Aleta Freel (1907 - 1935)

Actress. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, she gained prominence as a Broadway theater actress prior to her marriage to Warner Brothers Studio actor Ross Alexander, who had begun his acting career in New York City. After they both moved to Hollywood, California to further their careers, she was unable to find film work. […]

Shelagh Fraser (1922 - 2000)

Actress. Born in Purley, Surrey, England the daughter of a jeweler. As a child she contracted spinal tuberculosis, and after her recovery, she and her sister attended St Christopher’s School, Kingswood, before winning a scholarship to Croydon Repertory where she studied drama. She made her film debut in 1944’s ‘Welcome Mr. Washington’ and appeared in […]

Nell Franzen (1889 - 1973)

Motion picture actress in the silent era (1910s-20s). (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  Mary Ellen Coshow Franzen (1861 – 1938)  Sibling:  Mae Frances Franzen (1885 – 1966)*  Nell Franzen (1889 – 1973) *Calculated relationship

Fanchon Frankel (1874 - 1937)

Actress. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she began her career performing on stage as a part of Orpheum circuit. Her film credits included “Sensation Seekers” (1927), “Jake the Plumber” (1927), “Desperate Courage” (1928) and “Pick ‘Em Young” (1930). She died in Hollywood, California and is buried in an unmarked grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, […]

Eva Franco (1906 - 1999)

Actress. Franco was a leading figure on the Golden Age of Argentinian stage and cinema. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Franco debuted in the stock company of her parents at the age of 16. In 1929, she founded her own company and she worked with Federico García Lorca on the play “La Dama Boba.” In […]

Betty Francisco (1900 - 1950)

American stage and motion picture actress of the 1920s and 30s. The majority of her film work was in the silent era. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Joan Francis (1920 - 1995)

Actress. Born in 1920, she started her career in musical comedies and dramatic plays. Working in the repertory companies with actors like Doris Speed, Patricia Phoenix, Bernard Youens and Arthur Leslie, she honed her craft as an actress. In 1960 she tried out for the role of Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street but Pat Phoenix […]

Anne Francis (1930 - 2011)

Actress. Born Anne Lloyd Francis, in Ossining, New York, she began her career in the entertainment industry initially at the age of five, when she was put under contract with the John Robert Powers Agency as a model and cover girl (in order to provide income for her family during “The Depression”). She moved onto […]

Mary Foy (1901 - 1987)

Actress, Entertainer. Daughter of actor Eddie Foy Sr. and one of “The Seven Little Foys” vaudeville act. (bio by: Erik Lander)  Family links:  Parents:  Eddie Foy (1856 – 1928)  Madeline Morando Foy (1869 – 1918)  Spouse:  Lyle Latell (1904 – 1967)*  Siblings:  Bryan Foy (1896 – 1977)*  Charley Foy (1898 – 1984)*  Mary Foy (1901 […]

Madeline Foy (1905 - 1988)

Actress, Entertainer. Daughter of actor Eddie Foy Sr. and one of “The Seven Little Foys” vaudeville act. (bio by: Erik Lander)  Family links:  Parents:  Eddie Foy (1856 – 1928)  Madeline Morando Foy (1869 – 1918)  Siblings:  Bryan Foy (1896 – 1977)*  Charley Foy (1898 – 1984)*  Mary Foy (1901 – 1987)*  Eddie Fitzgerald Foy (1905 […]

Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler (1952 - 2002)

Ex-wife of Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith). Known as the inspiration for David Bowie’s 1973 song, “The Jean Genie.” She married New York Dolls singer David Johansen in 1977, then left him after a year to marry Tyler. She is the mother of Tyler’s daughter Mia, a fashion model. She wrote a memoir of her relationship […]

Sidney Fox (1907 - 1942)

Actress. She was in several movies with Humphrey Bogart in the early 1930s, including The Bad Sister. She was in Murders in the Rue Morgue with Bela Lugosi. Married to Charles Beahan. Died as a result of overdose of sleeping pills at age 34. (bio by: nevermore)  Inscription:OUR BELOVED DAUGHTER

Dorothy Foulger (1900 - 1988)

American Character Actress. She made numerous TV appearances in the 1950s. She was seen in four episodes of the western series “The Adventures of Kit Carson” and four episodes of the crime drama series “Dragnet”. She made two guest appearances in “Perry Mason”. She even appeared in comedy series such as a 1958 episode of […]

Ruth Foster (1920 - 2012)

Actress. Best known for her portrayal in the reoccurring role of Mrs. Foster on the television series “Little House on the Prairie.” She first broke into show business at the age of 12 when the Shubert Theater sponsored a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance contest. She competed and won first place. This exposure lead […]

May Foster (1873 - 1951)

Actress of the Silent Screen. She appeared in “The Midnight Alarm” (1923), “The Crown of Lies” (1926), and “The Scarlett Empress,” among many other popular films of the era. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Frances Foster (1924 - 1997)

Actress. A native of Yonkers, New York,  she is best known for her role as ‘Vera’ in the daytime television series “The Guiding Light”, which she played from 1985 to 1994. Some of her acting credits include roles in the motion pictures “A Piece of the Action” (1977),  “Malcolm X” (1992),  “Crooklyn” (1994),  “Clockers” (1995), […]

Viola Fortesque (1970 - 1953)

Actress, she appeared as Mrs. Smithson in the silent film “The White Raven” (1917). (bio by: Ginny M)  Family links:  Parents:  Viola P.G. Fortesque (1848 – 1925)

Mimi Forsythe (1921 - 1952)

Actress. Born Marie C. Armstrong in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of a wealthy steel magnate who was at one time associated with industrial baron Andrew Carnegie. She appeared in only three full length motion pictures, being best remembered for her role as ‘Tamara’, in the 1943 film, “Three Russian Girls”, a role was […]

Forouzan (1937 - 2016)

Actress.   Born Parvin Kheirbakhsh, she was an actress in cinema from the 1960s to 1979 when she was banned from acting in movies after the Iranian Revolution.   She started her career by dubbing films and starred in her first film “Sahel-e Entezar” in 1964.   She would go on to star in many […]

Pituka de Foronda (1918 - 1999)

Actress.  Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, she was the daughter of author Mercedes Pinto. After some stage experience in Montevideo, Uruguay, she made her motion picture debut in Cuba’s first “talkie”,  “La Serpiente Roja” (1937). In 1941 Foronda went to Hollywood and made a screen test for the drama “For […]

Ruth Ford (1911 - 2009)

Actress. She appeared in feature films, on stage and television from the late-1930’s until the mid-1980’s. Her parents were proprietors of a string of hotels in the south, so she spent her childhood moving from one town to another. After attending the University of Mississippi, she moved to New York and enjoyed a successful modeling […]

Helen Isabel Barnett Ford (1894 - 1982)

Actress. Film and television credits include “Carry on Doctor,” “Callan, “Crossroads, “Dixon of Dock Green, “The Public Defender,” “The Raid,” “Sound Off,” “The Secret People,” “The Model and the Marriage Broker,” “Apartment for Peggy.” She was a major Broadway musical comedy star during the 1920s. Among her Broadway stage credits include three Rodgers and Hart […]

Blanche Chapman Ford (1970 - 1941)

Actress. Known professionally as Blanche Chapman, Mrs. Ford was a celebrated beauty of the 19th Century stage whose theatrical career eventually spanned more than eight decades. Born Ada Blanche Chapman in Covington, Kentucky, to actors Harry S. Chapman and his wife, Julia Drake, she was a cousin of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, and a […]

Lynn Fontanne (1887 - 1983)

Actress. She was born Lillie Louise Fontanne to Jules Pierre Antoine Fontanne and Frances Ellen Fontanne. She was once described as “one of the two most gifted comic actors” and the other was her husband Alfred Lunt. While attending a play in her hometown at the age of 10, she decided that she was going […]

Nelly Fontán (1936 - 2003)

T.V. and stage actress. Well known for her roles in soap operas. (bio by: 380W)

Lillian Fontaine (1886 - 1975)

Actress. She appeared in seven films between 1945 and 1953, most notably “The Lost Weekend.” She also taught drama at San Jose State and later Stanford University. She was the mother of Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland. Her ashes were scattered by her daughters in the woods near Villa Montalvo, a community theater in […]

Elizabeth Flournoy (1886 - 1977)

Actress, “Adams Rib” 1949, “Annie Get your Gun”, “Titanic” and “Cash McCall”. (bio by: Graving Queen of the OC)

Pauline Flood (1915 - 1917)

Actress. Known as “Baby Sunshine”, her career ended at age two, when she crawled in front of a moving truck. She appeared in nine silent films and several commercials. (bio by: MC)  Inscription:Section 7, Lot 1, Grave 2N-2W

Golde Flami (1918 - 2007)

Stage, Motion Picture, and Television Actress. One of the most popular actresses of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema (1940s and 1950s). She is well remembered for her “femme fatale” roles. Born Golda Flon in Ukraine, she emigrated with her family to Argentina in 1923.  She began her career in the yiddish theater of the […]

Emily Fitzroy (1860 - 1954)

Often called one of the greatest character actresses of her era, Fitzroy appeared in 98 films including: “Untamed Youth” (silent), “The Red Kimona” (silent), “New Moon,” “Don Quixote,” “China Seas,” “The Frontiersman,” “Two-Faced Woman,” “Forever and a Day,” and “The White Cliffs of Dover.” (bio by: TLS)