Camila Quiroga (1891 - 1948)

Famed stage and cinema actress. She made several tours for Europe and America divulgating the works of the Argentine authors. She also was a pioneer of the Argentine cinema (5 movies.) 

Ella Raines (1920 - 1988)

Actress. She is best remembered for her supporting roles as the love interest in a number of World War II action dramas. Born in Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, she enrolled as a drama student at the University of Washington, and following her graduation in 1941, traveled to New York City to attempt her breakthrough role in […]

Geraldine Page (1924 - 1987)

Actress. Born in Kirksville, Missouri, the daughter of a physician, she became an actress at the age of 17, winning critical reviews for her performance in 1952 of the off-Broadway production of Tennessee Williams play “Summer and Smoke.” She was quickly invited to Hollywood, and her first movie role was opposite John Wayne in “Hondo” […]

Joy Page (1924 - 2008)

Actress. She is best remembered for her role as Annina Brandel in the classic 1942 film “Casablanca”. Born Joy Paige in Los Angeles, she was the daughter of actor Don Alvarado. After her parents divorced, her mother married movie executive Jack L. Warner and at age 17 she was put under contract to Warner Bros. […]

Rita Quigley (1923 - 2008)

Actress. She appeared in more than a dozen films during the 1940s. After making her big screen debut at the age of seventeen in the 1940 picture “Susan and God”, she would have memorable roles in the pictures “Five Little Peppers in Trouble” (1940), “The Howards of Virginia” (1940), “Jennie” (1940), “Ride, Kelly, Ride” (1941), […]

Rita Oehman (1917 - 1995)

Actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she began her career as a child paired with her brother Edward performing in a Vaudville show billed as the “Oehmen Twins”. At age of 20 she was discovered by RKO Studios and made several short reel films. Her feature films included “The Jam Session” (1937), “Go Chase Yourself” (1938), […]

Pascale Ogier (1958 - 1984)

Actress. Born Pascale Marguerite Cécile Claude Colette Nicolas in Paris, France, she was the daughter actress Bulle Ogier. She began performing first on the stage, made her film debut in “Perceval le Gallois” (1978) and with her mother co-wrote the screenplay and starred in “Le pont du nord” (1981). For her performance in “Full Moon […]

Yuki Namba (2024 - 2006)

Actress. Real name Lidia Rosa Tempone. A native of Tres Arroyos, Argentina, she was one of her country’s top movie stars of the 1940s and 1950s. Her films include “Peluquería de Señoras” (1941), “La Piel de Zapa” (1943), “El Último Pallador” (1950), “Sucedió en Buenos Aires” (1954), “Mercado de Abasto” (1955) and “La Morocha” (1955).

Mildred Natwick (1905 - 1994)

Natwick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Joseph and Mildred Marion Natwick (née Dawes). Her grandfather, Ole Natwick, was one of the earliest Norwegian immigrants to the United States, arriving in Wisconsin in 1847. Her first cousin was animator and cartoonist Myron “Grim” Natwick.  She attended the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore and […]

Berta Labarga (1948 - 2003)

Spanish-born actress. She appeared in the film “Imagenes Del Deporte N’63” (1973).

Sue Ladd (1907 - 1982)

Actress. Wife of actor Alan Ladd. She was 20 years old when she entered film work. Her first role was a bit part in “Soft Cushions” in 1927. Directors liked the way she took instruction and gave her a more substantial part later that year in “Slaves of Beauty.” While she didn’t land the roles […]

Claire James (1920 - 1986)

Actress. In the 1930s, her mother moved the family to California to get her daughter into motion features. There Claire James became a beauty queen being named “Miss Los Angeles” in 1938 and placed third in the “Queen of Queens” of Southern California that same year. In August 1938, she was crowned “Miss California” and […]

Ida Kaminska (1899 - 1980)

Actress. Born in Odessa, Russia, she was best known for her role as ‘Rozália Lautmannová’ in “The Shop on Maine Street” (1965), of which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. She began her career as a performer in the Yiddish theater, Poland and after World War II, she was co-founder of Jewish State […]

Katalin Karady (1910 - 1990)

Actress, Singer. A ‘sex-kitten’ in around 20 Hungarian films of the 1940s, she is better remembered for her work in saving Jews during World War II. Born Katalin Kanczler she was raised in poverty but due to the charity of others was able to spend five years studying in Switzerland and Holland; returning home she […]

Margaret Irving (1898 - 1988)

Actress. She started in silent screen motion pictures in 1923. Her last movie was the 1955 film “The People’s Choice.” 

Bettye Ackerman (1928 - 2006)

Actress. She was a stage performer in the New York Theatre when she met and married actor Sam Jaffe in 1956. The two relocated to Hollywood and she made her film debut in “Face of Fire” (1959). Considered a great character actress, she was best known for appearing as a regular on many television series […]

Takako Irie (1911 - 1995)

Actress. Born as “Hideko Tobojo,” she first worked under director Kenji Mizoguchi, then worked independently with a variety of directors thereafter. Known for her exceptional beauty, she was nicknamed “Neko(the cat).” Her movies include “Kokyo”(1923), “Tokyo March”(1929), and “Sanjuro”(1962). 

Gretchen Gailing (1915 - 1961)

Actress. American stage and motion picture figure who appeared in Victor Fleming’s 1948 version of “Joan of Arc”.

Sara Haden (1899 - 1981)

Actress. She appeared in many films in her career, but she is best remembered for her role as ‘Aunt Milly Forrest’ in the Andy Hardy films. They include, “Andy Hardy Comes Home” (1958), “Love Laughs At Andy Hardy” (1947), “Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble” (1944), “The Courtship of Andy Hardy” (1942), “Andy Hardy’s Double Life” (1942), […]

Sara Fairbrother (2024 - 1890)

Actress. Wife of the Duke of Cambridge who became Field Marshall and Commander-in-Chief. 

Renee Falconetti (1893 - 1946)

Actress. Although she spent most of her life as a stage comedienne actress Maria Falconetti would forever make her place in history for her one and only film role, that of the title role in Carl Dryer’s silent masterpiece “La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc” (The Passion of Joan of Arc). Her work in that film, […]

Jane Gail (1890 - 1963)

Silent film actress of the 1910s, she was in over 80 movies. Some of her more famous roles were Dr. Jekyll’s fiancé, ‘Alice’, in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde”(1913), ‘Mary Barton’ in ‘Traffic in Souls” (1913), ‘Princess Flavia’ in “The Prisoner of Zenda” (1915), and ‘A Child of Nature’ in “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”(1916) […]

Irene Dailey (1920 - 2008)

Actress. A performer of stage, television and films, she is best known for her role as Nettie Cleary in the 1960s Tony Award-winning Broadway drama “The Subject Was Roses”. She won an Emmy Award in 1979 for her role as Liz Matthews in the daytime soap opera “Another World”. The younger sister of entertainer Dan […]

Kathryn Eames (1908 - 2004)

Actress. She spent over 50 years as an actress on radio, television, movies, and every level of the theater from Broadway to regional and dinner theaters. Her first Broadway part was in Moss Hart’s “Winged Victory.” Other plays included “Lamp at Midnight”, “Portrait of a Madonna” and “In White America.” She toured with “Morning’s at […]

Blanche Earle (1882 - 1951)

Silent-film actress. Married to director William P.S. Earle. 

Marie Cahill (1874 - 1933)

Actress. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was a popular stage comedienne in touring companies, making her musical debut in Broadway’s “A Tin Soldier” in 1889. She went on to appear in over twenty Broadway musicals before casting for silent films in 1916. Her most noted movie credits include “Gladys’ Day Dreams” (1917), “Judy Forget” […]

Lelia Abramo (1910 - 2004)

Actress. Born to Italian immigrants in São Paulo, Brazil, he was a figure in Brazillian theater, motion pictures and television. Her best known roles were in the films “Veredas da Salvação” (1965) and “O Quarto” (1968). She was also a well-known political activist and one of the founders of President Lula da Silva’s Workers Party.

Jane Ace (1900 - 1974)

Radio Actress. Born Jane Epstein in Kansas City, Missouri, together with her husband Goodman Ace, they were one of the most popular novelty teams during radio’s golden era. In 1930, when circumstances forced Goodman Ace to continue broadcasting after his show had finished on KMBC Radio Kansas City, he brought his wife Jane in for […]

Olga Baclanova (1896 - 1974)

Actress. Born Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova in Moscow, Russia. She worked extensively on stage in London’s West End and in New York, before her film debut with a bit in “The Dove.” Over the following years she played roles in “The Man Who Laughs,” “Street of Sin,” and “The Docks of New York.” She is perhaps […]

Faith Bacon (1910 - 1956)

Actress, Burlesque Dancer. A Broadway starlet of the late 1920s, she is remembered for her erotic dance routines at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair. Born Frances Yvonne Bacon, little is recorded of her early years save that she at some point lived in the northern California community of Placerville and along the way apparently received […]