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1. Allene Roberts

Allene Roberts was born on September 1, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She was an actress, known for The Red House (1947), The Sign of the Ram (1948) and Bomba on Panther Island (1949). She was married to Ralph Cochran. She died on May 9, 2019 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.

2. Luana Walters

Actress | The Corpse Vanishes

Shapely film brunette Luana Walters was one of film western's more sensual prairie flowers during the late 30s and early 40s. She was certainly one of the more decorative distractions in between all those cowboy heroics displayed by her co-stars: Gene Autry, Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Charles Starrett ...

3. Gwen Kenyon

Actress | In Old New Mexico

Gwen Kenyon was born on January 22, 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for In Old New Mexico (1945), The Great Mike (1944) and Socks Appeal (1943). She was married to Morton Scott. She died on October 18, 1999 in Montecito, California, USA.

4. Barbara Payton

Actress | Bride of the Gorilla

One of the saddest tales ever to come out of Hollywood has to be that of Barbara Payton. A blue-eyed, peroxide blonde sexpot who had a lot going for her, her life eventually disintegrated, mostly by her own doing. Things started out well enough for Barbara Lee Redfield, born on November 26, 1927, ...

5. Tracey Roberts

Actress | Go Naked in the World

With the goal of writing and acting, she studied at the University of Michigan and Cornell University, and then moved to New York to study and perform with the greats of the Actors Studio - Lee Strasberg, Clifford Odets, Stella Adler, Elia Kazan. At the same time, she also married Jerry Adelman, ...

6. Loretta Young

Actress | The Stranger

Sweet, sweeter, sweetest. No combination of terms better describes the screen persona of lovely Loretta Young. A&E's Biography (1987) has stated that Young "remains a symbol of beauty, serenity, and grace. But behind the glamour and stardom is a woman of substance whose true beauty lies in her ...

7. Johanna Matz

Actress | Der Kongreß tanzt

Actress Johanna Matz was born in Vienna 1932. She took ballet training at the Vienna Academy. At the age of sixteen she had stage training under Helene Thimig and Alfred Neugebauer. After early success in cinema she returned to the stage. She acted in Austrian, German and American films, but only ...

8. Hanita Hallan

Actress | Mannequins für Rio

Hanita Hallan was born on October 2, 1935 in Porto, Portugal. She is an actress, known for They Were So Young (1954), The White Horse Inn (1960) and Rosa de Alfama (1953).

9. Linda Arvidson

Actress | Everyman

Linda Arvidson was born on July 12, 1884 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Everyman (1913), The Scarlet Letter (1913) and The Adventures of Dollie (1908). She was married to D.W. Griffith. She died on July 26, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA.

10. Margaret O'Brien

Actress | Meet Me in St. Louis

Born Angela Maxine O'Brien on January 15, 1937 in San Diego, California. Her film debut was one-minute shot in MGM's Babes on Broadway (1941). Her big moment came when she was cast in Journey for Margaret (1942). This film shot her into instant stardom and also resulted in Angela changing her name ...

11. Linda Darnell

Actress | Fallen Angel

Linda Darnell, one of five children of a postal clerk, grew up fast. At 11, she was modeling clothes, giving her age as 16. At 13, she was appearing on the stage with little theater groups. Her mother encouraged her to audition when Hollywood talent scouts came to Dallas. She went to California and...

12. Mary Healy

Actress | The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

Mary Healy was born on April 14, 1918 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953), Lookin' to Get Out (1982) and 20, 000 Men a Year (1939). She was married to Peter Lind Hayes. She died on February 3, 2015 in Calabasas, California, USA.

13. Mary Beth Hughes

Actress | The Great Flamarion

Mary Beth Hughes' parents separated while she was still a baby. She was brought up by a grandmother whose dearest wish was to make her an actress. As a result, she started her career at an early age while still a high school student. She starred in the stage version of "Alice in Wonderland" then ...

14. Connie Marshall

Actress | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

A promising blue-to-gray-eyed, blonde-haired child actress of the post-WWII years who had more talent than she was given credit for, little Constance Beekman "Connie" Marshall was born on April 28, 1933 in New York City. Her parents were not of show business stock, her father being a lieutenant ...

15. Marianne Benet

Actress | The Boy Who Stole a Million

Marianne Benet was born on May 1, 1936 in Madrid, Spain. She is an actress, known for The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960), The Night Fighters (1960) and Shake Hands with the Devil (1959).

16. Susan Kohner

Actress | Imitation of Life

Susan Kohner was born on November 11, 1936 in Los Angeles, California. Her Mexican mother was actress Lupita Tovar, a successful performer from the 1930s and it was only natural that for Susan to gravitate toward acting. Her first role was in To Hell and Back (1955) in 1955. One more film in 1956 ...

17. Terry Burnham

Actress | Imitation of Life

Terry Burnham was born on August 8, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Imitation of Life (1959), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966). She died on October 7, 2013 in Long Beach, California, USA.

18. Lina Romay

Actress | The Big Wheel

Vivacious brunette singer and actress Lina Romay was born in New York in January 1919, the daughter of Mexican L.A. consulate attaché Porfirio A. Romay, of European descent. In her teens, she was adept at swimming and diving. Moreover, she had an excellent voice and could sing equally well in ...

19. Mary Brian

Actress | Peter Pan

Dubbed "The Sweetest Girl in Pictures", Mary Brian started life as Louise Byrdie Datzler. She was born in Corsicana, Texas, and went to high school in Dallas. Her widowed mother had big plans for young Louise and took her to California in 1923, with the intention of getting her into the film ...

20. Mary Kornman

Actress | College Humor

Born in Idaho in 1915, perky blonde Mary Kornman's acting career began at age five. She made her "name" as the cute, spunky little girl in the 1920s' "Our Gang" shorts, and was often paired with Mickey Daniels. The two returned to the screen as a pair again several years after leaving the "Rascals"...

21. Mary Carlisle

Actress | The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

She was the standard prototype of the porcelain-pretty collegiate and starry-eyed romantic interest in a host of Depression-era films and although her name may not ring a bell to most, Mary Carlisle enjoyed a fairly solid decade in the cinematic limelight.

The petite Boston-born, blue-eyed blonde ...

22. Hedy Lamarr

Actress | Samson and Delilah

Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Budapest, and Emil Kiesler, a banker from Lemberg (now known as Lviv). Her parents were ...

23. Gertrude Messinger

Actress | A Bit o' Heaven

Gertrude Messinger was born on April 28, 1911 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for A Bit o' Heaven (1917), Rip Van Winkle (1921) and Penrod and Sam (1923). She was married to Schuyler A. Sanford, Henry Walsh Knight and David Sharpe. She died on November 8, 1995 in Woodland ...

24. Linné Ahlstrand

Actress | Beast from Haunted Cave

Lovely and petite 5'2" blonde looker Linne Nanette Ahlstrand was born on July 1, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Ahlstrand moved to New York City from Hollywood, California so she could pursue a career as both a model and an actress. Linne was the Playmate of the Month in the July, 1958 issue of "...

25. Heather Ames

Actress | High School Hellcats

Heather Ames was born on April 15, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for High School Hellcats (1958), How to Make a Monster (1958) and The Hot Angel (1958). She was married to Dwight H. Pirkl. She died on July 15, 2008 in Glendale, California, USA.

26. Sheila Noonan

Actress | The Incredible Petrified World

Sheila Ann Noonan was raised in Los Angeles, California by Thomas and Margaret Noonan. She spent her 20s as a salesperson in a department store before getting into acting. Her greatest role was in Beast From Haunted Cave (1959), produced by Gene Corman. After leaving the industry, she married a ...

27. Louise Lovely

Actress | Jewelled Nights

Louise had her stage debut when she was just 9 years old as Little Eva in a production of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' When she was older, she moved on to silent films. Because of her success in Australia, she moved on to America and got a contract with Universal Studios. The legend states that it was ...

28. Billie Dove

Actress | The Black Pirate

In her silent heyday, this ravishing and highly photogenic star, known for her voluptuous femininity on the silent screen, rivaled that of Mary Pickford, Marion Davies and Clara Bow in popularity. She retired after only a few years into the talking picture era, however, and is not as ...

29. Toby Wing

Actress | Murder at the Vanities

It's pretty unusual for a mostly unbilled chorus girl to rate a star on Hollywood Boulevard, but Toby Wing was unique. A genuine granddaughter of the Confederacy (on her mother's side at least; her father's family was pure Maine Yankee), she was born Martha Virginia Wing in Amelia Court House, ...

30. Sally Blane

Actress | Forbidden Company

Although this lovely, light brown-haired leading lady would wind up better known as one of Loretta Young's two elder acting sisters, Sally Blane nevertheless enjoyed a lively albeit modest "B" film career during the late 1920s and 1930s. The resemblance to her "A"-level sister was very strong -- ...

31. Audrey Dalton

Actress | My Cousin Rachel

Dublin-born Audrey Dalton knew right from childhood that she wanted to be an actress: She appeared in school plays and (after the family's move to London) applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. While Dalton was at RADA, a London-based Paramount executive saw her in a play and asked her to ...

32. Margo Woode

Actress | Somewhere in the Night

Margo Woode was born on April 20, 1928 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. She was an actress, known for Somewhere in the Night (1946), Moss Rose (1947) and It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946). She was married to Ron Beckett and Bill Burton. She died on September 28, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

33. Reba Waters

Actress | One Step Beyond

Reba Waters was born on August 31, 1946 in Alabama, USA. She is an actress, known for One Step Beyond (1959), Matinee Theatre (1955) and The Donna Reed Show (1958).

34. Marilyn Maxwell

Actress | 3 Men in White

The less famous, but still undeniably talented, of the "Marilyn" sex symbols of the 1940s/'50s was born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell in Clarinda, Iowa on August 3, 1920 (she later began using her middle name professionally at the suggestion of Louis B. Mayer). As a teenager, she worked as an usher at the...

35. Joan Bennett

Actress | Suspiria

Joan Geraldine Bennett was born on February 27, 1910, in Palisades, New Jersey. Her parents were both successful stage actors, especially her father, Richard Bennett, and often toured the country for weeks at a time. In fact, Joan came from a long line of actors, dating back to the 18th century. ...

36. Betty Bronson

Actress | Peter Pan

Betty Bronson's discovery reads like a Hollywood dream. As a New Jersey teenage bit-player, she was rocketed from obscurity when she was chosen to play the part of Peter Pan in 1924's Peter Pan (1924). She was hand-selected by author J.M. Barrie and beat several Hollywood superstars to the part, ...

37. Josephine Dunn

Actress | Murder at Dawn

Convent-educated Mary Josephine Dunn got her start in the chorus line of 'Good Morning, Dearie' at the age of 15. She was briefly in the Ziegfeld Follies and, in 1924, had a walk-on in 'Dear Sir' on Broadway. Two years later, she was picked by a talent scout to join the Paramount acting school for ...

38. Mary Philbin

Actress | The Man Who Laughs

Mary Philbin's life should be a lesson to domineering parents. Mary was born on July 16, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois, to John Philbin and his first wife and namesake, Mary. The child was regarded as a little beauty from an early age and her mother was exceedingly proud of her and loved to show her ...

39. Susan Cabot

Actress | The Wasp Woman

Susan Cabot was born in Boston and raised in a series of eight foster homes. She attended high school in Manhattan, where she took an interest in dramatics and joined the school dramatic club. Later, while trying to decide between a career in music or art, she illustrated children's books during ...

40. Patricia Ellis

Actress | Block-Heads

Patricia Ellis called herself "the Queen of B pictures at Warner Brothers". With only three years of theatrical experience in New York under her belt, she started in films in 1932. Alongside other ladies considered to have potential (such as Ginger Rogers and Mary Carlisle), Patricia was selected ...

41. Fintan Meyler

Actress | Peter Gunn

A dark-haired, brown-eyed daughter of Ireland, Fintan Meyler (one of seven children) knew from girlhood that she wanted to be an actress, and yet as a kid she never revealed her secret ambition. But after completing her early years of schooling at a Dublin convent, she began studying at the Gate ...

42. Adrienne Hayes

Actress | Patty

Adrienne Hayes was born on October 6, 1937 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Patty (1962), Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) and The Fugitive (1963).

43. Belinda Lee

Actress | La lunga notte del '43

Green-eyed blonde bombshell Belinda Lee was born in Devon, England to florist Stella Mary Graham and hotel owner Robert Esmond Lee on June 15, 1935. Nicknamed "Billie," she was an incredible beauty while still a teen attending the Rookesbury Park Prep School in Hampshire and St. Margaret's boarding...

44. Joan Winfield

Actress | The Gorilla Man

Joan Winfield was born on September 24, 1918 in Melbourne, Australia. She was an actress, known for The Gorilla Man (1943), The Imperfect Lady (1946) and Murder on the Waterfront (1943). She was married to John Meredyth Lucas. She died on June 16, 1978 in Van Nuys, California, USA.

45. Mitzi Gaynor

Actress | South Pacific

It is perhaps ironic that the film for which this performer is best remembered was also her musical swansong and one of her very last motion picture appearances. That was, of course, South Pacific (1958), with Mitzi Gaynor famously cast as feisty Ensign Nellie Forbush, warbling "I'm Gonna Wash That...

46. Rhonda Fleming

Actress | Out of the Past

A native-born Californian, Rhonda Fleming attended Beverly Hills public and private schools. Her father was Harold Cheverton Louis (1896-1951). Her mother, Effie Olivia Graham (1891-1985), was a famous model and actress in New York. She has a son (Kent Lane), two granddaughters (Kimberly and Kelly)...

47. Anne Nagel

Actress | Man Made Monster

Anne Nagel's life could be summed up in two words: pretty miserable. Born to devoutly religious Bostonian parents who had long encouraged her to become a nun, she had been enrolled in a preparatory school for just that purpose. As a young teenager she worked part-time as a photographer's model, and...

48. Lee Remick

Actress | The Omen

Lee Remick was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, to Gertrude Margaret (Waldo), an actress, and Francis Edwin Remick, a department store owner. She had Irish and English ancestry. Remick was educated at Barnard College, studied dance and worked on stage and TV, before making her film debut as a sexy ...

49. Paulette Goddard

Actress | The Ghost Breakers

Paulette Goddard was a child model who debuted in "The Ziegfeld Follies" at the age of 13. She gained fame with the show as the girl on the crescent moon, and was married to a wealthy man, Edgar James, by the time she was 17. After her divorce she went to Hollywood in 1931, where she appeared in ...

50. Barbara Bates

Actress | All About Eve

Born in Denver, Co, 6 August, 1925 and originally named Barbara Jane Bates, Barbara was the eldest of 3 daughters born to a postal clerk and RN.

Rather shy, her mother initially sent Barbara to study ballet. By her late teens, the young beauty began to model clothes as a teen out of high school.

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51. Mary Ruth

Actress | Riot Squad

Mary Ruth was born on July 30, 1931 in Maypearl, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Riot Squad (1941), Gentleman from Dixie (1941) and Easy to Take (1936). She was married to Earle Murie. She died on January 12, 2018 in Bakersfield, California, USA.

52. Julie Bishop

Actress | Northern Pursuit

Colorado-born leading lady Julie Bishop, who also acted under her birth name of Jacqueline Wells and the stage name Diane Duval, started off as a silent movie child actress, working with such legends as Clara Bow and Mary Pickford.

The daughter of a wealthy banker and oilman, she was raised in Texas ...

53. Beatrice Blinn

Actress | Art Trouble

Beatrice Blinn was born on July 7, 1901 in Forest County, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for Art Trouble (1934), The Shadow (1937) and Golden Boy (1939). She was married to Crane Wilbur. She died on March 31, 1979 in Oceanside, California, USA.

54. Rene Ray

Actress | The Good Die Young

British singer and supporting or second lead actress of stage and screen, born Irene Creese in London, England. Her father was the noted automotive and aviation engineer Alfred Edward Creese (1872-1943), inventor of the first operational monoplane and associate of Albert Einstein. In addition to ...

55. Jeanne Crain

Actress | Pinky

Jeanne Crain was born in Barstow, California, on May 25, 1925. The daughter of a high school English teacher and his wife, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles not long after her birth after her father got another teaching position in that city. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a ...

56. Grace Bradley

Actress | Wake Up and Live

A petite and extremely lovely blonde "B" film actress who eventually deserted her career in favor of standing by her man (cowboy icon William Boyd, aka, "Hopalong Cassidy"), Grace Bradley spent the rest of her life in his shadow and devoting herself to her husband's career. Bill's Hoppy was the ...

57. 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 ...

58. Rosina Lawrence

Actress | Way Out West

This gorgeous green-eyed blonde was born in Canada to British parents and spent her early childhood attending schools in Canada, England, Boston and Los Angeles (where her father worked as a stage carpenter and set designer). She studied ballet for four years and tap dancing for another at the ...

59. Mona Maris

Actress | A Date with the Falcon

Sultry, sleepy-eyed Argentine brunette Mona Maris was born Rosa Emma Mona Maria Marta Capdevielle, of Spanish-French parentage. Her well-to-do background ensured a quality education with an emphasis on foreign languages. Mona mastered three of them, but, alas, English was not among them. This ...

60. Susan Gordon

Actress | The Five Pennies

Susan Gordon was born on July 27, 1949 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Five Pennies (1959), Tormented (1960) and Ben Casey (1961). She was married to Avraham Aviner. She died on December 11, 2011 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA.

61. Nora Hayden

Actress | The Angry Red Planet

Nora Hayden was born on September 29, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Angry Red Planet (1959), The Thin Man (1957) and The Perils of P.K. (1986). She was married to Theodore W. Geiser, Gary Stevens and John Harrison. She died on August 10, 2013 in ...

62. Jana Lund

Actress | Frankenstein 1970

Jana Lund was born on August 28, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Frankenstein 1970 (1958), The Red Skelton Hour (1951) and Married Too Young (1962). She was married to Arthur Joseph Crowley Sr.. She died on July 20, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

63. June Kenney

Actress | Earth vs the Spider

Petite and amiable blonde 50s B-movie starlet June Kenney was groomed for a performing career from early childhood. By the age of four she was proficient as a singer and dancer. Her mother enrolled her in the 'Meglin Kiddies' dancing troupe (Judy Garland was a former alumnus) to learn ballet and ...

64. Diane McBain

Actress | Spinout

Signed on as a Warner Brothers starlet, bouncy, blonde-coiffed Diane McBain would develop a burgeoning career as lively '60s "bad girl" and "spoiled rich girl" types on film and TV. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 18, 1941, the family moved to California while still young and she started things off ...

65. Joan Lora

Actress | Bloodlust!

Joan Lora was born on August 14, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Bloodlust! (1961), Lure of the Swamp (1957) and Unwed Mother (1958). She has been married to Achille Paladini since May 14, 1960. They have three children.

66. Joan Vohs

Actress | Sabrina

Typecast often as a dumb blond, Joan Vohs struggled her entire career to break out of that mold. She did manage partial success, but ultimately dropped out of acting altogether in order to become a full-time mom. She was born in Queens, New York, was a Rockette at age 16 and a Connover model before...

67. Barbara Wilson

Actress | Invasion of the Animal People

Barbara Wilson was born on October 24, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Terror in the Midnight Sun (1959), The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957) and The Flesh Eaters (1964).

68. Marsha Hunt

Actress | Pride and Prejudice

Stardom somehow eluded this vastly gifted actress. Had it not perhaps been for her low-level profile compounded by her McCarthy-era blacklisting in the early 1950s, there is no telling what higher tier Marsha Hunt might have attained. Perhaps her work was not flashy enough, or too subdued, or ...

69. Myra Marsh

Actress | The Man from the Alamo

Myra Marsh was born on July 6, 1894 in Lagrange, Maine, USA. She was an actress, known for The Man from the Alamo (1953), I Love Lucy (1951) and The Cobweb (1955). She was married to John VanPelt. She died on October 29, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

70. Betty Jane Rhodes

Actress | You Can't Ration Love

This swinging singer from WWII was born on April 14, 1921 in Rockford, Illionois to non-professionals. A gorgeous, fresh-faced, blue-eyed blonde doll blessed with a natural vocal talent, Betty Jane Rhodes was initially discovered on radio and was recording by age 8. Her promising contralto helped ...

71. Dorothea Kent

Actress | It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Actress. Leggy, platinum-haired supporting player. She came to Hollywood in 1934 after some modeling experience in St. Louis, and was successively under contract to Columbia Pictures, Universal, and 20th Century-Fox. A scene-stealing comedienne and, when given the opportunity, a capable romantic ...

72. Jean Moorhead

Actress | The Violent Years

Jean Moorhead was born in August 1935 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for The Violent Years (1956), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) and The Atomic Submarine (1959).

73. Rosemary Lane

Actress | Always a Bride

Rosemary Lane of the singing Lane sisters (their actual birth name was Mullican) got her start as a vocalist with bandleader Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians. Her career was somewhat overshadowed by that of her more famous sister, Priscilla, who was also a member of that band and who would go on ...

74. Carole Lombard

Actress | My Man Godfrey

Carole Lombard was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 6, 1908. Her parents divorced in 1916 and her mother took the family on a trip out West. While there they decided to settle down in the Los Angeles area. After being spotted playing baseball in the street with the ...

75. Lorna Gray

Actress | Daughter of Don Q

Born Virginia Pound, Lorna Gray was "discovered" by an agent while modeling in a fashion show. She was given a screen test, and Columbia was impressed enough to sign her to a contract. (It was at this time that she was given the name "Lorna Gray", which she kept until 1945, when she changed it to "...

76. Sally Fraser

Actress | War of the Colossal Beast

In her brief but noted screen career in the late 1950s, vivacious blonde Sally Fraser ran screaming from spiders, aliens, monsters and giants and straight into minor cult filmdom. While not handed many roles that would show off her true acting mettle, Sally, whose slight resemblance to Marjorie Lord...

77. Wilda Taylor

Actress | Harum Scarum

Wilda Taylor was born on February 26, 1930 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Harum Scarum (1965), The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) and Roustabout (1964).

78. Polly Walters

Actress | Blonde Crazy

Polly Walters was born on January 15, 1913 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Blonde Crazy (1931), Smart Money (1931) and Young Bride (1932). She died on March 15, 1994 in New York City, New York, USA.

79. Mary Jane Irving

Actress | The White Lie

Mary Jane Irving was born on October 20, 1913 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for The White Lie (1918), Scotty of the Scouts (1926) and The Godless Girl (1928). She was married to Robert Carson. She died on July 17, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

80. Barbara Pepper

Actress | Foreign Correspondent

Barbara Pepper's signature roles were as worldly "dames" during the Hollywood's 1930s and 1940s Golden Era, fitting snugly alongside other flashy broads of that period such as Iris Adrian, Joan Blondell and Veda Ann Borg. Barbara patented her own unique, hard-boiled style, however, and should have ...

81. Lucile Fairbanks

Actress | A Fugitive from Justice

Lucile Fairbanks was born on October 18, 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for A Fugitive from Justice (1940), Calling All Husbands (1940) and The Strawberry Blonde (1941). She was married to Owen Crump. She died on November 14, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

82. 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...

83. Lana Turner

Actress | Madame X

Lana Turner had an acting ability that belied the "Sweater Girl" image MGM thrust upon her, and even many of her directors admitted that they knew she was capable of greatness (check out The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)). Unfortunately, her private life sometimes overshadowed her professional ...

84. Susan Peters

Actress | Random Harvest

War-era MGM had a lovely, luminous star in the making with Susan Peters. She possessed a creative talent and innate sensitivity that would surely have reigned as a leading Hollywood player for years to come had not a tragic and cruel twist of fate taken everything away from her.

She was born Suzanne...

85. Diana Darrin

Actress | The Amazing Colossal Man

Blonde American actress, born Harriet B. Tenin in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of Edward Tenin (1908-1973). Diana first acted on screen (as Theila Darin) in a 1952 short feature and then turned up as a supporting player in several Three Stooges films. Among many bit parts and 'no-name' ...

86. Kathy Marlowe

Actress | The Phenix City Story

Kathy Marlowe was born on December 31, 1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Phenix City Story (1955), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950) and Queen of Outer Space (1958). She was married to Gerald Thompson and Harry Jackson. She died on July 2, 2022 in ...

87. Lucita Blain

Actress | Dinosaurus!

Lucita Blain is known for Dinosaurus! (1960) and Five Bold Women (1960).

88. Peggy Shannon

Actress | Deluge

Peggy Shannon was born Winona Sammon on January 10, 1907, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She attended Catholic school where she became friends with child actress Madge Evans. While visiting her aunt in New York sixteen year old Peggy was discovered by producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. He hired her as a ...

89. Mary Lee

Actress | Cowboy and the Senorita

Mary Lee was born on October 24, 1924 in Centralia, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Cowboy and the Senorita (1944), Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941) and Angels with Broken Wings (1941). She was married to Harry J. Banan. She died on June 6, 1996 in Sacramento, California, USA.

90. Frances Dee

Actress | I Walked with a Zombie

Dee was born in Los Angeles, where her Army officer father was stationed, and grew up in Chicago after her father was transferred there. In 1929, he was re-assigned to L.A., and, as a lark, the 19 year old Dee began working in motion pictures as an extra. Her debut was in Words and Music (1929) ...

91. Colleen Miller

Actress | The Las Vegas Story

The story goes that 19-year-old Colleen Miller was fishing in the California mountains when a resort photographer recruited her to pose with a prize trout; a movie scout saw the picture in print, and Colleen wound up with a small role in The Las Vegas Story (1952). A more noticeable role in Man ...

92. Susan Oliver

Actress | Star Trek

A fascinating aura of mystery seemed to surround the characters portrayed by blue-eyed blonde actress Susan Oliver, whose trademark high cheekbones, rosebud lips and heart-shaped face kept audiences intrigued for nearly three decades. She left a fine legacy of work in theater, motion pictures and ...

93. Nan Leslie

Actress | Kings Row

Nan Leslie was born on June 4, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Kings Row (1955), Sunset Pass (1946) and Western Heritage (1948). She was married to Albert Jason Coppage and Charles Pawley. She died on July 30, 2000 in San Juan Capistrano, California, USA.

94. Gloria Swanson

Actress | Sunset Blvd.

Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Svensson in Chicago, Illinois. She was destined to be perhaps one of the biggest stars of the silent movie era. Her personality and antics in private definitely made her a favorite with America's movie-going public. Gloria certainly didn't intend on ...

95. Terry Walker

Actress | Twisted Rails

Terry Walker was born on January 7, 1913 in Petersburg, Alaska, USA. She was an actress, known for Twisted Rails (1934), Blonde Trouble (1937) and Billy the Kid in Texas (1940). She died on April 1, 1979 in Hillsborough, Florida, USA.

96. Helen Ericson

Actress | The Blue Bird

Helen Ericson was born on March 29, 1915 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Blue Bird (1940), The Escape (1939) and Charlie Chan in Panama (1940). She was married to Phil Berman. She died on August 4, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

97. 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 ...

98. Eve Brent

Actress | The Green Mile

Born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Fort Worth, Eve Brent began her career in radio and early television and later moved on to the college and little theater stage. Arriving in Hollywood with a husband and infant son in the 1950s, she landed some film (Gun Girls (1957), Journey to Freedom (1957), ...

99. Ziva Rodann

Actress | The Story of Ruth

Ziva Rodann was born on March 2, 1933 in Haifa, Palestine [now Haifa, Israel]. She is an actress, known for The Story of Ruth (1960), The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960) and Macumba Love (1960).

100. Amanda Blake

Actress | Gunsmoke

Amanda Blake was born in Buffalo, NY, of English and Scottish descent. She and her parents moved to Claremont, California, while Amanda was still in high school, and she graduated from Claremont High. She enrolled at Pomona College but, due to her avid participation in community and theater ...