Nina Mae McKinney |
Mini Biography
Nina Mae McKinney is known as the seductress "Chick" from _Hallelujah (1929)_, the first all-black, all-sound musical. Little is known about Nina Mae McKinney life, even though she was ...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:41:00 PST |
SUSAN HAYWARD |
Susan Hayward was born Edythe Marrener in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917. Her father was a transportation worker, and Susan lived a fairly comfortable life as a child, but the precocious little ...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:42:00 PST |
Veronica Lake |
Mini Biography
Veronica Lake was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 14, 1919 with the birth name of Constance Frances Marie Ockelman. Her father worked for an oil company as a ship employee. While...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:08:00 PST |
Doris Day |
Mini Biography
One of America's most prolific actresses was born Doris Mary Ann Von Kapplehoff on April 3, 1924, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her parents divorced while she was still a child and her mother ga...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:09:00 PST |
Hattie McDaniel |
Mini Biography
After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:02:00 PST |
Elizabeth Taylor |
Mini Biography
Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born in London, England, on February 27, 1932. Although she was born an English subject, her parents were Americans, art dealers from St. Louis, Missouri (...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:11:00 PST |
Marilyn Monroe |
Mini Biography
Probably the most celebrated of all actresses, Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles General Hospital. Prior to her birth, Marilyn's father bought...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:00:00 PST |
Jane Russell |
Mini Biography
Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was born on June 21, 1921 in Bemidji, Minnesota. Her father was an US Army lieutenant and her mother had been a student of drama and an actress with a t...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:06:00 PST |
ELVIRA (CASSANDRA PETERSON) - (1949-) |
Mini Biography
Cassandra Peterson, Elvira's alter ego, was born in Manhattan, Kansas, and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She remembers always being a fan of Ann-Margret. Since Cassandra saw he...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:41:00 PST |
Rita Hayworth |
Mini Biography
Margarita Carmen Cansino was born in New York on October 17, 1918 into a family of dancers. Her father, Eduardo was a dancer as was his father before him. He immigrated from Spain in 19...
Posted by Great Ladies Of Hollywood on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:05:00 PST |
