Cremated Women

101. Clarice Blackburn

Writer | All My Children

Clarice Blackburn was born on February 26, 1921 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for All My Children (1970), Love of Life (1951) and Dark Shadows (1966). She died on August 5, 1995 in New York City, New York, USA.

102. Laura Branigan

Soundtrack | Flashdance

Laura Branigan was born on July 3, 1952 in Mount Kisco, New York, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Flashdance (1983), Ghostbusters (1984) and I, Tonya (2017). She was married to Laurence Ross Kruteck. She died on August 26, 2004 in East Quogue, New York, USA.

103. Colleen Dewhurst

Actress | Anne of Green Gables

Tall, luminous and leonine, the legendary Colleen Dewhurst must go down as one of the theater's finest contemporary tragediennes of the late 1900s. With trademark dusky tones and a majestically careworn appearance, she possessed an inimitable down-to-earth fierceness that not only earned her the ...

104. Betty Field

Actress | Of Mice and Men

Thespian Betty Field was born in Boston on February 8, 1916, the daughter of a salesman and his wife. Ancestors on her father's side were Mayflower colonists Priscilla and John Alden. Her parents divorced while she was still young and Betty eventually learned to speak Spanish while traveling with ...

105. Gail Fisher

Actress | Mannix

A classy, smart-looking African-American actress who broke racial barriers in 1970s Hollywood but suffered greatly in her private life years after her TV glory days, award-winning actress Gail Fisher was born on August 18, 1935, in Orange, New Jersey, the youngest of five children. Her father, a ...

106. Thelma Ritter

Actress | Rear Window

Thelma Ritter appeared in high school plays and was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the 1940s she worked in radio. Her movie career was started with a bit part in the 1946 Miracle on 34th Street (1947). In the movie she played a weary Xmas shopper. Her performance in the short ...

107. Claire Trevor

Actress | Key Largo

Claire Trevor was born Claire Wemlinger in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fifth Avenue merchant-tailor Noel Wemlinger, an immigrant Frenchman from Paris who lost his business during the Depression, and his Belfast-born wife, Benjamina, known as "Betty". Young ...

108. Deborah Walley

Actress | Ski Party

Actress, author, producer, and Photoplay's "Most Popular Actress of 1961," the daughter of Ice Capades skating stars and choreographers Nathan and Edith Walley. She was skating with her parents at age three, but resisted her father's urging to continue, opting to study acting at the New York ...

109. Helen Westley

Actress | Show Boat

Although she could on a rare occasion display a bit of kindness, or at least some kind of grouchy benevolence, Helen Westley had few peers on stage or film when it came to outright unpleasantness. A stern, indomitable presence, her characters offered unsolicited advice to anyone and everyone within...

110. Pamela Hansford Johnson

Writer | The Trojan Brothers

Pamela Hansford Johnson was born on May 29, 1912 in London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Trojan Brothers (1946), Corinth House (1950) and Folio (1955). She was married to C.P. Snow and Gordon Neil Stewart. She died on June 18, 1981 in London, England, UK.

111. Pat Kirkwood

Actress | After the Ball

Pat Kirkwood was born on February 24, 1921 in Pendleton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for After the Ball (1957), The Passing Show (1951) and Stars in Your Eyes (1956). She was married to Peter Knight, Hubert Gregg, Spiro de Spero Gabriele and John William ...

112. Fran Landesman

Music_department | Take a Letter Mr. Jones.....

Fran Landesman was born on October 21, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Take a Letter Mr. Jones..... (1981), Barn (2019) and In the Pink (1982). She was married to Jay Landesman. She died on July 23, 2011 in Islington, London, England, UK.

113. Dorothy Dickson

Actress | The Ringer

Dorothy Dickson was an American-born London theater star, who popularized the song, "Look for the Silver Lining", in Britain when she introduced it in London in 1921 in the Jerome Kern musical "Sally". She appeared on the New York stage and in the Ziegfield Follies before World War II.

In 1914, she ...

114. Freda Jackson

Actress | Clash of the Titans

Freda Jackson was born in Nottingham, England in 1908, the daughter of a railway porter. After studying at High Pavement School and the University College there, she became a schoolteacher but gave up her career to study acting at the Royal College of Art, in London. Her first professional stage ...

115. Vivien Leigh

Actress | A Streetcar Named Desire

If a film were made of the life of Vivien Leigh, it would open in India just before World War I, where a successful British businessman could live like a prince. In the mountains above Calcutta, a little princess is born. Because of the outbreak of World War I, she is six years old the first time ...

116. Constance Cummings

Actress | Blithe Spirit

Coming from a musical family - her mother was a concert soprano - Constance Cummings made her show business debut in 1926 in regional stock theater, and by 1928 had appeared in her first Broadway play. Her success in the theater resulted in an invitation to Hollywood, where she went 1931. Although ...

117. Dorothy Mackaill

Actress | Chickie

Dorothy Mackaill was 11 when her parents separated; she then lived with her father. A rebellious teenager, Dorothy -- who had long wanted a career in the theater -- ran away to London and finally persuaded her father to pay for her board and lessons. Her first job was in the chorus; she then ...

118. Josephine Tey

Writer | Young and Innocent

As Gordon Daviot, she was a famous well-known playwright during the 1930s, and, as Gordon Daviot, published her first mystery novel, "The Man In The Queue". For the second, "A Shilling For Candles", she took a family name, Josephine Tey, under which she published a further six.

119. Hilary Mason

Actress | Don't Look Now

Although a prolific television character actress for almost half a century, Hilary Mason will be best remembered on screen as the blind, psychic Heather in the macabre supernatural thriller Don't Look Now (1973). The 1973 film starred Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland as John and Laura Baxter, a...

120. Susan Luckey

Actress | The Music Man

Susan Luckey was born on April 4, 1938 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Music Man (1962), Carousel (1956) and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950). She was married to Larry Douglas. She died on November 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

121. Linda McCartney

Soundtrack | Live and Let Die

Linda McCartney was born on September 24, 1941 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Live and Let Die (1973), Super 8 (2011) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). She was married to Paul McCartney and Joseph Melville See Jr.. She died on April 17, 1998 in Tucson, ...

122. Karen Dior

Actress | Bi Now, Pay Later

Karen Dior was born on February 14, 1967 in Missouri, USA. She was an actress and director. She died on August 25, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

123. Lisa della Casa

Actress | Mozart's Don Giovanni

Lisa della Casa was born on February 2, 1919 in Burgdorf, Kanton Bern, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Mozart's Don Giovanni (1955), Mir lönd nüd lugg (1940) and Füsilier Wipf (1938). She was married to Dragan Debelevic and Ernst Robert Geiser. She died on December 10, ...

124. Mariangela Melato

Actress | Flash Gordon

Mariangela Melato was born on September 19, 1941 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Flash Gordon (1980), Swept Away (1974) and Love & Anarchy (1973). She died on January 11, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

125. Fontella Bass

Soundtrack | I, Robot

Fontella Bass is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1965 hit, "Rescue Me."

Fontella Bass was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of gospel singer Martha Bass, who was a member of The Clara Ward Gospel Singers, and the older sister of R&B singer David ...

126. Reeva Steenkamp

Self | Pistorius

Fashion Model. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, her father was employed as a horse trainer. After moving to Port Elizabeth, South Africa with her family, she attended Saint Dominic's Priory School and later enrolled at the University of Port Elizabeth (now part of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan ...

127. Zheng Cao

Actress | Madama Butterfly

Zheng Cao was born to parents Mao Yuan Cao and Xiao Jiao Huang in Shanghai, China. Her sister Dan Cao, four years her senior, is her only sibling. As an undergraduate, she attended Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 1988, Cao moved to the United States to attend American University in Washington, ...

128. Sophiya Haque

Actress | Wanted

Sophia Haque rose to fame as a VJ/host on pop-music channels broadcast by India in the 1990s (via satellite). Her amiable personality and attractive appearance made her a favorite with many viewers, and led to her being offered bit parts in Indian films. A lead role in the low-budget comedy film '...

129. Anna Litvinova

Self | Miss Universe 2006

Anna Litvinova was born on May 1, 1983 in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo region, USSR. She died on January 22, 2013 in Germany.

130. Shell Kepler

Actress | General Hospital

Shell Kepler was born on October 5, 1958 in Painesville, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for General Hospital (1963), The Great American Girl Robbery (1979) and Homework (1982). She was married to Robert DeSantis and Kenny Ryback. She died on February 1, 2008 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

131. Margaret Thatcher

SDI Star Wars

Margaret Thatcher was born on October 13, 1925 in Grantham, England, the younger daughter of Alfred and Beatrice Roberts. Her father was a greengrocer and respected town leader, serving as lay-leader with their church, city-alderman and then as mayor. He taught Margaret never to do things because ...

132. Dorothy Parker

Writer | Saboteur

Dorothy Rothschild was born on August 22, 1893 into a family of comfortable financial means. Raised by her father and Stepmother after her mother's death, she was given an excellent education for the times. Highly intelligent, she pursued a career after her formal education and proved herself to be...

133. Jeanne Cooper

Actress | The Young and the Restless

Jeanne Cooper was born on October 25, 1928 in Taft, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), Ben Casey (1961) and Kansas City Bomber (1972). She was married to Harry Bernsen. She died on May 8, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

134. Esther Williams

Actress | Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Esther Jane Williams was born on August 8, 1921 in Inglewood, California. Her youth was spent as a teenage swimming champion and she won three United States National championships. She eventually was spotted by a MGM talent scout while working in a Los Angeles department store. She made her film ...

135. Diosa Costello

Actress | Miss Sadie Thompson

Diosa Costello was born on April 23, 1913 in Guayama, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for Miss Sadie Thompson (1953), They Met in Argentina (1941) and The Bullfighters (1945). She was married to Don Casino and Pupi Campo. She died on June 20, 2013 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.

136. Eileen Brennan

Actress | Clue

A supremely gifted, versatile player who could reach dramatic depths, as exemplified in her weary-eyed, good-hearted waitress in The Last Picture Show (1971), or comedy heights, as in her sadistic drill captain in Private Benjamin (1980), Eileen Brennan managed to transition from lovely Broadway ...

137. Haji

Actress | Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Haji was a Cando-American actress renowned for starring in Russ Meyer's sexploitation classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), in which she made her theatrical film debut. Barbarella Catton was born in Quebec City, Quebec on January 24, 1946, and at the age of 14, began dancing topless. The ...

138. Dixie Evans

Actress | Smut

Dixie Evans was born on August 28, 1926 in Long Beach, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Smut (1999), Mafia Girls (1969) and Too Hot to Handle (1950). She was married to Harry Braelow. She died on August 3, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

139. Risë Stevens

Actress | Going My Way

One of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, New York-born mezzo-soprano Rise (pronounced REE-za) Stevens made her debut with the company in 1939 as Octavian in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" in a tour performance in Philadelphia. Her other notable roles in 21 years with the company ...

140. Jane Harvey

Self | Broadway Open House

Jane Harvey was born on January 6, 1925 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Broadway Open House (1950), The Arthur Murray Party (1950) and The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956). She was married to Bob Thiele and William King. She died on August 15, 2013 in Los Angeles, ...

141. Sylvia Sidney

Actress | Beetlejuice

Sylvia Sidney was born in The Bronx, New York City, on August 8, 1910 as Sophia Kosow to Jewish parents. Her father was born in Russia and her mother was born in Romania. They divorced not long after her birth. Her mother subsequently remarried and young Sophia was adopted by her stepfather, ...

142. Reiko Douglas

Self | Tattletales

Reiko Douglas was born on September 2, 1936 in Kanazawa, Japan. She was married to Jack Douglas. She died on September 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

143. Frances Faye

Actress | Pretty Baby

Frances Faye was born on November 4, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Pretty Baby (1978), Double or Nothing (1937) and I Shut My Mouth for Uncle Sam (1942). She died on November 8, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

144. Edna Best

Actress | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Genteel, ladylike British actress who was a much respected theatrical star in the 1920s and '30s, both in her own country and in the United States. Born in March 1900 in Hove, Sussex, she took to the stage at the age of seventeen as Ela Delahay in 'Charley's Aunt'. She played Peter Pan three years ...

145. Lisa Robin Kelly

Actress | That '70s Show

She first made her acting debut at age 21 in a 1992 episode of Married... with Children (1987), and went on to guest-star in many popular television shows, such as Murphy Brown (1988), The X-Files (1993), Sisters (1991), and Silk Stalkings (1991), and appeared in many obscure, straight-to-video/TV ...

146. Christine White

Actress | Magnum Force

Christine White was born on May 4, 1926 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress, known for Magnum Force (1973), Ichabod and Me (1961) and General Electric Theater (1953). She died on April 14, 2013 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

147. Mercedes McCambridge

Actress | Giant

Mercedes McCambridge was a highly talented radio performer who won a best supporting Actress Oscar for her film debut.

Mercedes McCambridge was born in Joliet, Illinois, to Marie (Mahaffry) and John Patrick McCambridge, a farmer. She was of mostly Irish (with a small amount of English and German) ...

148. Ginger Dinning

Actress | That Texas Jamboree

Ginger Dinning was born on March 29, 1924 in Enid, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for That Texas Jamboree (1946) and Melody Time (1948). She died on October 14, 2013 in Oakland, New Jersey, USA.

149. Ella Cowee Lee

150. Marcia Wallace

Actress | The Simpsons

Born on November 1, 1942, the eldest of three born to an Iowa general storeowner, Marcia Wallace endured a troubled childhood (alcoholism, physical abuse). Performing in high school plays as a teenager, she studied at Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, where she majored in English and theatre.

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151. Deborah Turbeville

Director | Night Cry

Deborah Turbeville was born on July 6, 1932 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA. She was a director and writer, known for Night Cry (2012) and Gypsy Serenade (1985). She died on October 24, 2013 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

152. Sybil Williams

Self | The Steve Lawrence Show

Sybil Williams was born on March 27, 1929 in Tylorstown, Glamorganshire, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for The Steve Lawrence Show (1965), The David Susskind Show (1958) and The Young Set (1965). She was married to Jordan Christopher and Richard Burton. She died on March 7, 2013 in Manhattan...

153. Lilian Fontaine

Actress | The Lost Weekend

Lilian Fontaine was born on June 11, 1886 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Lost Weekend (1945), Ivy (1947) and The Locket (1946). She was married to George Milan Fontaine and Walter Augustus de Havilland. She died on February 20, 1975 in Santa Barbara, ...

154. Jane Russell

Actress | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was born on June 21, 1921, in Bemidji, Minnesota. Her father was a United States Army lieutenant and her mother had been a student of drama and an actress with a traveling troupe. Once Mr. Russell was mustered out of the service, the family took up residence in ...

155. Jeff Donnell

Actress | In a Lonely Place

A reliable featured player and occasional co-star, actress Jeff Donnell was born Jean Marie Donnell in a boys' reformatory in South Windham, Maine in 1921, the younger of schoolteacher Mildred and penologist Howard's two daughters. She took piano and dance lessons during her childhood in Maryland; ...

156. Karla Álvarez

Actress | Mi querida Isabel

Karla Álvarez was born on October 15, 1972 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Mi querida Isabel (1996), La mentira (1998) and Heridas de amor (2006). She was married to Antonio D'Agostino, Alexis Ayala and Armando Zafra. She died on November 15, 2013 in Mexico ...

157. Helen Thomas

Actress | Dave

Helen Thomas was born on August 4, 1920 in Winchester, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for Dave (1993), Broadcast Blues (2009) and 1992 Presidential Debates (1992). She was married to Douglas B. Cornell. She died on July 20, 2013 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

158. Eleanor Parker

Actress | The Sound of Music

Eleanor Jean Parker was born on June 26, 1922, in Cedarville, Ohio, the last of three children born to a mathematics teacher and his wife. Eleanor caught the acting bug early and began performing in school plays. She was was so serious about becoming an actor, that she attended the Rice Summer ...

159. Vivian Vance

Actress | I Love Lucy

Born as Vivian Roberta Jones in Cherryvale, Kansas, she had a brother and four sisters. Her family moved to Independence, Kansas, and later studied drama under Anna Ingleman and William Inge. Their next move, to Albuquerque, New Mexico, brought her to that city's Little Theatre, which provided her ...

160. Whitney Blake

Actress | Hazel

Whitney Blake was born on February 20, 1926 in Eagle Rock, California, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Hazel (1961), My Gun Is Quick (1957) and Mannix (1967). She was married to Allan Manings, Jack Fields and John Thomas Baxter Jr.. She died on September 28, 2002 in Edgartown, ...

161. Shirley Chambers

Actress | Melody Cruise

Shirley Chambers was notorious as Hollywood's First Dumb Blonde. She began her film career at the dawn of talking pictures and was the first 'dumb blonde' at R.K.O Studios, making whoopee in light comedies, and fluffy musicals.

Born in Seattle, Washington, her family moved to California when she was ...

162. Esther Borja

Actress | Adiós Buenos Aires

Esther Borja was born on December 5, 1913 in Havana, Cuba. She was an actress, known for Adiós Buenos Aires (1938), Romance musical (1941) and Bola de Nieve (2003). She died on December 28, 2013 in Havana, Cuba.

163. Joan Brickhill

Actress | Follow That Rainbow

Joan Brickhill was born on March 6, 1924 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Follow That Rainbow (1979) and Elephant Gun (1958). She was married to Louis Burke. She died on January 15, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

164. Susan Strasberg

Actress | Picnic

Susan Strasberg was born in New York City on May 22, 1938. From the time of her birth, she was destined to be an actress, as her father was Lee Strasberg, acting coach at the famed Actors Studio in New York. In 1953, Susan made her acting debut in the episode Goodyear Playhouse: Catch a Falling Star...

165. Natalie Schafer

Actress | Gilligan's Island

Natalie Schafer got her start doing Broadway plays then making the move to the big screen. Even before Gilligan's Island (1964), she was typecast in roles as society women, or elegant, fashionable ladies. It was her role as "Eunice 'Lovey' Wentworth Howell" wife of multi-millionaire Thurston Howell...

166. Patsy May

Actress | Divot Diggers

Patsy May Dittemore was born March 20, 1934 in Owen County Indiana. Her father James Dittemore and mother Gladys Elizabeth May were from Owen County Indiana but relocated as children with their families to Orange County California. They married there on Oct 17, 1931. While visiting family in ...

167. Loni Nest

Actress | Ein Erpressertrick

Loni Nest was born on August 4, 1915 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Ein Erpressertrick (1921), Schwarze Erde (1923) and Die Heilige und ihr Narr (1928). She died on October 2, 1990 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

168. Clarissa Dickson Wright

Actress | Absolutely Fabulous

Clarissa Dickson Wright was an English celebrity chef, television personality, businesswoman and a former barrister. She was best known as one half, along with Jennifer Paterson, of the incredibly popular television series, Two Fat Ladies. Having trained as a lawyer, Dickson Wright was the youngest...

169. L'Wren Scott

Ocean's Thirteen

L'Wren Scott was born on April 28, 1964 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. She was a costume designer, known for Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Diabolique (1996) and Mercy (2000). She was married to Andrew Brand and Andrew Ladsky. She died on March 17, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

170. Iola Brubeck

Soundtrack | The Blues

Iola Brubeck was born on August 14, 1923 in Corning, California, USA. She was married to Dave Brubeck. She died on March 12, 2014 in Wilton, Connecticut, USA.

171. Hildegarde

Soundtrack | The Beales of Grey Gardens

Born Hildegarde Loretta Sell in Adell, Wisconsin, but for 70 years she was known simply as "The Incomparable Hildegarde," a title bestowed on her by columnist Walter Winchell. During the peak of her popularity in the 1930s and 40s, she was booked in cabarets and supper clubs at least 45 weeks a ...

172. Peaches Geldof

Self | The King Is Dead

Peaches Geldof was born on March 13, 1989 in Westminster, London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for The King Is Dead (2010), 8 Out of 10 Cats (2005) and Celebrity Juice (2008). She was married to Thomas Cohen and Maxwell Drummey. She died on April 7, 2014 in Wrotham, Kent, England, UK.

173. Perlita Neilson

Actress | The Day of the Triffids

The daughter of an engineer, Perlita started her career as an amateur in Buenos Aires Community Players and made her professional debut in a West End production of 'Annie Get Your Gun' in 1947. Following this, she made numerous appearances on the London stage and in Repertory throughout the UK as ...

174. Barbara Knudson

Actress | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Barbara Knudson was born on December 4, 1927 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), The Cry Baby Killer (1958) and Meet Danny Wilson (1952). She was married to William Henry. She died on May 11, 2014 in Nevada, USA.

175. Mabel Albertson

Actress | What's Up, Doc?

When, at 50, Mabel Albertson was given the supporting role of Mrs. Carter, young actress Aileen Stanley Jr.'s mother in a Warner Bros. Technicolor musical romance, little did she know that she was starting out a movie and TV career in which she would shine as "the ultimate haughty judgmental (often...

176. Mona Freeman

Actress | Dear Ruth

A professional model while still in high school, Mona Freeman was signed to a movie contract by Howard Hughes, who then proceeded to sell her contract to Paramount. Starting out in typical juvenile parts, she developed into a very competent actress. As she worked her way out of the teenage ingénue ...

177. Bunny Yeager

Actress | Harry & Son

Buxom and beautiful blonde bombshell Bunny Yeager always aspired to be a pin-up model. She was born Linnea Eleanor Yeager on March 13, 1929 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Her father Raymond Conrad Yeager worked in an office for the telephone company and later was an electrical engineer for ...

178. Joan Lorring

Actress | The Corn Is Green

Joan Lorring was born Madeline Ellis on April 17, 1926, in Hong Kong. She and her mother, Ania Fred, a Russian Jewish immigrant, left Hong Kong after the outbreak of WWII to pursue an acting career, settling in California in the late 1930s. After finding radio work in Los Angeles, Lorring worked her...

179. Ruby Dee

Actress | American Gangster

Ruby Dee was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist. She is best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961).

She also starred in The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), Cat People (1982), ...

180. Bel Kaufman

Writer | Up the Down Staircase

Bel Kaufman was born on May 10, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Up the Down Staircase (1967), Bookmark (1983) and The Mike Douglas Show (1961). She was married to Sydney A. Goldstine and Sidney J. Gluck. She died on July 25, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New ...

181. Joan Rivers

Actress | Spaceballs

Joan Rivers is an American talk show host, comedian, writer and actress from Brooklyn, New York. She voiced Dot Matrix from Mel Brooks' Spaceballs. She has portrayed in several films and shows such as Shrek 2, Look Who's Talking, The Smurfs and Iron Man 3. She passed away in September 2014 at ...

182. Iva Withers

Actress | Musical Comedy Time

Iva Withers was born on July 7, 1917 in Rivers, Manitoba, Canada. She was an actress, known for Musical Comedy Time (1950). She was married to Kazimir Kokich and Robert Strom. She died on October 7, 2014 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.

183. Elizabeth Peña

Actress | Rush Hour

As she inherited her love for the arts by her father, well-known playwright, actor, director and novelist Mario Peña, it is not hard to understand that actress Elizabeth Pena already had designs to become an actress by the time she was eight years old.

Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on September 23, ...

184. Marcia Strassman

Actress | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

This tall (5'10"), pretty, willowy brunette (but frequently blonde) was born on April 28, 1948, in New York City, as one of four children. Raised in Passaic, New Jersey, Marcia grew into a striking young teen and worked for a time as a model in a local children's department store. A talented singer...

185. Anita Darian

Actress | New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts

Anita Darian was born on April 26, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958), Producers' Showcase (1954) and The Troublemaker (1964). She died on February 1, 2015 in Oceanside, New York, USA.

186. Lizabeth Scott

Actress | Too Late for Tears

Lizabeth Scott was born Emma Matzo on September 29, 1922 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of six children of Mary (Pennock) and John Matzo, who were Slovak immigrants. Scott attended Marywood Seminary and the Alvienne School of the Theatre in New York City, where she adopted the stage name of ...

187. Luise Rainer

Actress | The Great Ziegfeld

Luise Rainer, the first thespian to win back-to-back Oscars, was born on January 12, 1910 in Dusseldorf, Germany, into a prosperous Jewish family. Her parents were Emilie (Königsberger) and Heinrich Rainer, a businessman. She took to the stage, and plied her craft on the boards in Germany. As a ...

188. Beth Howland

Actress | Alice

Beth Howland was born on May 28, 1941 in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Alice (1976), A Caribbean Mystery (1983) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970). She was married to Charles Kimbrough and Michael J. Pollard. She died on December 31, 2015 in Santa Monica...

189. Glenne Headly

Actress | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

For fourteen years, she said that family was the most important thing to her and she set most of her time aside to be a "present" mother to her son. Movies, plays and television were chosen, for the most part, when they occurred in town or on a school break. She took one year to homeschool her son ...

190. Shirley Hemphill

Actress | What's Happening!!

Shirley Hemphill was born on July 1, 1947 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for What's Happening!! (1976), What's Happening Now! (1985) and Martin (1992). She died on December 10, 1999 in West Covina, California, USA.