Mayrata O’Wisiedo (1930 - 1998)

Actress. On screen she appeared in “Lola, Espejo Oscuro” (1966), “El Crack” (1981), “Tacones Lejanos” (1991), “Una Mujer Bajo la Lluvia” (1991) and “El Juego de los Mensajes Invisibles” (1992). On stage she began her career in the 50s appearing on “Las Criadas,” “Salomé,” “Hijos de un Dios Menor” and “Antígona entre Muros.” She also […]

Heather Michele O’Rourke (1975 - 1988)

Child actress, she is best remembered for her roles of Carol Anne Freeling in the three “Poltergeist” movies (1982, 1986, and 1988). Born in San Diego, California, she was discovered in 1980 by director Steven Spielberg, while eating lunch with her mother in the MGM Studio Commissary. Spielberg was looking for a six-year-old to play […]

Rosemary O’Reilly (1924 - 2003)

Broadway Actress. She was one of the stars of “New Faces of ’52” on Broadway. (bio by: Laurie)

Peggy O’Neill (1924 - 1945)

Actress. A shapely brunette starlet, the San Francisco-born O’Neill was typically cast as showgirls and models in such films as “All American Co-Ed” (1941), “Song of the Open Road” (1944), “It’s a Pleasure” (1945), and “The Hoodlum Saint” (1946). Her most notable credit is “The Razor’s Edge” (1946), released after her death. She died a […]

Nance O’Neil (1874 - 1965)

Actress. Born Gertrude Lamson, Nance O’Neil’s religious father, an auctioneer, denounced his daughter in church for going on the stage, and asked the congregation to pray for her. She became a major stage star, however, who played Lady Macbeth, Hedda Gabler and Camille. Beautiful and tall (nearly six feet), Nance O’Neil was rumored to be […]

Barbara O’Neil (1910 - 1980)

Actress. She appeared in several motion pictures of the 1930s through 1950s. Best remembered as Scarlett O’Hara’s mother ‘Ellen O’Hara’ in the 1939 classic drama, “Gone With The Wind.” She was actually only three years older than Scarlett actress Vivien Leigh. (bio by: The Perplexed Historian)  Family links:  Parents:  Barbara Blackman O’Neil (1880 – 1963) […]

Anne O’Neal (1893 - 1971)

Actress. She was born Patsy Ann Epperson in Saint Louis, Missouri. A prolific character actress, best remembered for portraying roles as landladies, teachers, and secretaries, many of her over one hundred film roles were uncredited. She worked in the 1930s with the Columbia Pictures short-subject unit, serving as the foil for such comics as Andy […]

Erin O’Kelly (1917 - 1997)

She was a supporting player in several films, including ‘The Harvey Girls’ and ‘Andy Hardy Goes to College’. (bio by:  Doeadear) Cause of death: cancer

Eileen O’Hearn (1913 - 1992)

Eileen O’Hearn was originally a pianist. She turned Film Star in Hollywood. She made ten Films in Hollywood. (bio by: Rudi Polt)

Maureen O’Hara (1920 - 2015)

Actress. Hollywood’s Queen of Technicolor. She is best known for her classic beauty, bright red hair, and fiery Irish temper.  Maureen O’Hara was born Maureen FitzSimons in Ranelagh, Ireland, the second of six children born to Charles and Marguerita FitzSimons.  Her family had a strong theatrical background.  Though a bit of a tomboy and very […]

Lani Agrati O’Grady (1954 - 2001)

Actress. Born Lanita Rose Agrati in Walnut Creek, California, to Lou A. Agrati and to Mary B. (née Castellino), a children’s talent agent. Lanita changed her name to Lani O’Grady after landing the role on the television show Eight is Enough. She began acting at the age of 13 with a role in the television […]

Martha O’Driscoll (1922 - 1998)

Actress. She appear in over 30 films from 1938 to 1947, including “Li’l Abner” (1940, as Daisy Mae), “Ghost Catchers” (1944), “Here Come the Co-Eds”, “House of Dracula”, “The Daltons Ride Again” and “Under Western Skies” (1945). (bio by: Ginny M)

Cathy O’Donnell (1923 - 1970)

Actress. Began her film career with a role in ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’ (1946). Went on to be featured in several film-noir movies of the 1940s and 50s. One of her more notable roles was that of Ben-Hur’s sister in the 1959 version of Ben-Hur. She was married to film director Robert Wyler […]

Maude “Tillie Doremus” O’Dell (1870 - 1937)

Actress. She appeared in the silent films, “Gambier’s Advocate” (1915) and “Niobe” (1915). (bio by: K)  Family links:  Spouse:  Arthur Lispenard Doremus (____ – 1953)* *Calculated relationship

Peggy O’Day (1900 - 1964)

American motion picture actress and writer of the 1910s and 20s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Una O’Connor (1880 - 1959)

Actress. Began her acting career in motion pictures in 1929. She is best remembered for her work in Universal’s horror classics like “The invisible man” (1933) and “The bride of Frankenstein” (1935). She also appeared in classics films like “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938), “This Land is Mine” (1943) as Charles Laughton’s mother, “Cluny […]

Elsa O’Connor (1906 - 1947)

Actress. Born Elsa Asunción Celestino in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she was a popular film drama figure in the 1930’s and 40s. Her many film credits included “Toolbar Mendoza” (1935), “Which Did not Spare” (1938), “Lady Companion” (1940), “I Knew That Woman” (1942), “Desire” (1944) and “The Dark Path” (1947). (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)

Virginia O’Brien (1919 - 2001)

Popular American motion picture actress and singer of the 1940s and 50s. Remembered for her comedic roles in several MGM musicals. Sister of actress Mary O’Brien. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Kirk Alyn (1910 – 1999)* *Calculated relationshipCause of death: Heart attack Inscription:Beloved Mother, GrandmotherGreat Grandmother And Best FriendFamous “Deadpan” Singer

Maila Nurmi (1922 - 2008)

Television Personality. In the 1950s she created the character of Vampira (reportedly named by her then-husband Dean Riesner, a screenwriter who, the year before, had penned MESA OF LOST WOMEN). Popular for both films and as a television horror hostess, the Vampira character would set the standard for an entire legion of horror hostesses, actresses, […]

Alice Elizabeth Nunn (1927 - 1988)

Actress. Best known for her role as ‘Large Marge” in the 1985 comedy motion picture  “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”, she appeared in other notable films such as “Johnny Got his Gun” (1971), “Mame” (1974), “Airport 1975” (1974), “The Fury” (1978), “Mommie Dearest” (1981), (1985), “Trick or Treat” (1986) and “Who’s That Girl” (1987). Her television […]

Jane Novak (1896 - 1990)

Jane Novak, the delicate beauty whom William S. Hart saved from savage hordes and runaway trains in a series of adventure films seven decades ago and who became one of a select few that reclusive star would permit near him in his declining years, died Thursday afternoon. The actress who began her career in 1915 […]

Eva Novak (1898 - 1988)

Actress. The sister of actress Jane Novak, she got her start in the early 1920s as one of Mack Sennett’s bathing beauties. Later she appeared opposite William S. Hart and continued doing her own stuntwork until 1921 when she married director/stuntman William Reed. With the advent of sound, Novak’s popularity faded, finishing out her career […]

Audree Norton (1927 - 2015)

Actress. A pretty brunette, she is remembered as the first deaf performer to become a television regular. Born Audree Lauraine Bennett, she was raised in Minnesota, was deaf from age two due to meningitis, attended the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, and in 1952 graduated from the famed Gallaudet University of Washington, DC. Also […]

Elizabeth Norment (1952 - 2014)

Actress. A versatile performer over her 30 year career, she shall probably be remembered as Nancy, Kevin Spacey’s faithful secretary in the online drama “House of Cards”. Raised in suburban Washington, she attended the elite Sidwell Friends School and the University of Chicago prior to earning an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a master’s […]

Mabel Normand (1892 - 1930)

Mabel Normand Actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts as the youngest of three children. She received her formal education at St. Mary’s Convent in Westport in the southernmost part of the state. When Mabel entered her teen years, she along with her family moved to New York where she caught the acting bug. She already had […]

Gertrude Norman (1851 - 1943)

American stage and motion picture actress of the 1910s through 1930s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Beppie Nooij (1919 - 1979)

Actress. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, she made debut in the role as de Jantjes in the TV movie “Zeemansverouwen” (1968) and also wrote the screenplay. For feature films, she appeared in “Red Sien” (1975) and scripted the soundtrack for the movie. She died at age 60 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)  Note: […]

Magali Noel (1931 - 2015)

Singer, Actress. A pretty brunette not afraid to precipitate scandal, she is perhaps best remembered for starring in several of director Federico Fellini’s classic movies. Born Magali Francoise Noelle Camille Guiffray in what was once the ancient Blblical city of Smyrna, she was raised in the itinerant lifestyle of the diplomatic corps, arrived in France […]

Jennifer Nitsch (1966 - 2004)

Actress. She appeared in “Allein unter Frauen” (1991) and “Der Schattenmann” (1994). (bio by: The Romancer) Cause of death: Suicide

Anna Quirentia Nilsson (1888 - 1974)

Actress. The first Swedish-born actress to receive a Star on the Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame. She appeared in almost 200 films from 1911 to 1954, and she was often uncredited in later ‘sound’ films. She played in “The Thirteenth Commandment” (1920), “The Luck of the Irish” (1920), “Adam’s Rib” (1923), “Blockade” (1928), “They Died […]