Actresses

Helen Kane (August 4, 1904) – September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer; her signature song was "I Wanna Be Loved By You". Kane's voice and appearance were a likely source for Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick when creating Betty Boop, although It-girl Clara Bow is another possible influence. Early life Born as Helen Clare Schroeder, Kane attended St. Anselm’s Parochial School in the Bronx. She was the youngest of three children. Her father, Louis Schroeder, the son of a German immigrant, was employed intermittently; her Irish immigrant mother, Ellen (Dixon) Schroeder, worked in a laundry. Kane's mother reluctantly paid $3 for her daughter's costume as a…

Born Laura Elena Martinez Herring of German and Austrian ancestry in Los Mochis, a small city in northern Mexico, she moved to the United States with her mother and two sisters at age 11. While in Texas, multi-lingual Laura spent her high school years at Aiglon College in Switzerland. While studying abroad, she was chosen to participate in a summer project that took her to India as a social worker, spending a month digging ditches and planting vegetable gardens. The following year she spent backpacking around the world. Returning to the United States, Laura entered the Miss El Paso competition. Laura won, went on to become Miss Texas, and subsequently garnered the distinc…

Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912 – October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in Ladies Singles, a ten-time World Champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European Champion (1931–1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater. At the height of her acting career she was one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood. Biography Early life Sonja Henie was born in Kristiania, current Oslo, the only daughter of Wilhelm Henie, a prosperous Norwegian furrier and his wife Selma Lochmann-Nielsen (1888–1961). In addition to the income from the fur business, both of Henie's parents …

Signe Hasso (15 August 1915 – 7 June 2002) was a Swedish-born American actress, writer and composer. Background Signe Eleonora Cecilia Larsson was born in the Kungsholmen parish of Stockholm, Sweden in 1915. Signe Hasso debuted at the prestigious Royal Dramatic Theatre in the year 1927 at the age of 12. Career In 1933, she made her first film, Tystnadens hus, with German film director/cameraman Harry Hasso whom she subsequently married. In 1940, she moved to the United States, where she was signed to a contract by RKO Studios, who promoted her as "the next Garbo". She and Hasso divorced in 1941. Her first role of note was as "Mademoiselle" in Heaven Can Wait (1943). …

Joey Heatherton (born September 14, 1944) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. Early life Christened Davenie Johanna Heatherton and nicknamed "Joey," she was raised in Rockville Centre, New York, a suburb of New York City. There she attended St. Agnes Cathedral School, a Catholic grade and high school. Her father Ray Heatherton was a Broadway star (Babes in Arms) and television pioneer. Career Heatherton began her career as a child actress, appearing in 1959 as a member of the ensemble and an understudy in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music, and received her first sustained national exposure that same year as a semi-regular on The Perry Como…

Date of Birth 1 September 1930, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Birth Name Jo Ann Heckert Spouse David P. Mannhalter (5 August 1958 - present) Arnold Stanford (16 June 1951 - 31 October 1955) (divorced) First husband, Arnold ("Dok") Stanford, 16 years her senior, was a songwriter. Upon their divorce in 1955, she was awarded half interest in the songs he had written or would write within a year. She has been married over 50 years to her second husband David P. Mannhalter, a real estate broker. Appeared on CBS' "Good Morning" show with Will Rogers Jr. for a year as a talk show host and singer. Barbara Walters was her assistant producer at the time. Became a Jehovah'…

Verna Charlene Stavely, professionally known as Charlene Holt, was an American actress, known for her supporting roles in TV and film. Early life Holt was born on April 28, 1928 in Snyder, Texas, to Malcolm C. and Verna Vesta Stavely. Some sources claim her birthdate is January 1, 1940 and her birthplace was Abilene, TX.After she graduated from high school in Hagerman, New Mexico, she attended McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. She was a model in Houston, Texas. In 1956, she was crowned Miss Maryland and in July, 1956 participated in the Miss USA pageant in Long Beach, California where she was a semi-finalist. In August, 1957 she was among nine models sent to Rio de …

Stephanie Beacham (born 28 February 1947) is a British television, film and theatre actress. Early life Beacham, one of four children, was born in Barnet, England, the daughter of Joan, a housewife, and a father who was an insurance executive and the managing director of the Grosvenor estate. Shortly after birth, she was diagnosed as being completely deaf in her right ear, as her mother had contracted chickenpox during her pregnancy. She has about 75% of normal hearing capacity in her left ear. She attended a Catholic girls' school (although she was not raised Catholic) and later travelled to Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris, France to study mime with Étienne Decroux, bef…

Naura Hayden, originally Norah Helene Hayden (born September 29, 1930 in Los Angeles) is an author (under that name), who has worked in entertainment also as Nora Hayden and in modeling as Helene Hayden and is the daughter of Los Angeles Times reporter John Hayden and his wife. An aunt was Phyllis McGinley Hayden. She is a long-time resident of New York City. She was noticed as a photo model at age 19 when featured in the December 1949 issue of Glamorous Models magazine. In 1955 she toured 68 cities to promote Mercury automobiles and attract tourists to the southeastern United States, and in 1958 columnist Earl Wilson dubbed her his "perfect Wilson girl". That year, unde…

Kathleen Hughes (born November 14, 1928) is an American film, stage, and television actress from Hollywood, California. Kathleen's ambition as an actress came from two sources. She saw a film with actor Donald O'Connor, which gave her the idea that acting looked like fun. Also, her uncle was playwright F. Hugh Herbert, who authored Kiss and Tell and The Moon is Blue, among other titles. Motion pictures She was discovered in a Little Theater production in 1948. Signed to a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox, she made fourteen films for the studio. She appeared in five motion pictures for Universal Studios, including the cult film, It Came From Outer Space. Releas…

Myrna Hansen (born August 5, 1934) is Miss USA 1953. Education She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, Illinois, in June 1953. Prior to competing in the 1953 Miss Universe contest, Hansen planned to study animal husbandry in Colorado. She had already mailed her tuition for admission to college, aspiring to become a veterinarian. Beauty Contestant Hansen was chosen Miss Photoflash of 1953 by the Chicago Press Photographers Association. She was entered in the Miss USA contest by virtue of winning this title. She was 5'7" tall and weighed 125 pounds. Her measurements included a 37 - inch bust, 25 - inch waist, and 35 - inch hips. By the end of 1955 her bus…

Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an American actress known for her versatility in a wide variety of roles. Hopkins was born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Bainbridge, a town in the state's southwest near the Alabama border. She attended a finishing school in Vermont and later Syracuse University in New York. Career At the age of 20, she became a chorus girl in New York City. In 1930, she signed with Paramount Pictures, and made her official film debut in Fast and Loose. Her first great success was in the 1931 horror drama film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in which she portrayed the character Ivy Pearson; a prostitute who becomes entangled …

Susan Hart (born June 2, 1941 in Wenatche, Washington ) is an American actress, and the widow of American International Pictures co-founder James H. Nicholson. She also founded the Nicholson Estate, and owns all the rights to the movies in that estate: The Amazing Colossal Man It Conquered the World Terror of the Year 5000 I was a Teenage Werewolf She is famous for not licensing her movies to anyone. As a result, all of these movies have yet to see a DVD release.

Daughter of actor Alfred Hemming. Born: Violet Hemming January 27, 1895 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK Died: July 4, 1981 (age 86) in New York City, New York, USA Filmography Hide Actress (19 titles) 1955 Star Tonight (TV series) – Taste (1955) 1932 Almost Married Anita Mellikovna 1932 The Man Who Played God Mildred Miller 1929 The Knife (short) The Surgeon's Wife 1922 When the Desert Calls Louise Caldwell 1920 The Cost Pauline Gardner 1919 Everywoman Everywoman 1919 Winning His Wife (short) 1919 The Common Cause Britannia (prologue) 1918 The Turn of the Wheel Bertha Grey 1917 The Judgement House Jasmine Grenfel 1917 Danger Trail …

Dorothy Hart (April 4, 1922 - July 11, 2004) was an American screen actress, known mostly for her supporting roles. Background Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she became a model in her late-teens, and was signed by Columbia in 1946. Her contract stipulated "A-movies only". Although considered one of the top supporting actresses of her day, she was frequently cast in B movies. Dorothy was attractive, standing 5 ft 6 in, with green eyes and auburn hair. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a B.A. degree. After gaining some experience at the Cleveland Playhouse she resolved on a singing career. Miss Hart had saved enough money to go to New York when she learne…

Mrs. Edwin Thanhouser, wife of the Thanhouser Company's founder, was active in the firm's business from 1909 to 1912 and again from 1915 to 1918. Mrs. Edwin Thanhouser, the former Gertrude Homan, had extensive stage experience and was a child star. She was born in Beauvoir, Mississippi on April 23, 1882 (one family account gives a different date, 1880). She soon moved north to Brooklyn, New York with her parents. At the age of six she played her first part on the stage. From then until she married Edwin Thanhouser 12 years later, she appeared in many productions, including the title roles in Little Lord Fauntleroy and Editha's Burglar. In the late 1890s she joined the st…

Linda Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American model and actress. Career Linda Harrison was born in Berlin, Maryland. She starred as Paulette Douglas, a starlet under contract to a major movie studio, in the short-lived NBC TV series Bracken's World (1969–1970), which also featured Laraine Stephens and Karen Jensen in similar roles. She is known for her role as Charlton Heston's female mate Nova in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes, and its 1970 sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes. She also had a cameo in Tim Burton's 2001 remake Planet of the Apes. She was married to the film producer Richard D. Zanuck from 1968 to 1978. She is also the first actress to play a liv…

Brigitte Helm (17 March 1906 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis. Career Born Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm in Berlin, Helm's first role was that of Maria in Metropolis which she began work on while only 18 years old. After Metropolis, Helm made over thirty other films, including talking pictures, before retiring in 1936. Her other appearances include The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927), Alraune (1928), L'Argent (1928), Gloria (1931), The Blue Danube (1932), L'Atlantide (1932), and Gold (1934). Though having a 10-year contract with UFA expiring in …

Mildred Harris (November 29, 1901 – July 20, 1944) was an American film actress. Harris began her career in the film industry as a popular child actress at age eleven. At the age of fifteen, she was cast as a harem girl in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916). She appeared as a leading lady through the 1920s but her career slowed with the advent of the "talkies". She was critically praised for No, No Nanette in 1930, had a few bit parts in the early 1940s, and made her last appearance in the posthumously released Having A Wonderful Crime of 1945. Harris has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6307 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles, California. In 1992, she was portrayed …

Ginny hails from the east bay area in northern California. After graduating high school, she traveled south to San Diego where she attended San Diego State University, receiving her B.A. in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in performance. She began her professional on-screen career when she was cast in Tales of the Grudge, directed by Toby Wilkins and produced by Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures. Wilkins later cast her in “Devil’s Trade”, a horror based web-series also produced by Ghost House Pictures. Ginny began her television debut when she was cast in the HBO series “Entourage”. Following that came work on ABC’s “Ugly Betty”, “Private Practice”, and most recently guest s…

Some pics of Denise when she was a young model/actress. Apologies for any reposts.

born: july 9 Filmography: 1. Alguien te Mira (2010)... Eva Zanetti 2. Edgar Floats (2010) (TV) (filming) .... Penny 3. Dead West (2010).... Gloria Valenzuela 4. Perro Amor (2010).... Miranda 5. Mas Sabe El Diablo El Primer Golpe (2010)... Rena Cardona/Beltran 6. "Gabriel" .... Eva / ... (10 episodes, 2008) - El Ultimo Amanecer (2008) TV episode .... Eva Leon - Lo que dejamos atras (2008) TV episode .... Eva - Estirpe de sangre (2008) TV episode .... Eva - ¿Amas la vida? (2008) TV episode .... Eva - Eva sin paraiso (2008) TV episode .... Eva (5 more) 7. "Mientras haya vida" ..…

Kate del Castillo (born October 23, 1972 in Mexico City) is a well known Mexican actress. Kate Del Castillo is the daughter of Eric del Castillo, a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera actor himself. A participant in ten telenovelas, del Castillo made her acting debut in 1980 when she took part in a film called El Ultimo Escape (The Last Escape). She became well known in 1991 when she starred as Leticia in Muchachitas, a soap opera that was very popular all over Latin America. Muchachitas reached the top audience spots in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Peru, and among Hispanic audiences in the United States. In November of 2007, was named one…

Romane Bohringer - Kasia Wandycz Photoshoot 2006 / French Actress