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(30 May 1991 - 7 May 2000) (his death) On May 30, 1991, Fairbanks wed Vera Lee Shelton, a merchandiser for QVC Network Inc. [more]

María África Gracia Vidal (6 June 1912 – 7 September 1951), known as the Queen Of The Technicolor and Maria Montez, was a Dominican motion picture actress who gained fame and popularity in the 1940s starring in a series of filmed-in-Technicolor costume adventure films. Her screen image was that of a seductress, dressed in fanciful costumes and sparkling jewels. She became so identified with these adventure epics that she became known as The Queen of Technicolor. Over her career, Montez appeared ... [more]

Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model and dancer. A stage, film and television star, she was known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional for her strong, realistic screen presence. A favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra, she made 85 films in 38 years before turning to television. [more]

On April 22, 1939, Fairbanks married Mary Lee Hartford (née Mary Lee Epling), a former wife of Huntington Hartford, the A&P supermarket heir. He remained devoted to her until her death in 1988. They had three daughters: Daphne, Victoria, and Melissa, as well as eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren ... [more]

Edith Madeleine Carroll (26 February 1906 – 2 October 1987) was an English actress, popular both in Britain and America in the 1930s and 1940s. At the peak of her success in 1938, she was the world's highest-paid actress. [more]

Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". Fontaine appeared in more than 45 films in a career that spanned five decades. She was the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland. Their rivalry was well-documented in the media at the height of Fontaine's career. [more]

Gertrude Lawrence (4 July 1898 – 6 September 1952) was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York. [more]

Vera Zorina (January 2, 1917 – April 9, 2003), born Eva Brigitta Hartwig, was a Norwegian ballerina, theatre and film actress, and choreographer. Today, she is chiefly remembered for her films choreographed by her then-husband George Balanchine. They include the Slaughter on Tenth Avenue sequence from On Your Toes, The Goldwyn Follies, I Was an Adventuress with Erich Von Stroheim and Peter Lorre, Louisiana Purchase with Bob Hope, and dancing to "That Old Black Magic" in Paramount Pictures' ... [more]

Benita Hume (14 October 1907 – 1 November 1967) was an English theatre and film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955, from the silent film era to sound film. [more]

Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (, 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s. [more]

Phyllis v*rginia "Bebe" Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer. [more]

Katharine left Douglas for hollywood agent Leland Hayward. Future Husband of Pamela Harriman, and Margaret Sullavan. He would also go on to be Ginger Rogers agent (proposing to her on more than one occasion, but the feeling were unrequited), and Gene Tierney`s agent. [more]

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress of the stage and screen. Bankhead was a member of the Brockman Bankhead family, a prominent Alabama political family; her grandfather and uncle were U.S. Senators and her father served as an 11-term member of Congress, the final two as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Tallulah's support of liberal causes such as civil rights broke with the tendency of the Southern Democrats to support a more typically ... [more]

Lillian Bohny (born Bertha Bohny, May 14, 1903 – December 31, 1997), known professionally as Billie Dove, was an American actress. [more]

Lilyan Tashman (October 23, 1896 – March 21, 1934) was an American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress. Tashman was best known for her supporting roles as tongue-in-cheek villainesses and the vindictive "other woman." She made 66 films over the course of her Hollywood career and although she never obtained superstar status, her cinematic performances are described as "sharp, clever and have aged little over the decades." [more]

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. Generally regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time, Garbo was known for her melancholic, somber persona due to her many portrayals of tragic characters in her films and for her subtle and understated performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on its list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. [more]

(3 June 1929 - 12 May 1933) (divorced) 1927 October 17. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., opens in the play Young Woodley at the either the Vine Street Playhouse (POJ) or the Majestic Theater (JCB) in Los Angeles. Joan, accompanied by Paul Bern, meets Doug backstage and later that evening sends him a telegram ... [more]

Once engaged to Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in June of 1927, she instead married her childhood sweetheart, John Y. Regan, a star college football and tennis player, three months later. This first marriage barely lasted four months before they separated in January of 1928. [more]

Elizabeth Ada Bronson (November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971) was an American film and television actress who began her career during the silent film era. [more]

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Edith Norma Shearer (August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942. Shearer often played spunky, sexually liberated ingénues. She appeared in adaptations of Noël Coward, Eugene O'Neill, and William Shakespeare, and was the first person to be nominated five times for an Academy Award for acting, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Divorcee (1930). [more]

Count Rodolfo Crespi was internationally known in fashion, society and publishing. Crespi, known as Rudi, was son and namesake of Italian Count Rodolfo Crespi. Rudi was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He had homes in Manhattan, Rome and Sao Paulo. Crespi operated a public-relations firm that promoted Italian fashions in the United States. He became international director of Vogue Brasil and editorial director of Vogue Mexico. He was also a vice president of Crespi S.A., an investment concern in Sao Paulo ... [more]

Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress and sex symbol. Often nicknamed the "Blonde Bombshell" and the "Platinum Blonde", she was popular for her "Laughing Vamp" screen persona. Harlow was in the film industry for only nine years, but she became one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood, whose image in the public eye has endured. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Harlow No. 22 on their greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood ... [more]

Cesar Julio Romero Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and vocal artist. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost 60 years. [more]