Pickford was in the U.S. Her best known film outside Germany is “Backstairs” (1921). Her first big hit, written by her sister, was “Das Liebesglucke der Blinden” (The Happy Love of a Blind Girl). Porten was […]

Elvire Popesco (1894 - 1993)

Actress. Born in Bucharest, Romania, she was stage performer making her big screen film debut in “Independenţa României” (1912). In 1919, she became the artistic theatre director of the Excelsior Theatre, which she managed and then starred in the movie “Ţigăncuşa de la iatac” (1923). Moving to Paris, France, she was director of Théâtre de […]

María Luisa Ponte (1918 - 1996)

Actress. Daughter of actors Enrique Ponte and Haydée Mancini Puggi, she began her career on stage at the age of seven. She played in several plays during her long career, becoming one of the best actresses on stage and later in cinema, often playing women of strong character. On stage, she triumphed on “Las Bicicletas […]

Aranmula Ponnamma (1914 - 2011)

Actress. A quitessentially typecast performer, she was the mother and grandmother to three generations of actresses and actors in around 500 Malayalam language films. A popular singer from around age 12, Ponnamma was a 29 year old school music teacher when asked to read for a stage production; though still young and attractive she played […]

Isabel de Pomés (1924 - 2007)

Actress. Born in Barcelona,  she was the daughter of famous actor Félix de Pomés. She began her career in the theatre and in 1940 entered films,  becoming a popular star in both comedic and dramatic roles. In 1952 she received an offer to work for Universal Pictures in Hollywood, but she refused to leave Spain. […]

Lucie Poitras (1970 - 1970)

French-Canadian actress. She appeared on television in the programs, “La Famille Plouffe” (1953), “Little Aurore’s Tragedy” (1952), “Whispering City” (1947) and “The Fortress” (1947). Poitras appeared in the films, “Waiting For Caroline” (1967), “Trouble Fete” (1964) and Il etait une guerre” (1959). (bio by: K)

Louise Plowright (1956 - 2016)

Actress. Her best known role was that of the “abrasive hairdresser” Julie Cooper in the television soap opera “EastEnders” from 1989 to 1990.   She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and starred in various regional and touring productions of musicals.    She earned a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 for Best […]

Dana Plato (1964 - 1999)

Actress. She is best remembered for her role as ‘Kimberly Drummond’ on the television sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” that aired on NBC from November 1978 to May 1985 and on ABC from September 1985 until March 1986. She is also remembered for her troubled life after “Diff’rent Strokes” when her career spiraled downward after becoming addicted […]

ZaSu Pitts (1894 - 1963)

Actress. Born Eliza Susan Pitts in Parsons, Kansas, she was named for her mother’s two sisters, each of whom wanted the child named after her, this resulted in ZaSu early in life. It didn’t require a Hollywood agent. She moved to Santa Cruz as a child where her talent was recognized and encouraged from her […]

Ingrid Pitt (1937 - 2010)

Actress. Born Ingoushka Petrov in Poland to a German father and a Polish-Jewish mother, she endured the horrors of imprisonment in a concentration camp during World War II, while a young child. After surviving the ordeal, she began her acting career in Germany, as a member of the famed “Berliner Ensemble”; she was mentored by […]