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)

Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913 - 2005)

Actress. Her role in the 1939 motion picture “Wuthering Heights”, earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in films such as “Dark Victory” (1939), “Wilson” (1944), “Three Strangers” (1946), “Harry and Tonto” (1974) and “Arthur” (1981). In the theatre, she played ‘Goneril’ in “King Lear” (1956), ‘Gertrude’ in “Hamlet” at […]

Lesley Fitz-Simons (1961 - 2013)

British Actress. She is fondly remembered for her portrayal in the role of ‘Sheila Ramsay’ on the long-running British soap opera “Take The High Road” produced by Scottish television from 1987 to 2003. Raised in the village of Milton of Campsie, in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, she ignoring the advice of her careers teachers at the […]

Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865 - 1932)

American actress, leading advocate of realistic acting on the late 19th-early 20th-century American stage, particularly in plays by Henrik Ibsen. Cause of death: Heart Failure

Margarita Fischer (1886 - 1975)

Actress. Born in Missouri Valley, Iowa, she began performing in the theatre at age eight and made her screen debut in “There, Little Girl, Don’t Cry” (1910). She appeared in over 175 silent films to include “The Baby” (1912), “Closed at Ten” (1914), “The Miracle of Life” (1915), “The Tiger-Lily” (1919), “Any Woman” (1925) and […]

Beulah “Dark Cloud” Tahamont Filson (1887 - 1945)

Actress. Born Beulah Tahamont the daughter of Elijah Tahamont, an Abnaki model and actor who worked under the professional name Chief Dark Cloud, and his wife Margaret Camp. She started her stage career at the age of four and as a young woman, she was active in Los Angeles American Indian Clubs and produced and […]

Vivian Fields (1884 - 1975)

American stage and motion picture actress of the 1920s and 30s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Gracie Fields (1899 - 1979)

Actress, Singer. Born Grace Stansfield in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, she made her first stage appearance as a child in 1905, and started her adult career in traveling revue troupes while earning extra money with factory work. After teaming with Archie Pitt, a well known comedian, he gave her career a boost when he began to […]

Bonnie Lynn Fields (1944 - 2012)

Mouseketeer, Actress. Born Bonita Lynn Fields, she was 12 when she was offered a prized slot on “The Mickey Mouse Club” for its third season in 1957-58 after an audition in Burbank, California that drew 5,000 hopeful children. Although she started as one of the background dancers, she eventually became a standout because of her […]

Mary Field (1909 - 1996)

Actress. One of Hollywood’s more resilient but uneventful “day-workers” (a player required for only one day’s shooting), her plaintive, parrot-beaked, chinless face showed up in over 100 films, mostly uncredited roles, and many television shows. Born Olivia Rockefeller, as an infant she was abandoned outside the doors of a church with a note bearing her […]

Margaret Field (1922 - 2011)

Actress. Born Margaret Morlan, for three decades she was featured in films and televison under the name Margaret Field and was the mother of two-time Oscar winner actress Sally Field. During World War II, she moved to Pasadena, California, was discovered by a talent scout, took a screen test and was signed to a contract […]

Madalynne Field (1907 - 1974)

Actress. Born in Michigan, she began her career performing in silent short reels for director Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios and appeared in her first film “Bathing Beauties” in the 1920s. Among her credits are “The Girl From Everywhere” (1927), “The Campus Carmen” (1928), “The Girl From Nowhere” (1928), “Run, Girl, Run” (1928) and “Paris Interlude” […]

Donna Damerel Fick (1912 - 1941)

Actress. She started in vaudeville with her parents who were major stars on the circuit. Fick became popular to radio listeners as Marge of the “Myrt and Marge” radio show which ran on CBS during the 1930s and 1940s.  Her mother Myrtle Vail played the role of Myrt.   Fick played the part from the […]

Feyrouz (1943 - 2016)

Actress.   Born Perouz Artin Kalfayan, she was a prominent child actress during the 1950s.   She made her “big screen” debut in 1950 at the age of seven, in the film “Yasmin”.   She was a multi-talented entertainer, starring in numerous films as an actress, singer, and dancer.   Her film credits include “Dahab” […]

Edwige Feuillère (1907 - 1998)

French Actress. She appeared in “Le Cordon Bleu” (1931), “Lucrèce Borgia” (1935), “J’étais une Aventurière” (1938), “L’Idiot” (1946), “L’Aigle a deux têtes” (1948), “Aimez-vous les Femmes?” (1964), and “La Duchesse de Langeais” (1995), her last film made for TV. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Angelines Fernández (1922 - 1994)

Actress. She was born in Madrid, Spain. During Spanish Civil War, she was forced to exile with her family. In Mexico, she developed an important career on television and cinema. She is fondly remembered for her play as La Bruja del 71, Doña Clotilde in Tv Series “El Chavo del Ocho.” On television, she also […]

Luisa Ferida (1914 - 1945)

Actress. Real name Luigia Manfrini Farnè, she was considered one of the most popular wartime actresses. She landed roles in films such as “The Iron Crown,” “The Sleeping Beauty,” “All Life in One Night,” “Tomb of the Angels,” “The Last Good-bye” and “Jealousy.” In 1942 she won the Best Italian Actress award. She was shot […]

Elsie Ferguson Ferguson (1883 - 1961)

Actress. Known as “The Aristocrat of the Silent Screen,” she starred in many popular films of the early silent cinema. She was married for a time to British screen actor Frederick Worlock. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Frederick Worlock (1886 – 1973)* *Calculated relationship

Irene Fenwick (1887 - 1936)

Actress.  Born Irene Frizell in Chicago,  she began acting in local theatre and made her Broadway debut in “The Brass Bottle” (1910).  A vivacious redhead,  adept at both drama and comedy,  she had a forceful stage presence that belied her tiny stature (she stood only 4’11”).  During the mid-1910s Fenwick flirted with movie stardom,  playing […]