Individual Actors & Performers

George Stevens could do anything, said veteran Hollywood producer Pandro S. Berman, break your heart or make you laugh. Winner of two Best Dir...

One of the powerful icons of 1930s Hollywood film, Jean Harlow died a tragically early death in 1937 at age 26. During her brief career, she del...

The First Lady of Show Business and the Last of the Red Hot Mamas, Sophie Tucker was a star in vaudeville, radio, film, and television. A gutsy, so...

After several years of small roles and experimental screenwriting during his early career, Jack Nicholson got his big break in 1969 with Easy Ri...

During the 1960s, a bushel of B-movies were produced and aimed at the predominantly teenage drive-in movie audience. At first teens couldn't get...

Drawing on historical documents and newspaper reports, this book provides a fascinating portrait of a diverse group of character actresses who l...

On stage from her childhood, Martha Raye (1916-1994) proudly embraced the role of the clown, her gift for slapstick comedy enhanced by a fine si...

The Emmy-nominated star of the classic 1950s sitcom I Married Joan, Joan Davis (1912-1961) was also radio's highest paid comedienne in the 1940s an...