Ida Lupino » Trivia

Married 3 times.

Child of British revue star and film comedian Stanley Lupino.

Daughter Bridget Duff by ex-husband Howard Duff.

Niece of Lupino Lane.

Widely respected as a pioneer for women filmmakers.

As rigid and tough-minded as Bette Davis, Ida would often refuse to play a Davis hand-me-down role and was often suspended by Warner Bros. for doing so. It was during those breaks that she would go on movie sets, chum around with the male directors and learned the craft of directing. Blazing new trails, she became the only notable and respected female filmmaker of her era in Hollywood.

The second woman to be admitted to the Director's Guild.

Arrived from England aboard the Berengaria at New York on August 25, 1933, age 19.

Her daughter was born on April 23, 1952. She only weighed 4 pounds and almost died.

Cousin of actor Richard Lupino. Niece of actor Wallace Lupino.

Not only is she the only woman to direct an episode of "The Twilight Zone" (1959) ("The Masks"), she is also the only person to star in an episode ("The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine") and direct one.

Daughter of Connie Emerald and Stanley Lupino.

In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Lidia Simoneschi, Renata Marini or Rosetta Calavetta. She was occasionally dubbed by Clelia Bernacchi, most notably in Hollywood Canteen (1944).

Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" by Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004).

Became a lifelong friend of actress Mala Powers (whom she directed in the film Outrage). When Ida died in 1995, Mala was the executor of her estate.