Actresses

Megan Gallagher (born February 6, 1960) is an American actress. Gallagher was born in Reading, Pennsylvania and grew up in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Aileen Gallagher, was a model. Gallagher has largely worked in television and theatre. Her best-known roles are probably as Garry Shandling's wife on the HBO comedy The Larry Sanders Show, and as Catherine Black, wife of Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) on the TV series Millennium. She had been a regular on Hill Street Blues, The Slap Maxwell Story, China Beach, and Nowhere Man. Other credits include L.A. Law, ER, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and American Dreams. She also had a brief appearance d…

Greta Gynt (November 15, 1916 – April 2, 2000), born Margrethe Woxholt, was a Norwegian singer, dancer and actress. Biography Greta Gynt was born Margrethe Woxholt in Oslo, Norway. As a child, she came with her parents to England and started dancing lessons at the age of 5. Eventually, they moved back to Norway. At age 12, she started out as a dancer at the Chat Noir shows in Oslo. After the Swedish film Sången till henne (1934), her mother, costume designer Kirsten Woxholt, felt her daughter would have better luck in England. She got a letter of recommendation from Fox Film and moved to the UK. She played lead roles in minor British films in the 1930s and 40s. The Ra…

Jetta Goudal (July 12, 1891 – January 14, 1985) was a Dutch-born American actress, successful in Hollywood films of the silent film era. Early life Goudal was born as Juliette Henriette Goudeket in 1891, daughter of Mozes Goudeket (1860–1942), a wealthy, Orthodox Jewish diamond cutter in Amsterdam, and Geertruida Warradijn (1866–1920). Tall and regal in appearance, she began her acting career on stage, traveling across Europe with various theater companies. In 1918, she left World War I-era devastated Europe to settle in New York City in the United States, where she hid her Dutch and Jewish ancestry, generally describing herself as a "Parisienne" and on an information …

Neva Gerber (3 April 1894 – 2 January 1974), was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 128 films between 1912 and 1930. She was born in Chicago, Illinois to S. Nelson Gerber and Jean Pullman. Her parents were separated when she was young and her mother moved her to Los Angeles, California. Neva was raised by nuns from the College of the Immaculate Heart. After her father died, Neva's impoverished mother gave guardianship of her daughter to an attorney. After her graduation from high school, Neva became an actress and appeared in several one-reelers. Beginning in 1917, she starred in multiple serial films, and she is considered one of the top ten "serial…

Jami Beth Gertz (born October 28, 1965) is an American actress. Gertz is known for her early roles in the films Sixteen Candles, Crossroads, The Lost Boys, Less Than Zero, the 1980s TV series Square Pegs with Sarah Jessica Parker, and 1996's Twister, as well as for her role as Judy Miller in the CBS sitcom Still Standing with Mark Addy. Career She was discovered in a nationwide talent search by Norman Lear, and she studied drama at NYU. Gertz made her film debut in the 1981 romance film Endless Love, which was followed by a co-starring role in the 1982-83 TV series Square Pegs. After its cancellation, she appeared in the teen movie Sixteen Candles in 1984. She gained at…

Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress and painter. One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: Seventh Heaven (1927), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Street Angel (1928). This was the only occasion on which an actress has won for multiple roles. This rule would be changed three years later by AMPAS. Her career continued with the advent of sound film, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born (1937). She worked only sporadically after the late 1930s. Severely inju…

Maribel del Rocío Fernández García (born May 29, 1959) is a Costa Rican actress, who works in Mexico, and currently lives and resides in Miami, Florida. Miss Universe and Miss World Maribel was elected Miss Costa Rica in 1978, going on to represent her country at the Miss World and Miss Universe contests. The Miss Universe pageant had been held in Acapulco, and she received offers by Televisa producer Sergio Bustamante to develop a career there, but she returned to her country, and months later she accepted, and left her mother and boyfriend. Acting and Singing Career Guardia moved to Mexico in 1980; this move proved to be crucial for her show business career. In 1980…

Helen Gardner (September 2, 1884-November 20, 1968) was an American film actress, writer, editor, producer and costume designer. She was the first actor to form her own production company, the Helen Gardner Picture Players in 1912. She was known for her portrayals of strong female characters. She was considered a vamp and predated Theda Bara, Valeska Suratt and Louise Glaum in roles of this type. Marriage Gardner married, on 16 October 1902, in West Haven, Connecticut, socially prominent businessman Duncan Clarkson Pell, Sr. He died in 1964. In 1905 his divorce from his first wife, Anna Ogden Pell, was granted. Some sources state that Gardner married, as her second h…

Ana Claudia Talancon DOB: May 1st, 1980 Place of Birth: Cancun, Mexico Occupation: Actress Height: 5' 4

Joana Benedek (born January 21, 1972[1] in Bucharest, Romania) is a Mexican-Romanian actress. She left her native land in search of work. She first moved to Venezuela before moving to Mexico. In Caracas she continued to study, but later left her studies to work as a model. In 1997 she signed a contract with a prestigious cosmetics company in New York. During her stay in the city, she decided to study acting in the Academy of Susan Grace. She was later discovered by a Mexican producer, which began her career as an actress in Mexico. Sirena, Amigas y Rivales, and Angela are some of the melodramas in which the actress has participated. [edit] TelenovelasDos Hogares (2011) as…

Shari Belafonte Shari Belafonte (born September 22, 1954) is an American actress, model, writer and singer. The daughter of singer Harry Belafonte, she is known for her role as Julie Gilette on the 1980s television series Hotel and as a spokesperson for the diet supplement Slim-Fast during the 1990s. Personal life Belafonte was born in New York City to Marguerite Byrd (née Mazique), a psychologist, and Harry Belafonte, a singer and actor. She attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts before transferring to Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama. She has been married twice: First to Robert Harper …

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Source: Wikipedia Ludmila Chursina was born July 20, 1941 in the evacuation of Stalinabad (now - Dushanbe). Source: IMDb Films "Lovushka" (2009) TV mini-series .... Aloiza ... aka "Snare" - International (English title) (informal title) Khochu rebenka (2008) (TV) "Pogonya za angelom" (2007) TV series "Zastava" (2007) TV mini-series .... Ratnikov's Mother Vaktsina (2007) (TV) .... Tamara Rysak (2005) .... Commissar "Poteryavshye solntse" (2005) TV mini-series .... Mother of Solityansky "Drugaya zhizn" (2003) TV series .... (2003) "Chyornaya komnata" (1 episode, 2000) - Affectus (2000) TV episode Hagi-Tragger (1994) Kodeks beshchestiya (1993) "Goryachev i dr…

Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981) was an American Academy Award–winning actress. Grahame began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944 she made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success, and sold her contract to RKO Studios. Often cast in film noir projects, Grahame received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Crossfire (1947), and she won this award for her work in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). She achieved her highest profile with Sudden Fear (1952), Human Desire (1953),The Big Heat (1953), and Oklahoma! (1955), but h…

Paulette Goddard (June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990) was an American film and theatre actress. A former child fashion model and in several Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Girl, she was a major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s. She was married to several notable men, including Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith, and Erich Maria Remarque. Goddard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in So Proudly We Hail! (1943). Early life Paulette Goddard was born Marion Pauline Levy in Whitestone Landing, Queens, Long Island. She was the only child of Joseph Russell Levy, who was Jewish, and Alta Mae Goddard, who was Episcopalian and o…

Ethel Grandin (March 3, 1894, New York City - September 28, 1988, Woodland Hills, California) was an American silent film actress. She was married to Ray C. Smallwood from 1912 until his death on February 23, 1964; they had a son named Arthur Smallwood (born 1913). She began her acting career on stage appearing with Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle. She made her last film appearance in 1922. She died of natural causes at age 94. Selected filmography The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916) When Lincoln Paid (1913) The Deserter (1912)

Norika Fujiwara (藤原 紀香 Fujiwara Norika?, born on June 28, 1971 in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture) is a Japanese beauty queen, model and actress. She became Miss Japan in 1992 and was an exclusive model for CanCam magazine. She has appeared in various commercials and TV series and a number of films in Japan. Career After several years of model work, Fujiwara has since worked internationally as a journalist and spokesperson, including acting as an ambassador of Japanese - Korean friendship during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, reporting from the 2004 Olympics in Greece, and going to Afghanistan and holding a photo exhibition there. Fujiwara was formerly a guest announcer and int…

Yvonne Furneaux (born Elisabeth Yvonne Scarcherd; 11 May 1926, Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) is a French film actress. Personal life Yvonne Furneax started her acting career in England in 1952. At first she started with a few minor productions. Later she participated in many great international productions and worked with famous actors and actresses like Catherine Deneuve in the movie Repulsion. Later on she married Jaques Natteau, who died on 17 April 2007, leaving Furneaux a widow. Now she is retired from her acting career and lives in Lausanne, Switzerland. Selected filmography The House of the Arrow (1953) Le Amiche (1955) The Dark Avenger (1955) Lisbon (1…

Fenella Fielding (born 17 November 1927) — "England's first lady of the double entendre" — is an English actress, popular in the 1950s and 1960s. She is known for her seductive image and distinctively husky voice. Family She was born in 1927 as Fenella Feldman in London, of Romanian/Russian Jewish descent, the daughter of Tilly (née Katz; 1902–1977) and Philip Feldman. She is the younger sister of Lord Feldman of Frognal. She grew up in Lower Clapton and later Edgware where she attended North London Collegiate School. Her father at one time owned a cinema in Silvertown, east London. She was not related to the late actor Marty Feldman, as has been misreported. Fenella Fi…

Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American film actress. Career Farrell came to Hollywood towards the end of the silent era. Farrell began her career with a theatrical company at the age of 7. She played Little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin. She paused at times to continue her education but appeared with a number of theatrical companies and in several Broadway productions. She was in the cast of Cobra and The Best People with actress Charlotte Treadway, at the Morosco Theater in Los Angeles, California, in 1925. Farrell was first signed to a long-term contract by First National Pictures in July 1930. She was given the feminine lead in Little Caesar direct…

Suzan Farmer (born 16 June 1942, Kent, England) is an English actress, mainly on television. She first appeared in an episode of the Patrick McGoohan series Danger Man entitled No Marks for Servility and went on to feature in many other ITC series in the 1960s and 70s including UFO, The Saint, Man in a Suitcase and The Persuaders!. She played Sally Carstairs in the BBC's 1964 adaptation of Edmund Crispin's detective novel The Moving Toyshop. Suzan Farmer also had lead roles in several Hammer horror films of the 1960s, including The Devil-Ship Pirates (1963), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), and Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966). She also appeared in the films Doctor in C…

Sidney Fox (December 10, 1907 – November 14, 1942) was an American actress. Career Fox was born Sidney Leiffer in New York City in 1907 to a Jewish family. Her parents were wealthy until they went bankrupt and Sidney had to get a job as a teenager. She became a dressmaker, and spent her spare time studying law. At 15 she joined a law firm, but spent her spare time writing fashion articles, which led to a job as a "mannequin" (or model) on Fifth Avenue shop. She began studying acting and pestering the movie moguls for a film role, unsuccessfully. They told her that she was too young and should get some training in "stock" and then come back. She joined a touring theatric…

Maude Fealy (March 4, 1883 – November 9, 1971) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Born Maude Mary Hawk in 1883 in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of actress and acting coach, Margaret Fealy. Her mother remarried to Rafaello Cavallo, the first conductor of the Pueblo, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and Fealy lived in Colorado off and on for most of her life. At the age of three, she performed on stage with her mother and went on to make her Broadway debut in the 1900 production of Quo Vadis, again with her mother Fealy toured England with William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes from 1901 to 1902. Between 1902 and 1905, she frequently toured with Sir Henry Irv…

Louise Fletcher (born July 22, 1934) is an American actress best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and as Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She also guest starred on the science fiction television series Heroes. She also received Emmy nominations for her guest starring roles in Picket Fences and Joan of Arcadia. Early life Fletcher, the second of four children, was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Estelle Caldwell and the Reverend Robert Capers Fletcher, who was an Episcopal priest from Arab, Alabama. Both of her parents were deaf and worked with the deaf an…

Lynn Fontanne (pronounced /fɒnˈtæn/; 6 December 1887 — 30 July 1983) was a British actress and major stage star in the United States for over 40 years. She teamed with her husband Alfred Lunt. She lived in the United States for more than 60 years but never relinquished her British citizenship. Lunt and Fontanne shared a special Tony Award in 1970. They both won Emmy Awards in 1965, and Fontanne was a Kennedy Center honoree in 1980. Career Born Lillie Louise Fontanne in Woodford, London, Fontanne first drew popular acclaim in 1921 playing the cliché-spouting title role in the George S. Kaufman-Marc Connelly's farce, Dulcy. Dorothy Parker memorialized her performance in …