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Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress.Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. [1]
AFI's 10 Top 10: AFI's 100 Years ... Lon Chaney (1883–1930) Lon Chaney Jr. (1906–1973) ... The actresses that are part of the complete list of nominees are:
The following American film actresses are listed alphabetically. It contains both actresses born American and those who acquired American nationality later. Some actors who are well known for both film and TV work are also included in the list of American television actresses. Meryl Streep Michelle Pfeiffer Jodie Foster Julia Roberts
The actress had long wanted to work with Lubitsch, and felt that the material—although controversial—was a worthy subject. [122] Lombard accepted the role of actress Maria Tura, despite it being a smaller part than she was used to, and was given top billing over the film's male lead Jack Benny. Filming took place in the fall of 1941, and it ...
Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Bennett frequently played society women, focusing on melodramas in the early ...
American silent film child actress (known as "Baby Peggy"), author and cinema historian [48] Christian Casadesus: 1912–2014: 101: French actor; brother of fellow actress and centenarian Gisèle Casadesus [49] Gisèle Casadesus: 1914–2017: 103: French actress; sister of fellow actor and centenarian Christian Casadesus [50] Wally Cassell ...
The decade of the 1930s in film involved many significant films. The year 1939, in particular, was one of the biggest years (and is still considered one of the greatest years) in Hollywood with MGM 's release of Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz .
Marie-Madeleine Bernadette O'Carroll (26 February 1906 – 2 October 1987) [1] was an English actress, popular both in Britain and in America in the 1930s and 1940s. At the peak of her success in 1938, she was the world's highest-paid actress.