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 (2026 - 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 […]

James Cagney (1899 - 1986)

James Cagney James Cagney, the cocky and pugnacious film star who set the standard for gangster roles in ”The Public Enemy” and won an Academy Award for his portrayal of George M. Cohan in ”Yankee Doodle Dandy,” died yesterday at his Dutchess County farm in upstate New York. He was 86 years old. Mr. Cagney […]

Charles Dalton (1869 - 1942)

Actor. A stage and film actor of the 1900s to 1930s, he appeared in films such as “The Fighting Odds”(1917), “ The Eternal Magdalene” (1919), and “The Wakefield Case” (1921). SOme of his Broadway appearances include “The Helmet of Navarre” (1901), “The Fires of St. John” (1904), “The Straight Road” (1907), “The Man Inside” (1913), […]

Conrad Bain (1923 - 2013)

Actor. Bain, a Canadian-born actor who served in the Canadian Army during World War II, will best be remembered for his roles as as Phillip Drummond in the sitcoms ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ and as Dr. Arthur Harmon on ‘Maude’. He started as an actor in the 1956 stage revival of ‘The Iceman Cometh’. His other Broadway […]

Jose Caffarel (1919 - 1999)

Spanish Stage and Screen Character Actor. He began his career on stage in Adolfo Marsillach’s Company. He appeared in more than 100 films, such as “El Ultimo Cuplé” (1957), “Plácido” (1961), “Atraco a Las Tres” (1962), “Historias de la Televisión” (1965), “El Gran Atasco” (1978), “El Viaje a Ninguna Parte” (1986) and “Jarrapellejos” (1987).

Ian Abercrombie (1934 - 2012)

Actor. A veteran British stage and screen performer, he is best remembered as Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ eccentric boss Justin Pitt in the 1990s television sitcom “Seinfeld”. Although his character was seen in only seven episodes, the actor acknowledged those appearances “changed my life”. Abercrombie began his theatrical career during World War II. He moved to the […]

Marco Zucker (1921 - 2003)

Famed Actor. He had a long and successful career that lasted 76 years on stage, cinema (60 movies) and television.

Aleksandr Abdulov (1953 - 2008)

Actor. Born in Tobolsk, Russia, he made his 1974 motion picture debut in “About Vitya, about Masha and the Sea Force.” In 1975 he was hired by Lenkom Theater director Mark Zakharov, and became a celebrity after appearing in “The Ordinary Miracle.” During the early 1980s he was considered a sex symbol and one of […]

Wolfgang Zilzer (1901 - 1991)

Character Actor. He was born in USA of german parents. He is remembered as the man with expired papers who was murdered in the first scene of the classic film “Casablanca.” He and his girlfriend Lotte Palfi (the woman who try to sell her jewels) were the true lovers of “Casablanca”, because after the release […]

Frances Zucco (1886 - 1960)

British-born stage and screen actor of the 1910s, 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. Began his prolific film career after decades of London and Broadway stage experience. Fondly remembered for his character roles in popular films such as “The Hunchback of notre Dame” (1939), and the three Universal Studios “The Mummy” pictures (1940, ’42, ’44), in […]

Dick York (1928 - 1992)

Dick York Actor, most remembered for his role as Darrin Stephens, the often-frustrated husband of Elizabeth Montgomery, in the Television sitcom series, Bewitched. Born Richard Allen York in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 4 September 1928, he quickly found work in the entertainment industry. In 1943, at age 15, he became the star of the network radio […]