Helen Broderick (1891 - 1959)

Actress and Screenwriter. She wrote screenplays for 2 films: “High Speed” (1924) and “The Mystery Club” (1926). She also appeared in 35 films including: “Top Hat,” “Swing Time” (both with Astaire & Rogers), “The Road to Reno,” “The Rage of Paris,” and “no, no, Nanette.” Mother of actor Broderick Crawford.

Estelle Brody (1900 - 1995)

Actress. Daughter of renowned Yiddish Theater composer Joseph Brody, Sister of Composer Murray L. Brody.

Betty Bronson (1906 - 1971)

Betty Bronson Betty Bronson was born in Trenton, New Jersey, to Frank and Nellie Smith Bronson. She began her film career at the age of sixteen with a bit part in Anna Ascends. At seventeen, she was interviewed by J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan. Although the role had been sought by such established […]

Gladys Brockwell (1893 - 1929)

Actress. Born Gladys Lindeman, Brockwell made dozens of films in the late 1910s and by the late 1920s, she had become one of Hollywood’s most respected character women. Brockwell played ‘Nancy Sykes’ in “Oliver Twist” (1922) with John Gilbert and Jackie Coogan, and Janet Gaynor’s evil sister in “Seventh Heaven” (1927). She also had supporting […]

Patti Brill (1923 - 1963)

American actress in several motion pictures of the 1940s and 50s.

Diane Brewster (1931 - 1991)

Actress. She began her career at a Kansas City TV station doing weather shows before moving to Los Angeles to except a part in a “Maverick” television episode. She is best noted for the role as schoolteacher ‘Miss Canfield’ on “Leave It To Beaver” series and also played Richard Kimball’s murdered wife in “The Fugitive” […]

Evelyn Brent (1901 - 1975)

Actress. Real name Mary Elizabeth Riggs. Born in Tampa, Florida, she was raised in Brooklyn and worked as a model before making her film debut in 1914. Brent was playing romantic leads onscreen while still in high school, and at 18 she was chosen by John Barrymore as his leading lady in “Raffles the Amateur […]

Beatrice Bretty (1893 - 1982)

Actress. Born Béatrix Anne-Marie Bolchesi, he gained fame while appearing in motion pictures such as “Le Petit roi” (1933; “The Little King”), “Les Vignes du Seigneur” (1958), “La sentence” (1959; “The Verdict”), and “Arrêtez les tambours” (1960; “Stop the Drums”).

Lucille Bremer (1917 - 1996)

Actress. Born in Amsterdam, New York, she began her career as a Rockette on Radio City Music Hall at age 16. A fabulous dancer, she started appearing in Broadway musicals in 1940. She made her feature screen debut in “Meet Me In St. Louis” (1944), followed by a co-starring role opposite Fred Astaire in “Yolanda […]

Hilda Braid (1929 - 2007)

Actress. A popular British character performer. Born in Kent, Hilda began her career on stage with the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, and first won widespread fame in the mid-1960s for her roles in television. Braid was best known for her role in the BBC comedy “Citizen Smith” and particularly as Nana Moon in “EastEnders,” which […]

Olympe Bradna (1920 - 2012)

Actress. A pretty brunette, she is remembered for starring in several late 1930s Hollywood films. Born Antoinette Olympe Bradna to a circus family that pushed her into show business, she was named for Paris’ Olympia Theatre, was seen in her parents’ act from the time she was a toddler, made her formal debut at eight […]

Alice Brady (1892 - 1939)

Actress. Born Mary Rose Brady in New York City, New York, she began her career in the theatre in 1911, at age 18. In 1914, she made her motion picture debut in the silent picture “As Ye Sow”. She appeared in 53 films in the next 10 years, all while continuing to perform on stage, […]

Reizl Bozyk (1914 - 1993)

Actress. A noted actress in Yiddish Theatre, she is best known for her role as ‘Bubbie Kantor’ in the 1988 motion picture “Crossing Delancey”. She appeared on television in “Law & Order” and “Reading Rainbow”, a children’s program.

Elizabeth Bradley (1922 - 2000)

Actress. The youngest of two daughters born to senior civil servant Sir John Abraham and his wife, She attended Wentworth School, which she left at the age of 17 , and after studying nursing, joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment with the British Red Cross where she worked at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London. […]

Grace Boyd (1913 - 2010)

Actress. Though she starred in several dozen Hollywood features of the 1930s and 1940s, she will perhaps be better remembered as the wife of actor William Boyd, the screen’s Hopalong Cassidy. Raised in New York, she trained as a classical pianist at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, but after winning a […]

Olinda Bozan (1894 - 1977)

Famed actress. She was one of the milestones of the Argentine theater. She began his career at age 5 in a circus. During her long career, she participated in 51 films.

Sofia Bozan (1904 - 1958)

Actress, Singer. One of the most emblematic theater actresses that Buenos Aires ever had. Acted with famous tango singer Carlos Gardel in the movie “Luces de Buenos Aires”

Dorris Bowdon (1914 - 2005)

Actress. She was the widow of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nunnally Johnson. She was also the grandmother of actor Jack Johnson who played Will Robinson in the feature film version of “Lost in Space.” She is best remembered for her performance as Rose-of-Sharon in John Ford’s classic film “The Grapes of Wrath.” Also she worked with director […]

Chili Bouchier (1909 - 1999)

Actress. Born Dorothy Irene Boucher into a close knit family in London, she went to work at Harrods as a model at the age of 15. After being fired for being seduced by one of the store’s floorwalkers, she responded to a newspaper advertisement offering help getting into movies. Bouchier, started working in the film […]

Clara Bow (1905 - 1965)

Actress. Known as the ‘It Girl,’ she is considered America’s first “Sex Symbol”. Born to poverty in Brooklyn, New York, she won a photo beauty contest that launched her film career in 1922. She was “discovered” while working at a Coney Island Hot Dog stand run by Nathan Handwerker, who would later find fame in […]

Lyda Borelli (1884 - 1959)

Italian silent film star. Sister of actress Alda Borelli.

Veda Borg (1915 - 1973)

Actress. Married to director Andrew McLaglen. Mother of Production Manager Mary McLaglen. Appeared in “Guys and Dolls” (1955) and “Mark Trail” (1944) co-starring Bob Steele.

Denise Borino-Quinn (1964 - 2010)

Actress. She portrayed overweight mob wife Ginny Sacramone in the hit HBO series “The Sopranos” from 2001 until its conclusion in 2007. A graduate of West Essex High School, she was a legal assistant in New Brunswick, New Jersey, who accompanied a childhood friend to an open casting call for the successful Mafia-themed show; to […]

Roz Borden (1932 - 2003)

Actress. One-half of the acting Borden twins with her sister Marilyn who started acting at age 3, but who are best known for an appearance on a classic “I Love Lucy” episode called “Tennessee Bound” starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, with the twins playing Teensy and Weensy. The twins also worked with Jimmy Durante, Bob Newhart, […]

Irene Bordoni (1895 - 1953)

Actress. Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, she first appeared in New York in the stage play “Broadway to Paris” (1912). After subsequent stage performaces and vaudeville nonmusical plays, she made her film debut in “Miss Information” (1915). Her other credits included “As You Were” (1920), “The French Doll” (1922) and “Paris” (1928). In 1938, she […]

Shirley Booth (1898 - 1992)

Actress. A prolific stage performer of the 20th Century, she is beloved by film audiences as the emotionally tortured but devoted wife, Lola Delaney in “Come Back Little Sheba” (1952), and by television viewers as Hazel Burke, the headstrong yet lovable housekeeper in the 1960s sitcom “Hazel”. Born Marjory Ford in New York City, she […]

Jessie Bonstelle (1871 - 1932)

Actress, Drama Coach. Her first appearance in public was at the age of 2 as a singer, and was featured on her first national tour aged 7. She appeared in leading roles in her teens with the Schubert Company and founded acting troupes in Rochester, Buffalo, Toronto and Detroit. She coached or otherwise assisted many […]

Bonnie Bonnell (1905 - 1964)

Actress who starred with Ted Healy in a number of movie ‘shorts’ in the early 1930’s which also featured the Three Stooges. Ted Healy coined her as “Bonnie.” Her real first name is Marion.

Sudie Bond (1928 - 1984)

Actress. She is probably best known for her role as Thelma Rice in the film “Silkwood” (1983). Starting out as a dancer and choreographer, she made her Broadway debut in 1952 and made numerous appearances in film and television. Her TV credits include regular roles in the soap opera “Guiding Light” and the sitcom, “Flo”, […]

Beulah Bondi (1889 - 1981)

Actress. Stage career began at age 7 when she played the male role of Little Lord Fauntleroy and made her Broadway debut in 1925 in a play titled “One Of The Family.” The 2-time Oscar nominee was most famous on film for playing mothers and grandmothers. She played the mother of Jimmy Stewart in four […]