Lucilla Morlacchi (1936 - 2014)

Actress. A performer of stage and Italian Cinema, she will be best remembered by international audiences for playing ‘Concetta’ in the Luchino Visconti film “The Leopard” (1963). She discovered a fondness for the theater and studied Drama. In 1956, she made her professional debut playing ‘Jenny’ in the Italian stage production of George Bernard Shaw’s […]

Valeria Moriconi (1931 - 2005)

Italian Stage and Screen Actress. Her real name was Valeria Abbruzzetti. She began her career on stage, but she soon triumphed in cinema with films such as “Gli Italiani si voltano” and “La Spiaggia.”  She was elected Great Master of Republic. On Stage, she was considered a Great Lady of the scene. Other of her […]

Margo Morgan (1897 - 1962)

Stage actress/entertainer. ‘Margo Morgan’ was her professional name.  Family links:  Parents:  George J Pfiester (1860 – 1946)  Susan Weiske Pfiester (1869 – 1940)  Spouse:  Victor Edward Rockwood (1903 – 1981)  Siblings:  Corrine Elizabeth Pfiester Mitchell (1892 – 1991)*  Arthur F Pfiester (1894 – 1979)*  Margo Morgan (1897 – 1962) *Calculated relationship

Rina Morelli (1908 - 1976)

Italian motion-picture actress. She is fondly remembered for her acclaimed roles in films such as: “Strange Deception,” Luchino Visconti’s “The Wanton Countess” and “The Leopard,” with Burt Lancaster. (bio by: MC)

Lillian M. Morehouse (1906 - 1994)

Actress. Born in Hartford, Connecticut , she was a fashion model when she started performing in the theatre. She was most noted for being a popular Broadway performer and a part of the Earl Carroll’s Vanities ensemble of the 1920s. She died of natural causes at age 88. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)

Nonna Viktorovna Mordyukova (1925 - 2008)

Actress. She was considered one of Russia’s top cinema stars, appearing in over 60 films spanning a 50 year screen career. She made her screen debut at age 23 in the 1948 motion picture “The Young Guard.” She was the recipient of several Soviet state awards, and was named as the people’s actress in 1974. […]

Gracita Morales (1928 - 1995)

Acclaimed Spanish Stage and Screen Character Actress. She often played comedic roles with a characteristic voice. She is best remembered for her films: “Maribel y la Extraña Familia” (1960), “Atraco a las Tres” (1962) “La Chica del Gato” (1962), “Más Bonita que Ninguna” (1965), “La Ciudad no es Para Mí” (1965), “Sor Citroen” (1968), “Juicio […]

Ute Mora (1945 - 2003)

Actress. Played ‘Berta Griese’ in the German TV-Series “Lindenstrasse.” She was part of the original cast. (bio by: JSesto) Cause of death: Cancer

Agnes Moorehead (1900 - 1974)

Actress. She was born Agnes Robertson Moorehead in Clinton, Massachusetts, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister.  She was a graduate of Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio then went on to earn a master’s degree in English and public speaking at the university of Wisconsin.  She continued her studies in New York at the American Academy […]

Maggie Moore (1851 - 1926)

Actress. Dubbed ‘the darling of the gods’, she was one of the most popular women on the late-nineteenth century Australian stage. In 1903, she joined the Royal Comic Opera Company, which toured the United States, Great Britain and Australia until 1924. She retired to California in 1925, appearing on stage and in silent films until […]

Joanna Cook Moore (1934 - 1997)

Actress. She specialized in playing wily females in such films as “Walk on the Wild Side” (1962), “Son of Flubber” (1963), and Orson Welles’ “A Touch of Evil.” She is best remembered as the benevolent girlfriend of Sheriff Andy Taylor in the early TV episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show.” At the peak of her […]

Ida Moore (1882 - 1964)

Ida Moore (March 1, 1882- September 26, 1964) She made her film debut in “Lightnin” (1925), but did not actively pursue film making full time until the 1940’s. She was routinely cast as a grandma or as a spinster in many comedies to include “Cutie on Duty” (1943), “The Windjammer” (1945), “Money Madness” (1947), “Hold […]

Colleen Moore (1899 - 1988)

Through my series “Finding Them,” I embarked on an adventure to try to shed light on forgotten stars. Colleen Moore is among the stars I tried to put back into the limelight. Colleen Moore was born Kathleen Morrison on Aug. 19, 1899, in Port Huron, Mich. She was born with one brown eye and one […]

Carlotta Monti (1907 - 1993)

Actress, Author. She is most remembered for being the Mistress of comedian W. C. Fields. As an actress, after winning the Miss Hollywood beauty pageant, she began as an extra in the 1925 movie, “Ben-Hur,” later playing several, most often uncredited, bit parts in other movies, including the hit movie, “King Kong” (1933 – she […]

Lola Montez (1821 - 1861)

Entertainer, American Folk Figure. Cause of death: Pneumonia

Conchita Montes (1914 - 1994)

Spanish stage and screen actress. She is best remembered for her films “La Vida en un Hilo” (1945), “Nada” (1947), “El Baile” (1959), and “La Escopeta Nacional” (1978).  (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Conchita Montenegro (1912 - 2007)

Actress. Born Concepción de Andrés Picado in San Sebastián, Pais Vasco, Montenegro was a star of the 1930s cinema. After working as a model and dancer, Montenegro turned to dramatic acting and became a star on Spain, France and Germany. Then, Montenegro came to Hollywood in 1930 with a contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and later with […]

Ethel Merman (1908 - 1984)

Entertainer. As an actress and singer, she is best remembered for her powerful, belting mezzo-soprano voice, precise enunciation and pitch in musicals, and has been called “the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage.” Because stage singers performed without microphones when she began singing professionally, she had a great advantage, despite the fact that […]

Cheerio Meredith (1890 - 1964)

Actress. A popular character performer, her career began late in her senior years with roles on television and motion pictures in the 1940s to 1960s. Among her film credits were “A Fig Leaf for Eve” (1944), “The Fat Man” (1951), “The Legend of Tom Dooley” (1959), “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” (1962) and […]

Micole Mercurio (1938 - 2016)

Actress. The Chicago native enjoyed a 30-year career in films and television, often cast as mother figures. She experienced her breakthrough role playing ‘Rosemary Szabo’ in the film “Flashdance” (1983) and would go on to a wide range of pictures including playing ‘Mamma Love’ in “The Client” (1994) and “While You Were Sleeping” (1995). Among […]

Marian Mercer (1935 - 2011)

Actress. Born Marian Ethel Mercer, she took singing lessons at the age of eight and had a starring role in a high school production of “Annie Get Your Gun” before attending the University of Michigan. She gained experience in summer stock plays and following her moving to New York in 1957, she modeled (as well […]

Beryl Mercer (1882 - 1939)

Actress.  She is best known for playing gentle,  long-suffering mothers in Hollywood films.  Born to British parents in Seville,  Spain,  she appeared on the London stage from childhood and moved to the United States in 1916.  She settled in Hollywood in 1929,  after a decade of Broadway experience.  The small,  sad-eyed Mercer was immediately pegged […]

Doro Merande (1892 - 1975)

Actress. Born Dora Matthews, she appeared in 25 Broadway plays, most famously in the original 1938 production of “Our Town.” This was the part that brought her to Hollywood in 1940, where Merande appeared in dozens of Hollywood-based TV and movie character roles, including the loud mouthed housekeeper in “The Gazebo” (1959) and the strident […]

Pina Menichelli (1890 - 1984)

Silent Italian silent film star. Pina was considerd one of the most bizzare and perverse of the Italian divas. She is a striking presence in her handful of her films. With her contorted postures and distainful expressions, she would have been typed as a Hollywood Vamp. (bio by: David)

Lola Membrives (1888 - 1969)

Legendary Actress. One of the greatest performers of the Spanish repertory. Born Dolores Membrives Fernández in Buenos Aires, she made her debut in Spain in 1902. When she returned to Buenos Aires in 1905, she began an artistic career that lasted more than sixty years. (bio by: 380W)

Kitty Melrose (1970 - 1912)

Actress. Real name Agnes Butterfield. Vivacious star of the Edwardian stage. Her biggest hit was the musical “The Quaker Girl” (1910), which ran for 536 performances at London’s Adelphi Theatre. After an unhappy love affair,  Melrose swallowed poison. (bio by: Bobb Edwards)

Vera Fuller Mellish (1970 - 1970)

Actress. She appeared in the film “The Beautiful Adventure” (1917). On Broadway, some of the original productions she appeared in were “A Little Journey”(1918), ” Shall We Join the Ladies?”(1925), “Late One Evening”(1933), “The Puritan”(1936), and “The Solid Gold Cadillac”(1953). She was the daughter of actor Fuller Mellish, and sister of actor Fuller Mellish, Jr. […]

Marisa Mell (1939 - 1992)

Actress. With a large number of film and television features to her credit she is probably best remembered for her starring turns in several low budget Italian movies of the late 1960s. Born Marlies Theres Moitzi she was raised in Graz, Austria, and after graduation from high school studied acting in Vienna and was briefly […]

Mariangela Melato (1941 - 2013)

Italian Actress. Regarded by film critics as one of the best actresses and known for her many main character roles in successful films. From 1963 to 1965 she worked with Dario Fo in ” Settimo: ruba un pò meno e la colpa è sempre del diavolo” and in 1966 was committed to the Teatro Stabile […]

Blanche Mehaffey (1908 - 1968)

American actress in several motion pictures of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Married to film producer Ralph M. Like. (bio by: A.J. Marik)