Actresses

Evelyn Brent (October 20, 1899 – June 4, 1975) was an American film and stage actress. Early life Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of ten when her mother died, leaving her father to raise her alone. After moving to New York City as a teenager, her good looks brought modeling jobs that led to an opportunity to become involved in the still relatively new business of making motion pictures. She originally studied to be a teacher. While attending a normal school in New York she visited the World Film Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Two days later she was working there as an extra making $3 a day. Career She began her film car…

Madge Bellamy (June 30, 1899 – January 24, 1990) was an American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Her career declined in the sound era, and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s. Early life Madge Bellamy was born in Hillsboro, Texas in 1899 as Margaret Derden Philpott to William Bledsoe Philpott (1864-19??), a professor of English and Annie Margaret Derden (1880–1960). The family was of English and Irish heritage. Her father was an 1884 graduate of Texas A&M University. Besides teaching English, he taught history and languages, and he also edited many scholarly works. Her parents were married on June 22, 1898 in Hi…

Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975) was an American expatriate entertainer and actress. She became a French citizen in 1937. Most noted as a singer, Baker also was a celebrated dancer in her early career. She was given the nicknames the "Bronze Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations. In France, she has always been known as "Joséphine Baker". Baker was the first African American to star in a major motion picture, to integrate an American concert hall, and to become a world-famous entertainer. She is also noted for her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States (she was offered the unofficial lead…

Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz and her Academy Award nominated performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live. Early life Known as Billie Burke, she toured the U.S. and Europe with a circus because her father, Billy Burke, was employed with them as a singing clown. Her family ultimately settled in London where she was fortunate to see plays in London's historic West End. She wanted to be a stage actress. In 1903, she began acting on stage, making her debut in London, eventually returnin…

Bebe Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. She began in Hollywood during the silent movie era as a child actress, and later gained fame on radio and television in England. Throughout her life, Bebe Daniels made over 230 films. Early life and career Daniels was born Phyllis Virginia Daniels (Bebe was a childhood nickname) in Dallas, Texas. Her father was a theater manager and her mother a stage actress. The family moved to Los Angeles, California in her childhood and she began her acting career at the age of four in the first version of The Squaw Man. That same year she also went on tour in a stage produ…

Billie Dove (May 14, 1903 – December 31, 1997) was an American actress. Early life and career She was born as Bertha Bohny in New York City to Charles and Bertha Bohny who were Swiss immigrants. As a teen, she worked as a model to help support her family and was hired at the age of 15 by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his Ziegfeld Follies Revue. She legally changed her name to Lillian Bohny in the early 1920s. and migrated to Hollywood, where she began appearing in silent films. She soon became one of the most popular actresses of the 1920s, appearing in Douglas Fairbanks' smash hit Technicolor film The Black Pirate (1926), as Rodeo West in The Painted Angel (1929), and …

Olive Borden (July 14, 1906 – October 1, 1947) was an American actress in silent and early talkies. Nicknamed "The Joy Girl", Borden was known for her jet-black hair and overall beauty. Early life Olive Borden was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1906. Her birth name was often reported erroneously as Sybil Tinkle until the 1990s when it was discovered that another woman with the same name had been confused with Borden. Borden's father died when she was a baby and she was raised by her mother, Sibbie, in Norfolk and Baltimore, Maryland where she also attended Catholic boarding schools. She was a distant relative of Lizzie Borden. As a teenager, she persuaded her mother to t…

Name: Cleo Pires Ayrosa Galvão Date of birth: 02/10/1982 Place of birth: Rio de janeiro, Brazil Daughter of actress Glória Pires and singer-songwriter Fábio Júnior, Cléo Pires is also half-sister of the actor and singer-songwriter Filipe Galvão. She first gained notoriety for her roles in the 2003 film Benjamim and in the 2005 telenovela América. Cléo Pires was awarded Best Actress in the 2003 International Rio Film Festival for her role in Benjamim. Cléo Pires was also cover of the Brazilian edition of Playboy magazine in August 2010. It was a special edition that celebrates the 35th anniversary of the magazine in Brazil. Soap operas * 2009: Caminho das Índi…

Florence La Badie (April 27, 1888 – October 13, 1917) was an American actress in the early days of Hollywood, during the silent film era. Though little known today, she was a major star between 1911 and 1917, her career was at its height and climbing when she died unexpectedly due to injuries sustained during an automobile accident. Early life While her film career is well documented, her early life is somewhat clouded in mystery, from who her real parents were to what her birth name actually was. She was said to be the daughter of Joseph E. La Badie and his wife Amanda from Montreal, Quebec. However, it has also been said that she was born in Austin, Texas and adopted…

Barbara La Marr (July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926) was an American stage and film actress, cabaret artist and screenwriter. Early life She was born Reatha Dale Watson to William Wallace and Rosana "Rose" Watson in Yakima, Washington. Her father was an editor for a newspaper, and her mother had a son, Henry, born in 1878, and a daughter, Violet, born in February 1881, from a previous marriage. The couple wed some time during 1884, and they had William Watson, Jr., born in June 1886 in Washington. He would later, in the 1920s, become a vaudeville comedian under the stage name of "Billy Devore". The Watsons lived in various locations during La Marr's formative years. By 19…

Betty Bronson (November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971) was an American television and film actress who began her career during the silent film era. She was a famous actress in silent and sound films. Film career She was born Elizabeth Ada Bronson in Trenton, New Jersey to Frank and Nellie Smith Bronson. She began her film career began at age of sixteen with a bit part in the film Anna Ascends. At seventeen, after she had pleaded with every friend she had at Paramount Pictures, she finally got an interview with J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan. Barrie personally chose her to play the lead in a film of his work Peter Pan which would be released in 1924. This film role ha…

Chili Bouchier (September 12, 1909 – September 9, 1999) later known as Dorothy Bouchier was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and who made occasional film appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre. She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a charity performance. She became a typist on leaving school and later a mannequin. Her first appearance was as a bathing belle in Shooting Stars. Bouchier won a contest run by the Daily Mail in 1927 to become a film star. She combined her film career with a great deal of stage work in the U.K. From 1950 onwards most of her appearances were on stage in drama…

Eleanor Boardman (August 19, 1898 – December 12, 1991) was an American film actress, popular during the era of silent movies. Early life and career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boardman was originally on stage but she temporarily lost her voice so entered silent films in 1922. There followed months of fruitless effort until one day Rupert Hughes saw her riding a horse and gave her a part in a film and she quickly began to attract audiences. She was chosen by Goldwyn Pictures as their "New Face of 1922," through which she signed a contract with the company. After several successful supporting roles, she played the lead in 1923's Souls for Sale. Her growing popular…

Vilma Bánky (January 9, 1901 – March 18, 1991) was a Hungarian-born American silent film actress, although the early part of her acting career began in Budapest, spreading to France, Austria, and Germany. Early life She was born Vilma Koncsics on January 9, 1901 to János Koncsics and Katalin Ulbert in Nagydorog, Austria-Hungary. Her father was a bureau chief under Franz Joseph's Austro-Hungarian Empire. Shortly after her birth, her father was transferred to Budapest, and the family relocated. She had two siblings - an older brother, Gyula (who would later go on to work in Berlin as a writer and cinematographer), and a younger sister, Gisella. After graduation from seco…

Ísis Nable Valverde (Belo Horizonte,17th February 1987) is Brazilian actress and model. Filmography: 2006 Sinhá Moça 2007 Paraíso Tropical 2008 Beleza Pura 2009 Caminho das Índias 2010 Ti Ti Ti

Olga Vladimirovna Baclanova, or Baklanova, (19 August 1896 or 1900 – 6 September 1974) was a Russian-born actress, who achieved prominence during the silent film era. She was billed as the Russian Tigeress. Born in Moscow, Russia, Baclanova was the daughter of Vladimir Baklanoff and his wife Alexandra, herself an actress in early Russian films. Baclanova studied drama at the Cherniavsky Institute before being accepted into the prestigious Moscow Art Theatre in 1912. Over the next decade she appeared in Russian films, and also performed extensively on stage, touring and performing in many countries of the world. After a 1925 performance in New York she decided to follow …

Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress. Born Eleanor Luicime Compson in Beaver, Utah, she had an extensive filmography. As a youth her father died and she was forced to drop out of school and earn a living for herself and her mother. She obtained employment as a violinist in a Salt Lake City, Utah, theater. Silent films Compson made 25 films in 1916 alone, although most of them are shorts. She completed The Miracle Man (1919) for George Loane Tucker. Compson's rise as a star in motion pictures began with her portrayal of Rose in this production. In 1920, she began to head her own company. She worked at the Hollywood Brunton studio and a…

Letícia Sabatella (born March 8, 1972 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress. Television: Desejo Proibido 2007 Páginas da Vida 2006 O Clone 2001 Porto dos Milagres 2001 Torre de Babel 1998 Irmãos Coragem 1995 Uma Onda no Ar 1994 O Dono do Mundo 1991 JK 2006 Hoje É Dia de Maria 2 2005 Hoje É Dia de Maria 2005 A Muralha Ana Cardoso 2000 Agosto 1993

Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986) was an American motion picture actress who achieved prominence mainly in the silent films and early talkie eras. Petite and very pretty, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies. Besides being an actress, she wrote the 1919 movie A Yankee Princess. Early life Love was born Juanita Horton in Midland, Texas. She attended school in Midland until she was in the eighth grade, when her chiropractor father moved his family to Hollywood. Bessie graduated from Los Angeles High School and then received from her parents (as a graduation present) of a trip around the United States. After six months of…

Lyda Borelli (22 March 1884 – 2 June 1959) was an Italian actress of cinema and theatre. She was born in Genoa, and died in Rome. Filmography Ma l'amor mio non muore (1913) La memoria dell'altro (1913) La donna nuda (1914) Fior di male (1915) Rapsodia satanica (1915) La marcia nuziale (1915) La falena (1916) Madame Tallien (1916) Malombra (1917) Carnevalesca (1917) Il dramma di una notte, intitolato anche Una notte a Calcutta, (1917) La storia dei tredici (1917) La leggenda di Santa Barbara (1918)

Francesca Bertini (born Elena Seracini Vitiello; 11 April 1892 - 13 October 1985) was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first quarter of the twentieth-century. Biography Born in Florence, she was daughter of a comic theatre actress. Bertini began performing on stages as a child, particularly in Naples, where her family was settled. In 1904, at the age of 16, she moved to Rome, where she improved her acting skills, especially on theatre stages, and attempted to perform in the just-born Italian movie production. Her first important movie, Histoire d'un pierrot, was under the direction of Baldassarre Negroni in 191…

Ashley Newbrough (born October 13, 1987) in Newport Rhode Island, is an American film and television actress. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Newbrough Early life and background Ashley Newbrough began her career at the age of ten, appearing in a number of commercials worldwide. She landed her first starring role on the Fox Family Channel’s series The Zack Files, playing Alice alongside Robert Clark, Jeff Clarke, Michael Seater and Jake Epstein. She then landed roles in television movies, including a minor one in family film Get a Clue starring Lindsay Lohan and Brenda Song. Newbrough was then given her first lead role in the 2004 drama The Coven. Her next role was …

Ayda Field (born 17 May 1979) is a Turkish-American television actress. Field was born Ayda Sabahat Evecan in Los Angeles, California, to a Turkish father and American mother. She attended Harvard-Westlake School, where she graduated in 1997 and Duke University, where she gained a degree in International Political Science and Economics. She went on to study law at Columbia University but dropped out when she was offered a part in a television series. She is of Turkish descent and she is fluent in Turkish and English and speaks French and Italian as well. She is the daughter of American movie producer Gwen Field. Field first became known on the NBC soap opera Days of our…

Flávia Alessandra Martins da Costa (Arraial do Cabo, born on 7th June 1974) is brazilian actress. Filmography: Telenovelas * 1989 - Top Model .... Tânia * 1990 - Mico Preto .... Francisca * 1993 - Sonho Meu .... Inês * 1994 - Pátria Minha .... Cláudia * 1995 - História de Amor .... Soninha * 1997 - A Indomada .... Dorothy Williams Mackenzie * 1998 - Meu Bem Querer .... Lívia Maciel * 2000 - Aquarela do Brasil .... Beatriz * 2000 - Você Decide .... episódio "Aluga-se uma Aliança" * 2001 - Porto dos Milagres .... Lívia Proença de Assunção / Iemanjá * 2002 - O Beijo do Vampiro .... Lívia / Princesa Cecília * 2…

Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood motion picture film industry. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois into a family of stock theater and vaudeville performers, Blanche Sweet entered the entertainment industry at an early age. At age 4 she toured in a play called The Battle of the Strong whose star was stage luminary Maurice Barrymore. A decade later Sweet would act with Barrymore's son Lionel in a Griffith directed film. In 1909, she started work at Biograph Studios under contract to director D. W. Griffith. By 1910 she had become a rival to Mary Pickford,…