Etta Hawkins (1865 - 1945)

Actress. She was best known as a prominent Broadway stage comedian during the early 1900s. She also was wife of stage actor and producer William Morris and mother of actors Chester Morris and Adrian Morris. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)  Family links:  Spouse:  William Morris (1861 – 1936)  Children:  Gordon Morris (1898 – 1940)*  Chester […]

Doreen Hawkins (1919 - 2013)

Actress. A World War II ENSA performer who later appeared in several films, she is perhaps best remembered as the wife of actor Jack Hawkins and as the author of a memoir of her wartime activities. Born Doreen Mary Beadle, she took to the stage early and under the name Doreen Lawrence began her professional […]

June Haver (1926 - 2005)

Actress. A native of Rock Island, Illinois, she was touted as being the next Betty Grable during the 1940s. The widow of actor Fred MacMurray, she began her career at the age of 6 appearing in numerous stage shows and winning several musical contests. In 1936 she began to perform on local radio and in […]

Raymond Hatton (1887 - 1971)

Actor. From 1914, Hatton starred or co-starred in several of the early Cecil B. DeMille productions, notably “The Whispering Chorus.” (1917) Hatton appeared in Hollywood’s first feature film, “The Squaw Man,” (1931) and then in almost 500 other pictures. Hatton continued to act into the 1960s, showing up on such TV series as” The Abbott […]

Hilo Hattie (1901 - 1979)

Entertainer, Actress. She was born Clarissa “Clara” Haili in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was a Hawaiian singer, hula dancer, actress and comedienne of Native Hawaiian ancestry. Clara loved to dance the hula and sing in the church choir. She began teaching at Waipahu Elementary School in 1923, entertaining her students with what would become her comedy […]

Mary Hay Caldwell Hastings (1901 - 1957)

Actress and Dancer. An early star of the silent film era, she studied dance at Denishawn Studio in Los Angeles, and the Denishawn connection to D. W. Griffith led to a dancing role in Griffith’s 1918 film “Hearts of the World.” Using the stage name Mary Hay and heeding Griffith’s advice that stage experience would […]

Sumi Sevilla Haru (1939 - 2014)

American film, television and theatre actress. Haru was born Mildred Sevilla in 1939 in Orange, New Jersey. Her acting credits included “Krakatoa,” “East of Java,” “MASH,” “The Beverly Hillbillies” and “Hill Street Blues.” Haru was the author of the 2012 memoir Iron Lotus: Memoirs of Sumi Sevilla Haru. Haru served on the Screen Actors Guild‐American […]

Gretchen Hartman (1897 - 1979)

Actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was a in her teens as a stage performer under the name of Greta Arbin prior to making her screen debut in “Famous Players” (1914). A popular figure of the silent film era, her credits included “Colomba” (1915), “The Purple Lady” (1916), “Les Miserables” (1917), “The Bandbox” (1919), “Bride […]

Elizabeth Harrower (1918 - 2003)

Actress. She is best known for her role as ‘Charlotte Ramsey’ on the soap opera television series “Young And the Restless,” which she also wrote for from 1973 to 2003. She also appeared in the films, “I Love You Goodbye” (1974), “A Brand New Life” (1973), “Adventures Of Nick Carter” (1972), “Shoot Out” (1971), “True […]

Nell Harrison (1880 - 1973)

Actress. Born in Lebanon, Missouri, she made her screen debut in “No Greater Love” (1943). Her other film credits included “The Crucible” (1953), “Young Man with a Horn” (1956), “The Firm” (1965) and “The Producers” (1968). For television she appeared on “The Honeymooners”, “The Defenders”, “The Nurses” and “Westinghouse Theatre”. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith) […]

Mildred Harris (1901 - 1944)

Silent film star. She was the first of Charlie Chaplin’s four wives (She was sixteen, he was twenty-eight). She made 112 movies between 1912 and 1944. She was known as ‘Innocent Mildred Harris’ because of her marriage to Chaplin at such a young age and because of her innocent looks.  Family links:  Spouse:  Charlie Chaplin […]

Marilyn Harris (1924 - 1999)

Actress. Fondly remembered for her role as Little Maria, the ‘flower girl’ who befriends Frankenstein’s monster (meeting her demise moments later) in the 1931 classic horror film, “Frankenstein.” She appeared in several more motion pictures throughout the 1930s and ’40s. (bio by: A.J. Marik) Cause of death: Heart failure and cancer

Cassandra Harris (1952 - 1991)

Actress. Harris was born Sandra Colleen Waites in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on December 15, 1952. She appeared in the films, “For Yor Eyes Only” (1981), as ‘Countess Lisl Von Schlaf,’ “Rough Cut” (1980), as ‘Mrs. Lloyd Palmer,’ and “The Greek Tycoon” (1978), as ‘Cassandra.’ She also appeared in the television shows, “Space: 1999” […]

Mickey I. Harper (1936 - 1964)

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Jane Harker (1922 - 2000)

Actress, Model. A popular glamour girl of the late 1940s, she is remembered as Alice from a number of the ‘Joe McDoakes’ film shorts. Though little is recorded of her early years, she was born Jane Ellen Harker, was a native of the Chicago suburbs, became a Warner Brothers contract player, and made her 1946 […]

Sophiya Haque (1971 - 2013)

Actress, Singer. A popular performer of both England and India, she shall perhaps be best remembered as the barmaid Poppy Morales of ITV’s classic series “Coronation Street”. Initially raised by her single mother, she studied dance then after moving with her father to London trained at the Arts Educational Schools. In 1988 Sophiya landed a […]

Ellen Hanley (1926 - 2007)

Actress, Singer. She was a musical-theater performer best-known for playing Fiorello LaGuardia’s first wife in the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Fiorello!” Born in Lorain, Ohio, she made her Broadway debut in “Annie Get Your Gun,” starring Ethel Merman, in 1946. The following year she appeared as Clothilde Pfefferkorn in “Barefoot Boy with Cheek,” a musical featuring Nancy […]

Octavia Handworth (1887 - 1978)

Actress. Born Octavia Boas in New York City, she was a stage performer when she entered films with the French Pathé Company in 1912. During the silent film era, she appeared in nearly 50 movies to include “A Nation’s Peril” (1912), “The Eye of God” (1913), “The Son” (1915), “The Great Ruby” (1915), “Puppets of […]

Lou Hancock (1924 - 1995)

Actress. She appeared on stage in numerous movies and TV programs.  Her most notable roles were in the movies Evil Dead II (“Henrietta Knowby”) and Miracle Mile (“Lucy Peters”).  She also had a recurring role as “Mabel Shoop” in the TV series, “Walker, Texas Ranger.” (bio by: Tony Sivo)  Family links:  Parents:  Donnie Dicy Maddox […]

Ruth Hampton (1931 - 2005)

Former Beauty Queen, Actress. Born Regina Ruth Jane Hampton in Throop, Pennsylvania, she became a dancer and performed with the Philadelphia Civic Ballet and New York’s Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. She gained national attention as a beauty queen when crowned “Miss New Jersey” and was the runner up in the “Miss USA” pageant of […]

Kay Hammond (1901 - 1982)

Actress. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she performed in many Hollywood motion picture productions from 1920s to the 1960s. Her credits included “Her Private Affair” (1929), “Abraham Lincoln” (1930), “Racetrack” (1933), “Eight Girls in a Boat” (1934), “Way Down East” (1935), “The Ten Commandments” (1956) and “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (1965). (bio by: John […]

Elaine Hammerstein (1896 - 1948)

Actress.  The daughter of noted theatrical producer Arthur Hammerstein and granddaughter of  Oscar Hammerstein,  she seemed destined for a show business career.  After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1913 she appeared in two Broadway shows,  “High Jinks” (1913) and “The Trap” (1915),  before making her screen debut in “The Moonstone” (1915).  Her famous name […]

Sue Hamilton (1945 - 1969)

Actress. Born Karen Susan Hamilton in Glendale, California, she was a successful modeling beauty and was Playboy Magazine’s Playmate of the Month (as Sue Williams) in the April 1965 issue. A talent scout for American International Pictures saw her picture feature in Playboy and signed her to a long-term multi-movie contract with the studio. She […]

Margaret Hamilton (1902 - 1985)

American character actress, best known for her legendary role as “The Wicked Witch of the West” in the 1939 MGM classic “The Wizard of Oz,” which was ranked #4 on the American Film Institute’s villains list of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains. Hamilton had a long career on stage and screen, often playing spinsters […]

Jane Hamilton (1915 - 2004)

Actress. Jane Hamilton started her career as a Goldwyn girl. She also worked as a model at Saks fifth avenue in Beverly Hills. She married millionaire William I. Hollingsworth in 1939. During the war, she worked for the Red Cross. In 1949 she married her second husband, Edward G. Wormhoudt. Jane appeared in several movies […]

Faten Hamama (1931 - 2015)

Actress. A brunette beauty called “the First Lady of the Arab screen”, she is remembered for starring in roughly 100 Egyptian film features, in the process breaking stereotypes by portraying strong female characters. Raised in Cairo by a middle class family, she was to some extent pushed into show business by her father, who had […]

Florence Halop (1923 - 1986)

Actress. She began her career appearing on radio series of the 1940s, which transitioned to television in the early 1950s. Halop guest starred on various television series to include “Meet Millie”, “I Love Lucy”, “I Spy”, “That Girl”, “Barney Miller”, “Soap” and “Different Strokes”. She is most fondly remembered for the roles of ‘Bailiff Florence […]

Lillian Hall-Davis (1898 - 1933)

Actress. Hall-Davis became well known to a wide public with her roles in Hitchcock’s early movies “The Ring” and “The Farmer’s Wife.” She committed suicide in 1933. (bio by: MC)

Ruth Hall (1910 - 2003)

Actress. She appeared in 37 films during the Hollywood Golden Era, in movies like “Ride Him Cowboy” opposite John Wayne, “The Heart of New York,” “The Kid from Spain,” “The Three Musketeers,” and “How to Marry a Millionaire” with Marilyn Monroe. But she is best remebered as ‘Mary Helton’ in the 1931 Marx Brother’s classic […]

Rosie Lee Moore Hall (1899 - 1967)

Spokeswoman. Rosie Moore was the last woman to represent the character “Aunt Jemima” for the Quaker Oats Company. She was discovered while working for the advertising department at Quaker Oats in Oklahoma, and became the new spokesperson for Aunt Jemima pancake mix. She toured the country in character until the late 60s when the image […]