Ladies, 100 - 112 years of life. 1900 - 1910.
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- Yvonne Howell was born on 31 July 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Take Me Home (1928), Fashions for Women (1927) and The Great Mail Robbery (1927). She was married to George Stevens. She died on 27 May 2010 in Hollywood, California, USA.1905 - 2010, (104).
USA.
credits, 1924-1984. - Janet Adair was born on 28 November 1895 in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Crooked Dagger (1919), Here Comes the Bridesmaid (1929) and The Mikado (1926). She was married to Louis Silvers. She died on 24 November 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.1901 - 2005, (104).
- Frederica Sagor Maas was born in America, the youngest daughter of Russian immigrants. Feeling no great desire to complete her course in journalism at Columbia University, New York, she found film an exciting new artistic medium, and was hired by Universal Studios as a story editor, and later MGM as a fully fledged screenwriter. Thus began a bumpy life in the film industry. Maas went from rubbing shoulders with stars such as Clara Bow, Norma Shearer, and Joan Crawford and being at the top of her game with hits like The Plastic Age (1925) to watching several ideas and stories being robbed outright by unscrupulous insiders, to watching dear friends lose their careers in the McCarthy era, and eventually leaving the motion picture industry in the 1950s after a series of crushing disappointments. She married fellow writer and producer Ernest Maas in 1927, and honoured his commitments to the industry long after she realised it would take from them far more than they would take from it. She recounted these adventures in her clear-eyed, frank autobiography, published in 1999 - when she was 99! They say that history is written by the winners, but her story proves that the tales of the also rans can be just as fascinating.1900 - 2012, (111).
USA. - Aliza Sommer-Herz was born on 26 November 1903 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was married to Leopold Sommer. She died on 23 February 2014 in London, England, UK.1903 - 2014. (110).
Czech Republic. UK. - Gladys O'Connor was born on 28 November 1903 in East London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Billy Madison (1995) and Half Baked (1998). She died on 21 February 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.1903 - 2012, (108).
UK. Canada. - Carmen Martínez Sierra was born on 3 May 1904 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. She was an actress, known for Historias para no dormir (1966), Las ibéricas F.C. (1971) and Curro Jiménez (1976). She died on 6 November 2012 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.1904 - 2012. (108).
Spain. - Hetty Bower was born on 28 September 1905 in Dalston, London, England, UK. She was married to Reg Bower. She died on 12 November 2013 in London, England, UK.1905 - 2013, (108).
UK. - Composer
- Music Department
A prodigy, Rosa Rio began playing the piano at age four, taking lessons at eight, & at nine was invited to play the piano at a silent movie theatre. Her music education included stints at Oberlin College, & a course of study in film accompaniment at the Eastman School of Music. Her career as a theatre organist proceeded through posts at theaters in Syracuse, Loew's houses around NYC, tours through the Saenger chain of southeastern theatres, the Scranton Paramount, Brooklyn Fox Theatre, RKO Albee, & the Brooklyn Paramount.
Moving into radio, she became a staff organist at NBC radio, accompanying performances during the "golden age" of radio. During this time, she was heard playing on such shows ast "The Shadow", "Lorenzo Jones", "My True Story" and "Deadline Drama".
Television became an important new medium, & she played the organ for many network series, including "The Today Show", "The Guiding Light", & an early Saturday morning series which encouraged children to draw, "Cartoon TeleTales".
In the 1980s, she scored & accompanied on the Hammond organ around 375 silent films released on video by the Video Yesteryear label. Besides these "regular gigs", she continued to perform as a concert artist, had arrangements of popular music published, taught music, & released record albums. She is frequently found as a guest at "golden age of radio" conventions & as an instructor at theatre organ seminars. Rosa Rio continues to compose & play, most notably accompanying silent films on the Wurlitzer at the Tampa Theatre in Tampa, Florida.1902 - 1910, (107).
USA.- Emiko Azuma was born on 15 March 1903 in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for Hi no tori (1956), Abare kishidô (1965) and Fighting Delinquents (1960). She died on 8 January 2010.1903 - 2010, (106).
Japan. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Doris Eaton was born in Norfolk, Virginia, into a show business family. The young Doris began appearing on stage with her brothers Charles and Joseph and her sisters Mary and Pearl when she was five years old. She made her Broadway debut aside her brother Charles in "Mother Carey's Chickens" in 1917. The following year, the 14-year-old Doris became a Ziegfeld Girl, performing in the "Ziegfeld Follies" of 1918 and 1920 and the "Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" in 1919. After having served her dance apprenticeship in legendary theatrical impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s chorus for three years, she decamped for the movies. She made her screen debut in "At the Stage Door" (1921) in support of Billie Dove.
She moved to England to appear as the lead in three films, Tell Your Children (1922), The Call of the East (1922), and The Call of the East (1922). Back in America, she made The Broadway Peacock (1922) with Pearl White and High Kickers (1923) with Jack Cooper and the Gorham Follies Girls.
Doris returned to Broadway in 1924, appearing in the musical "No Other Girl" and the plays "The Sap" and "Excess Baggage." In 1925, she co-starred with Al Jolson in the musical comedy "Big Boy." She then appeared in the comedy "Excess Baggage" in 1927, and the musical comedy "Cross My Heart" the next year. Moving to Hollywood in 1929, she began a career as a featured dancer at the Music Box Review Theater on Sunset Boulevard. It was there that she introduced the song "Singin' in the Rain." Her last appearance on Broadway in a legitimate production was in the comedy "Page Pygmalion" in 1932.
Her career as a dancer began to peter out during the Great Depression, and she became an Arthur Murray dance instructor in 1936. Relocating to the state of Michigan, she eventually became the operator of 18 Arthur Murray dance schools. Eventually, Doris retired to Oklahoma with her husband Paul Tavis, where they operated a quarter horse ranch. When they built their house in Norman, Oklahoma, Doris demanded that the house have a foyer large enough for dancing. Doris still dances in the foyer at night.
"I have my little Victrola there and I play the records and I dance the foxtrot and the waltz and the rumba, though swaying by myself."
Doris has become a regular performer at Broadway's annual AIDS benefit. People express surprise that she was a Ziegfeld Girl.
"It seems that when people find out about it, they're astonished; and possibly because I'm still walking around."
Since her husband passed away in the year 2000, Doris lets people use the ranch to board their horses. Doris jokes, "I call it the Travis Ranch Nursing Home for Horses."
She had dropped out of school to pursue her dance career, but in the 1980s, Travis went back to college and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1992. She was named a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society while at the university.
At 101 years old, Doris was quoted as saying that dance was the primary reason for her longevity. In fact, her last stage appearance was one month short of her death at age 106.1904 - 2010, (106).
USA.- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Lupita Tovar appeared first in silent Fox films before making the move to Universal and co-starring in the Spanish-language version of 1930's "The Cat Creeps" (La voluntad del muerto (1930)). For the same producer, Czech-born Paul Kohner, she appeared as Eva Seward (the Spanish-language counterpart of Helen Chandler's Mina) in Universal's Spanish Dracula (1931). In 1932, she married Kohner, who later became one of the top agents in Hollywood. (Their actress-daughter, Susan Kohner, was Oscar-nominated for her performance in Universal's 1959 Imitation of Life (1959); their son, Pancho Kohner, is a producer). Tovar gave up films in the 1940s and has been widowed since 1988.1910 - 2016, 106. Mexico, USA.- Madeleine Milhaud was born on 22 March 1902 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Les jumeaux de Brighton (1936), Courrier Sud (1937) and Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928). She was married to Darius Milhaud. She died on 17 January 2008 in Paris, France.1902 - 2008, (105).
France. - Norrie Woodhall was born on 17 December 1905 in Dorset, England, UK. She died on 25 October 2011 in Owermoigne, Dorset, England, UK.1905 - 2011, (105).
UK. - Eva Zeisel was born on 13 November 1906 in Budapest, Hungary. She was married to Hans Zeisel. She died on 30 December 2011 in New City, New York, USA.1906 - 2011, (105).
Hungary. USA. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Licia Albanese was born on 23 July 1909 in Bari, Apulia, Italy. She was an actress, known for Otello (1948), Serenade (1956) and Great Performances (1971). She was married to Joseph A. Gimma. She died on 15 August 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.1909 - 2014, (105).
Italy. USA,- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Art Department
Carven was born on 31 August 1909 in Châtellerault, Vienne, France. She was a costume designer, known for The Red Shoes (1948), Edward and Caroline (1951) and Coïncidences (1947). She was married to René Grog and Philippe Mallet. She died on 8 June 2015 in Paris, France.1909 - 2015, (105).
France.- Ramona Garcia Coronado was born on 9 October 1904 in Jalisco, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Real Women Have Curves (2002). She died on 9 March 2009 in Boyle Heights, California, USA.1904 - 2009, (104).
Mexico. USA. - Norwegian stage actress at the national stage in Bergen between 1925-1990. Films and TV performances regrettable few. Her vitality made her a favorite in operettas and comedies, specially in plays by Ludvig Holberg. On 11th May 2005 she vigorously celebrated her 100th birthday! Her children Berit Søder, Eli Lindtner Næss and Arne Lindtner Næss are also actors. Her late brother, Lothar Lindtner was a distinguished actor in stage & screen.1905 - 2009, (104).
Norway. - Elizabeth Jenkins was born on 31 October 1905 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for ITV Play of the Week (1955), Best Sellers (1968) and Review (1969). She died on 5 September 2010 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.1905 - 2010, (104).
UK. - Julia Clements was born on 10 April 1906 in Belvedere, Kent, England, UK. She was married to Sir Alexander Hay Seton and William George Sharp. She died on 1 November 2010 in Battersea, London, England, UK.1906 - 2010, (104).
UK. - Magda Olivero was born on 25 March 1910 in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy. She was married to Aldo Busch. She died on 8 September 2014 in Milan, Italy.1910 - 2014, (104).
Italy - Actress
- Soundtrack
Georgette Reyevski was born on 12 February 1910 in Antwerpen, Belgium. She was an actress, known for A Bridge Too Far (1977), Land van belofte (1959) and Verhalen van de straat (1993). She was married to Dominique Antoine Frederic Rimathe. She died on 21 February 2014 in Middenbeemster, Netherlands.1910 - 2014, (104).
Belgium. Netherlands.- Actress
- Writer
Anita Farra was born on 15 July 1905 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. She was an actress and writer, known for Madrid de mis sueños (1942), I pirati della Malesia (1941) and La sirena negra (1948). She died on 4 August 2008.1905 - 2008, (103).
Italy.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Marie Glory was born on 3 March 1905 in Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne, France. She was an actress, known for Monte Cristo (1929), La femme idéale (1934) and ...And God Created Woman (1956). She died on 24 January 2009 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.1905 - 2009, (103).
France.- Adelina Campos was born on 11 April 1905 in Vila Flor, Portugal. She was an actress, known for José do Telhado (1945), Uma Vontade Maior (1967) and Histórias Simples da Gente Cá do Meu Bairro (1961). She was married to Samuel Dinis. She died on 21 April 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal.1905 - 2008, (103).
Portugal.
credits, 1945-1969. - A pretty, diminutive (4'11") actress of the silent and early sound era, Barbara Cloutman (later Kent) was born in Gadsby, Alberta, Canada on December 16, 1907. Upon graduating from Hollywood High School in 1925, Kent won the Miss Hollywood Pageant, and set her sights on a career in the movies. She was 18 when Universal Studios signed her; she made her film debut in the western Prowlers of the Night (1926). That same year, Kent established herself with the classic romantic melodrama Flesh and the Devil (1926), in which she played the rival to femme fatale Greta Garbo's affections for John Gilbert. She was loaned to MGM for that movie. Kent was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1927 as a result of the popularity of her film No Man's Law (1927), in which she had a nude scene.
Kent subsequently appeared opposite Richard Barthelmess in The Drop Kick (1927) and had a starring role in another silent classic, Lonesome (1928), before smoothly making the transition to talkies. She played Harold Lloyd's love interest in his first two sound movies, Welcome Danger (1929) and Feet First (1930). Kent had supporting parts opposite Gloria Swanson in Indiscreet (1931) and Marie Dressler in Emma (1932), as well as playing the role of the aunt in Oliver Twist (1933) (notable since the character is often omitted from dramatizations of the novel).
In 1933, Kent took a year-long hiatus from acting so that her new husband, talent agent Harry E. Edington, could groom her for what he intended to be a high-profile return. Unfortunately, Kent's popularity had declined by the time she did return. She made three more films between 1935 and 1941, before retiring from the screen.
Edington died in 1949, and Kent remarried in 1954, to Jack Monroe, an engineer. They settled in Palm Desert, California, where Kent remained after Monroe's death. Her retirement was long and peaceful; she passed away on October 13, 2011 at the age of 103.1907 - 2011, (103).
Canada. USA. - Elisabeth Murdoch was born on 8 February 1909 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was married to Keith Murdoch. She died on 5 December 2012 in Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia.1909 - 2012, (103).
Australia. - Rita Levi-Montalcini was born on 22 April 1909 in Turin, Italy. She died on 30 December 2012 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.1909 - 2012, (103).
Italy. - Sheila Beckett was born on 8 September 1909 in Kensington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for BBC Play of the Month (1965), The Lady of the Camellias (1976) and Warship (1973). She was married to Walter Horsbrugh. She died on 18 December 2012 in London, England, UK.1909 - 2012, (103).
UK. - Actress
Lupe Alvarado was born on 16 November 1909 in Cedral, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. She was an actress. She died on 17 February 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.1909 - 2013, (103).
Mexico. USA.- Yvette Lebon was born on 14 August 1910 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Michel Strogoff (1936), Paméla (1945) and Ulysses Against Hercules (1962). She was married to Nat Wachsberger and Roger Duchesne. She died on 28 July 2014 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.1910 - 2014, (103).
France. - Elfriede Brüning was born on 8 November 1910 in Berlin, Germany. She was a writer, known for Dr. Semmelweis (1950), Rom, Via Margutta (1962) and Boulevard Bio (1991). She was married to Joachim Barckhausen. She died on 5 August 2014 in Berlin, Germany.1910 - 2014, (103).
Germany - Annemarie Marks-Rocke was born on 7 December 1901 in Mannheim, Germany. She was an actress, known for 4 Geschichten über 5 Tote (1998), The Country Doctor (1987) and Hoftheater (1975). She was married to Eduard Marks. She died on 8 August 2004 in Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.1901 - 2004, (102).
Germany. - Cora Goffin was one of Britain's most famous pantomime princpal boys and musical comedy stars. At the height of her fame during the 1920s and 30s she was a household name and her picture adorned chocolate boxes, cigarette cards and magazine covers.
Married to the powerful impresario Emile Littler she starred in many of his stage shows. Her costumes were created by the leading designers of the day and her legs were insured for £20,000.
Born in London, the daughter of the actress Cora Poole, she began performing at an early age at afternoon tea parties given by London society hostesses. In 1912, at the age of 10, she made her professional debut as a child dancer at the London Palladium with the Russian Ballet. After one performance, the legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova told her "Little girl, one day you will be a great star."
After her father's death Cora Goffin toured on variety bills billed as 'Little Cora Goffi - the Child Phenomenon'. She went on to appear in leading roles in Shakespeare in London's West End but her most memorable role as a child star was Little Lord Fauntleroy.
After her marriage in 1933 to Emile Littler she starred in several stage shows and films but retired from acting in 1940. Littler was knighted for his services to entertainment in 1974 and shortly afterwards the couple moved to Ditchling, Sussex in the south of England. A much admired hostess Cora numbered among her many close friends stars such as Elsie Randolph, Alice Delysia, Vera Lynn and Douglas Byng.1902 - 2004, (102).
UK. - Lotte Betke was born on 5 November 1905 in Hamburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Geliebte (1939) and Dantons Tod (1963). She died on 25 July 2008 in Siegburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.1905 - 2008, (102).
Germany.
1939-1963 credits, - Ila Mecséry was born on 16 May 1915 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Zou Zou (1934), Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers (1929) and Das weisse Paradies (1929). She was married to Henri Garat. She died in October 2010 in Southampton, New York, USA.1908- 2010, (102).
Hungary. USA. - Teruko Nagaoka was born on 5 January 1908 in Morioka, Iwate, Japan. She was an actress, known for Tokyo Story (1953), Sound of the Mountain (1954) and The First Kiss (1955). She died on 18 October 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.1908 - 2010, (102).
Japan. - Feo Mustakova was born on 14 June 1909 in Thessaloniki, Greece. She was an actress, known for Otnovo v zhivota (1947). She died on 30 December 2011 in Sofia, Bulgaria.1909 - 2011, (102).
Greece. Bulgaria. - Actress
A screen vamp of the Filipino silent film era she welcomed great success in both her native land as well as Germany and France. Appearing in over twenty films she often specialized in portraying sexually liberated and independent women who lived life on their own terms. At the end of the 1940s she left films to focus on a new life in America where she remained for over five decades in the Manhattan area where she welcomed a new lifestyle as a well regarded socialite.1910 - 2012, (102).
Philippines. USA.
credits, 1932-1951.- Mariuccia Medici was born on 18 February 1910 in Milan, Italy. She was an actress, known for Komiker (2000) and Il processo di Stabio (1991). She died on 23 February 2012 in Lugano, Switzerland.1910 - 2012, (102).
Italy. Switzerland. - Myrtle Woods was born on 14 March 1900 in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for A Woman's Tale (1991), Homicide (1964) and The Great MacArthy (1975). She was married to Woods. She died on 12 May 2001 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.1900 - 2001, (101).
Australia. - Producer
- Director
- Actress
Leni Riefenstahl's show-biz experience began with an experiment: she wanted to know what it felt like to dance on the stage. Success as a dancer gave way to film acting when she attracted the attention of film director Arnold Fanck, subsequently starring in some of his mountaineering pictures. With Fanck as her mentor, Riefenstahl began directing films.
Her penchant for artistic work earned her acclaim and awards for her films across Europe. It was her work on Triumph of the Will (1935), a documentary commissioned by the Nazi government about Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich, that would come back to haunt her after the atrocities of World War II. Despite her protests to the contrary, Riefenstahl was considered an intricate part of the Third Reich's propaganda machine. Condemned by the international community, she did not make another movie for over 50 years.1902 - 2003, (101).
Germany.- Born in Plymouth, England in 1902, Sybil Fowler's family never had any money. Her father, although a dentist, drank heavily. She went to a local convent school until the age of 16 and was expected to become a teacher. To everyone's horror she said she was going to be a stage actress.
Leaving Plymouth for the first time in her life she went to London and joined a touring musical revue. From there she became a chorus girl. Then an American director spotted her and made her his leading lady's understudy. She was asked to go to America, but fear of the foreign land and of the director's intentions ended that.
After five years in the chorus and being the face in advertisements for cigarettes, baby milk, corsets and false teeth Sybil Rhoda, as she was known then, became a movie star. She landed a contract with Stoll's Production Company after winning a beauty contest.
Against the orders of her theater manager, Sybil went to Spain to film Sahara Love(1926)_. And she made her next two movies without the manager's knowledge, having to film in the daytime and rush to the theater for the evening performance, often running across London still in full costume.
In 1928 she married a wealthy Anglo-Austrian businessman and went to Vienna to live. Her movie career was over. They returned to England prior to the war as her husband was Jewish. She did not return to the stage and stayed home to raise their daughter. Eventually they moved to the US.
Sybil Rhoda died in London in August 2005, aged 102 years.1902 - 2004, (101).
UK. - Eleanor Beecroft was born on 8 September 1906 in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Atlantic City (1980), The Mask (1961) and Funeral Home (1980). She was married to Julian Balfour Beecroft. She died on 20 September 2007 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.1906 - 2007, (101).
Canada.
1957-1980 credits, - Rosa Castro was born on 31 January 1906 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for Coney Island (1928), Death Flight (1934) and Convention Girl (1935). She was married to Ralph Ince. She died on 24 May 2007 in San Diego, California, USA.1906 - 2007, (101).
Venezuela. USA.
credits, 1924-1935. - Actress
- Additional Crew
Vilma Jamnická was born on 13 November 1906 in Barchov, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Keby som mal pusku (1971), Fontána pre Zuzanu (1986) and Kto odchádza v dazdi (1975). She died on 12 August 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia.1906 - 2008, (101).
Austria-Hungary. Slovakia.
credits, 1955-1997.- Rose Hacker was born on 3 March 1906 in London, England, UK. She died on 4 February 2008 in London, England, UK.1906 - 2008, (101).
UK. - Joli Jászai was born on 21 May 1907 in Rábatamási, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992), Szerelmes szívek (1991) and Love Till First Blood (1986). She died on 26 September 2008 in Piliscsaba, Hungary.1907 - 2008, (101).
Hungary. - Antonina Pirojkova was born on 1 July 1909 in Krasny Yar, Siberia, Russian Empire. She died on 12 September 2010 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.1909 - 2010, (101).
Russian Empire. USA. - Marina Semyonova was born on 12 June 1908 in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was an actress, known for The Grand Concert (1951), Nastenka Ustinova (1934) and When the Spirit Soars in Flight (1959). She was married to Lev Karakhan. She died on 9 June 2010 in Moscow, Russia.1908 - 2010. (101).
Russia. - Sally Palmblad was born on 23 December 1908 in Kärråkra, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Odygdens belöning (1937), Svensson ordnar allt! (1938) and Unga hjärtan (1934). She was married to Kurt Bendix. She died on 8 August 2010 in Sweden.1908 - 2010, (101).
Sweden. - Ingrid Luterkort, born on June 28, 1910, Lund, Sweden, as Carola, Ingrid, Margareta Eklundh, was an actress. She first studied to become a cantor, a profession she could live on in case she wouldn't succeed as an actress. From 1932 to 1934 she was trained at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm, where she made her first stage appearance in "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1933). Among her classmates was Ingrid Bergman and Gunnar Björnstrand. Ingrid Luterkort's acting career lasted 76 years. She had a strong commitment in the development of Swedish theatre. As an actress, teacher, mentor and researcher. Ingrid Luterkort appeared in 39 feature films and television productions. Her last role was in the movie "Psalm 21", in which the recordings were completed in December 2009. She passed away at the age of 101, on August 3, 2011.1910 - 2011, (101).
Sweden. - Renate Brausewetter was born on 1 October 1905 in Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain. She was an actress, known for Adventures of a Ten Mark Note (1926), Menschen untereinander (1926) and Schwere Jungs - leichte Mädchen (1927). She was married to Hubert Wagner. She died on 19 August 2006 in Linz am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.1905 - 2006, (100).
Spain. Germany. - La Bella Dorita was born on 23 February 1901 in Cuevas de Almanzora, Almería, Andalucía, Spain. She was an actress, known for Embrujo (1948), Tres i l'astròleg (1984) and La Lloll (1993). She died on 27 June 2001 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.1901 - 2001, (100).
Spain. - Costume Designer
Stella Pearce was born on 17 April 1901 in Herne Hill, London, England, UK. Stella was a costume designer, known for Ad Lib (1937). Stella was married to Eric Newton. Stella died on 18 May 2001 in Camden, London, England, UK.1901 - 2001, (100).
UK.- Actress
- Casting Director
- Additional Crew
Andrée Champeaux was born on 1 December 1905 in Lyon, Rhône, France. She was an actress and casting director, known for Diva (1981), Docteur Erika Werner (1978) and La grotte aux fées (1972). She died on 12 November 2006 in Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames, Seine-et-Marne, France.1905 - 2006, (100).
France.- Miss Mudford was born on 23 August 1905 in Wallington, Surrey, England, UK. She was married to Maurice King. She died on 27 January 2006 in Surrey, England, UK.1905 - 2006, (100).
UK. - Emily Perry was born on 28 June 1907 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch (1992), Dame Edna's Hollywood (1991) and A Night on Mount Edna (1990). She died on 20 February 2008 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.1907 - 2008, (100).
UK. - Madeleine Cheminat was born on 26 March 1908 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. She was an actress, known for Auntie Danielle (1990), Tout feu tout flamme (1982) and Rocambole (1964). She died on 12 December 2008 in Nerac, Lot-et-Garonne, France.1908 - 2008, (100).
France. - Muriel Duckworth was born on 31 October 1908 in Austin, Quebec, Canada. She died on 22 August 2009 in Magog, Quebec, Canada.1908 - 2009, (100).
Canada. - Additional Crew
Jane Sherman Lehac was born on 14 June 1908 in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA. She is known for Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998). She was married to Ned Lehac. She died on 16 March 2010 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.1908 - 1910, (100).
USA.- Annette Eick was born on 13 October 1909 in Berlin, Germany. She died on 25 February 2010 in Devon, England, UK.1909 - 2010, (100).
Berlin. UK. - Jenny Alpha was born on 22 April 1910 in Fort de France, Martinique. She was an actress, known for Une femme, une époque (1978), La vieille quimboiseuse et le majordome (1987) and Noir comme le souvenir (1995). She died on 8 September 2010 in Paris, France.1910 - 2010, (100).
Martinique. France. - In the quest to discover "another Garbo" M.G.M. production chief Irving Thalberg and his actress wife, Norma Shearer saw a picture in a newspaper of a dancing instructor by the name of Eva Plentzner von Sharneck while on a belated honeymoon to Europe, specifically Vienna in late 1927 - early 1928. The 17 year old Miss Plentzner was signed to a contract and arrived in New York in July of 1928. She spoke only a couple of words of English, but was the beneficiary of extra publicity by the studio's press department who feared a repeat of their overlooking a potential star in the way they had done with Garbo. She was renamed Eva von Berne.
Unfortunately, the completely untrained Miss von Berne was not prepared for the requirements and pressures of movie stardom. Her greatest fault was being 20 pounds overweight, causing her debut movie opposite M.G.M.'s top male star, John Gilbert, to be delayed while considering whether to replace the 17 year old actress or not. The cast and crew liked Miss von Berne and vowed to help her during a forced recess in the filming, and have her underweight and skilled enough to resume her ingénue role. She completed "Masks of the Devil" but the damage had already been done, and while the movie was opening in theatres in the fall of 1928, by December Miss von Berne was back in Europe, ostensibly to "learn English" as stated in the studio releases.
Her reviews for "Masks of the Devil" were respectable, but, in the US no more than six months, she was sent back to Europe, where she was at least, an American movie star and was cast in a number of German films before her reputed death in 1930.
Hubert Voight, a publicist with M.G.M. erroneously released news of Miss Von Berne's death in 1930, a notice which was picked up in a number of American newspapers. In a 1980's article in the magazine "Sight and Sound" he repeated his belief that she had passed, when in fact, she was very much alive.
After 1930, Eva worked as an executive in window display for a Vienna department store. During World War II, Eva fled to Salzburg to be with her family. Eva married Helmut Krauss, a former major in the Austrian army. She had a successful career as an artist with numerous exhibitions in Austria.
In a telephone interview with German film journalist Toni Schieck in 2006, Miss von Berne said she believe it was fortunate that the world thought she was dead because she didn't have to deal with autograph hunters.
It is impossible to determine the quality of Miss von Berne's acting skills as "Masks of the Devil" is a lost film. Tragedy was no stranger to its cast though, as it included John Gilbert who was (one way or another) a casualty of sound and Alma Rubens, an actress reputed to have health issues emanating from a drug dependency.1910 - 2010, (100).
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hungary. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Paulette Dubost was born on 8 October 1910 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Rules of the Game (1939), Les vingt-huit jours de Clairette (1933) and Les mystères de Paris (1962). She was married to André Ostertag. She died on 21 September 2011 in Longjumeau, Essonne, France.1910 - 2010, (100).
France.- Hedda Sterne was born on 4 August 1910 in Bucharest, Romania. Hedda was married to Saul Steinberg and Fritz Stern. Hedda died on 8 April 2011 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.1910 - 2011, (100).
Romania. USA. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Anna Öst was born on 15 May 1910 in Ovanåker, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Children's Island (1980), Åsa-Nisse i agentform (1967) and Allsång på Skansen (1979). She died on 5 March 2011 in Edsbyn, Sweden.1910 - 2011, (100).
Sweden- Brigitte Borchert was born on 15 November 1910. She was married to Wilhelm M. Busch. She died on 7 August 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.1910 - 2011, (100).
Germany. - Edythe Kirchmaier was born on 22 January 1908 in Springfield, Ohio, USA. She died on 24 October 2015 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.1908 - 2015, (107).
USA. - Make-Up Department
Stephanie Garland was born on 24 January 1905 in Missouri, USA. She is known for The French Line (1953) and The Underworld Story (1950). She was married to DeLoss McGraw. She died on 31 July 2009 in San Diego, California, USA.1905 - 2009, (104).
USA.
credits, 1946-1953.- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
Carla Laemmle was born on 20 October 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936), King of Jazz (1930) and The Gate Crasher (1928). She died on 12 June 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.1909 - 2014, (104).
USA.- Connie Small was born on 4 June 1901 in Lubec, Maine, USA. She was married to Elson Leroy Small. She died on 25 January 2005 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.1901 - 2005, (103).
- Dorothy Young was born on 3 May 1907 in Otisville, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998), 100 Years of Dorothy Young (2007) and Biography (1987). She was married to Gilbert Kiamie and Robert Perkins. She died on 20 March 2011 in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA.1907 - 2011, (103).
USA. - Miriam Seegar was born on September 1, 1907, to Frank and Carrie (née Wall) Seegar, both teachers. Raised in Greentown, Indiana, in the Seegar-Sewell home on 404 S. Main Street, she was the fourth of five daughters. Her sisters, known around town as the Seegar Sisters, were educator Helen Seegar-Stone (1895-1976) stage actress and opera singer Dorothy Seegar-Hatch (1897-1999) Mildred Seegar (1905-1913) and actress Sara Seegar (1914-1990.)
Seegar viewed her first movies in Kokomo, Indiana at the age of eight. As the sisters started acting and singing, Frank Seegar left teaching to open a hardware store in efforts to support his daughters' growing singing and acting pursuits. After his death at Seegar's age of 14, her two older sisters invited her to spend summers with them in their bedbug-laden Upper West Side apartment in New York City. Helen, working in a theatrical producer's office and Dorothy, acting and singing on Broadway, sent Miriam to an agent, and she began appearing on stage in minor, uncredited roles. She would return to Greentown in the winter upon her mother's insistence to complete her schooling with her younger sister, Sara.
After finishing school, Seegar acted in her first Broadway production as a Spanish blonde in a now-forgotten play at the 48th Street Theatre, followed by five more stage stints. While playing the part of the ingenue in The Squall (1926-1927) prolific producer Albert H. Woods took notice, and offered Seegar to star with Ernest Truex in the London West End production of his hit show Crime (1928.) At the age of 18, Seegar accepted Woods' offer and moved to London, soon followed by her mother and sister Sara to live with her in the Park Lane Hotel: "All my life I had wanted to go to England. I was just beginning to get a start in New York, but I was glad to be transferred to England." Between Stage engagements with multiple productions in London, she acted in her first two films The Price of Divorce and The Valley of Ghosts (film), both released in 1928. Next Miriam was chosen to co-star with Nelson Keyes in When Knights Were Bold (1929 film), as her figure of just under 5'1 and 100lbs would make her shorter and smaller than Keyes. The film was being directed by American director Tim Whelan, whom Miriam had just met. After the film's release she and Whelan, 14 years her senior, moved to Hollwood in 1929 and started dating. She quickly went to work making three pictures in 1929, signing with Paramount for Fashions in Love and the love doctor then making Seven Keys to Baldpate for RKO. For the next three years, Seegar made 11 more films, most being B-movies.
Blonde haired, blue eyed Miriam was one of the tiniest women in pictures, standing at just under 5'1 tall and weighing 100lbs. From a 1930 Photoplay magazine: "The question of clothes is a problem to her. Everything must be specially made, since she has no desire to step out in twelve-year-old dimities from a department store. She sees a gown model she likes and has it duplicated in a more miniature form. She likes frocks of rich material, but made without fuss and furbelows." Miriam didn't consider her name good for screen purposes as she said people were inclined to accent the last syllable, as if it were "cigar." However, she refused to change it unlike some Hollywood actresses, even after being asked by Albert H. Woods while offering to send her to London for "Crime." Also from Photoplay in 1930: "Miriam has had no very serious love affairs, although she does admit that she has been in love. In fact, several times. The only trouble is that she falls out of love so easily. She says that she believes married men are far more interesting than the young eligibles, but she's an old-fashioned girl and does not care to be the "heavy" in a real life triangle drama.
Seegar married Tim Whelan in 1931, and the couple had two sons, Tim Junior and Michael(1935-1997,) born with down's syndrome. Miriam's last film, false faces, was made in 1932. It played the Times Square Paramount, where her first American picture had been premiered just three and a half years earlier. Seegar retired from acting to raise her first child, Tim Whelan Jr, and found her career at odds with her husband's: "The sort of roles I got latterly were not becoming for a woman whose husband was then a major force in motion pictures. Selznick and Cukor offered me work, but after a while I just said no."
In 1953, she received her ASID certification and began working as an interior decorator, first with Harriet Shellenberger and later on her own. She did not retire until 1995. Her husband died in 1957, and decades later, both sons died within a span of nine months. Tim Whelan, Jr. died from cancer in 1997, and son Michael, who was born with Down syndrome, died in 1998. In 2000, at the age of 93, Seegar appeared in the documentary I Used to Be in Pictures, which featured commentary from many of her contemporaries. Thereafter she made a series of guest appearances at film festivals which culminated in an award for her screen work from the Memphis Film Festival when she was 95. On her 102nd birthday she sailed from Southampton to New York on the RMS Queen Mary 2 and back again.
Miriam Seegar had two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren at the time of her death on January 2, 2011. No specific cause of death was given, but her daughter-in-law Harriet Whelan stated that Seegar was very frail and had died from "age-related causes".1907 - 2011, (103).
USA. - Leila Danette was born on 23 August 1909 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Law & Order (1990), Running on Empty (1988) and The Rosary Murders (1987). She died on 4 September 2012.1909 - 2012, (103).
USA. - Actress
- Stunts
Pauline Wagner was born on 18 August 1910 in Shattuck, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Up Pops the Duke (1931). She was married to Mike Lally and Alfred J. McCourtney. She died on 2 May 2014 in Montrose, California, USA.1910 - 2014, (103).
USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
In addition to her vocal dubbing and on-screen film credits, Etta Moten played the role of Bess in the 1943 revival of "Porgy and Bess" at the personal request of Ira Gershwin (not George, who had died in 1937). Etta and husband Claude Barnett, founder of the Negro Associated Press, served as US representatives to the independence celebrations of Ghana and several other African countries. Also a radio journalist, Etta interviewed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after the ceremonies in Ghana on March 6, 1957, and conducted her own radio show for WMAQ/NBC in Chicago for many years.1901 - 2004, (102).
USA.- Writer
- Producer
Erna Lazarus was born on 16 June 1903 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Atlantic Flight (1937), Meet Me After the Show (1951) and Cracked Nuts (1941). She died on 19 February 2006 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.1903 - 2006, (102).
USA.- Peggy Gilbert was born on 17 January 1905 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for The Golden Girls (1985), Married... with Children (1987) and Madame's Place (1982). She was married to James Wright. She died on 12 February 2007 in Burbank, California, USA.1905 - 2007, (102).
USA.
credits, 1982-1993. - Actress
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Dolores Hope was born on 27 May 1909 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Soup for Nuts (1934), There Were Times, Dear (1985) and The Christophers (1952). She was married to Bob Hope. She died on 19 September 2011 in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA.1909 - 2011, (102).
USA.- Mae LaBorde was born on 13 May 1909 in Fresno, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Pineapple Express (2008), The Heartbreak Kid (2007) and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005). She was married to Nicholas Laborde. She died on 9 January 2012 in Santa Monica, California, USA.1909 - 2012, (102).
USA. - Lucile Zinman was born on 22 July 1903 in Yonkers, New York, USA. She was married to M. Boyd Zinman. She died on 22 December 2004.1903 - 2004, (101).
USA. - Viola Kates Stimpson was born on 25 October 1906 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) and Graduation Day (1981). She died on 14 January 2008 in Tarzana, California, USA.1906 - 2008, (101).
USA.
44 credits, 1963-2002. - Pauline Hobbs was born in Salem, Indiana on August 12, 1906 to Flora Mae and Leroy Hobbs. She had two older siblings, a brother Samuel and sister Lois Evelyn, and enjoyed an idyllic southern Indiana childhood, filled with great imagination and creative encouragement from her family as she pursued roles in school plays and other performing opportunities. In 1926, she left for New York to follow her dream of being on Broadway, adopting the stage name Paula Langlen. She took up residence at the famed Studio Club. It was there that she heard there was to be an audition for the Winthrop Ames, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolante". On a lark, she went to the audition, (her first ever) and when asked if she could dance, responded, "You bet!" and began to do the Charleston. "Please...anything but the Charleston!", Ames called out. Having no formal dancing experience, she just began an impromptu flitting around the stage. She sang a little song upon request, and skipped offstage where she waited for the auditions to conclude. Mr. Ames called out his selections for each part, and then, in what seemed an after thought, asked where little "Skippit" had gone? She scurried back on stage and was told that she too was hired. Having no additional role for her to fill, Ames created one....adding a fourth fairy. Opening night, famed theatre columnist Walter Winchell proclaimed in his very favorable review of the play, that the "littlest fairy, Paula Langlen, had stolen the show!" She was barely five feet tall and less than 100 pounds. And with that, her career had begun!1906 - 2008, (101).
USA.
credits, 1929-1930. - Writer
- Producer
Aleen Leslie was born on 5 February 1908 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Affectionately Yours (1941), It Comes Up Love (1943) and Rosie the Riveter (1944). She was married to Jacques Leslie. She died on 2 February 2010 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.1908 - 2010, (101).
USA.- Dorothea Tanning was born on 25 August 1910 in Galesburg, Illinois, USA. She was married to Max Ernst. She died on 31 January 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.1910 - 2012, (101).
USA. - Residing in Atlanta, GA, USA, Mrs. Zimmie Shelton had the distinction of being a 1929 graduate of Spelman College, a retired schoolteacher, and the grandmother of noted filmmaker Spike Lee. In addition to financing Lee's college education at Morehouse College in Atlanta, she also played host to many of her grandson's friends that included another notable Morehouse alumnus, filmmaker Monty Ross.
Noted for her wit, community service, financial acumen, and an exemplary career as an educator, Zimmie Shelton was one of Atlanta, Georgia's most vibrant, eloquent, and energetic citizens; and as Lee has so often noted, she was his staunchest supporter and occasionally his critic. Mrs. Shelton died December 24, 2006 at the ripe old age of 100.1906 - 2006, (100).
USA. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Evelyn Case was born in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Ellen Herff and Alfred Duerler. Her father was President of the Gustav A. Duerler Manfuacturing Company, a confectionery and pecan-shelling business founded by Evelyn's grandfather. She attended Bonn-Avon School in San Antonio, The Ogontz School in Philadelphia, and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She began singing in San Antonio before pursuing a singing career in New York City under the name of Evelyn Case, singing in operas, musicals, and on numerous radio broadcasts. She appeared in a few film shorts, notably as the lead in a Roy Mack short, "Projection Room" (1939), which seems to have also been the first film appearance for a teen-aged Gower Champion. When "Projection Room" came out, her hometown paper said it was her fourth film appearance. For several years she was a featured soloist at Radio City Music Hall. During World War II she toured the British Isles for the USO. She sang in the first opera televised by NBC, "La Boheme." In 1951 she married George F. Handel and the they lived in New York City and spent winters in Boerne, Texas. After his death she settled in Texas, living at Boerne and San Antonio. In 1971 she married Henry Stearns, a rancher. She became an ardent painter, exhibiting and selling landscapes of scenes from around Boerne. She died December 19, 2006 in San Antonio, survived by her husband. She had no children. She is buried at Mission Burial Park (South) in San Antonio, Texas.1906 - 2006, (100).
USA.- Angela Clarke was born on 14 August 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Great Caruso (1951), Houdini (1953) and The Harlem Globetrotters (1951). She died on 16 December 2010 in Moorpark, California, USA.1909 - 2010, (101).
USA. - Fern Persons was born on 27 July 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Hoosiers (1986), Risky Business (1983) and Field of Dreams (1989). She was married to Max Persons. She died on 22 July 2012 in Littleton, Colorado, USA.1910 - 2012, (101).
USA. - Sylvia Davis was born on 10 April 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Stardust Memories (1980), Alice's Restaurant (1969) and The Edge of Night (1956). She died on 3 November 2010 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.1910 - 2010, (100).
USA. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Gloria Stuart was born on a dining room table on 4th Street in Santa Monica, California on July 4, 1910. Her early roles as a performing artist were in plays she produced in her home as a young girl. She was the star of her senior class play at Santa Monica High School in 1927. Attending the University of California, at Berkeley, she continued to perform on the stage. Stuart married and move to Carmel, where she performed in a production of "The Seagull" which was transferred to the Pasadena Playhouse in 1932. It was there that talent scouts for both Paramount and Universal saw her. In a famous dispute, the heads of the two studios flipped a coin and Universal won. She played lead roles for director James Whale, including (The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933) and The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)). The hard work at the studio estranged her from her first husband (Stuart helped create the Screen Actors Guild). She played the leading lady in Roman Scandals (1933), on the set of which she met her husband Arthur Sheekman. She was dissatisfied with the roles in which she was cast at Universal and played roles in films for other studios. Ultimately, a few years after having her daughter Sylvia (named after the role she was playing when she met Sheekman), she left the cinema and sought roles on the stage in New York. In the 1940s, she opened an art furniture shop where she created decoupage lamps, tables and trays, many of which sold to stars like Judy Garland and others. Later, Stuart took up oil painting and was very prolific, showing and selling her work in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere. Her landscapes of The Watts Towers are on permanent collection at The Los Angeles County Museum. She also took up and mastered the art of bonsai and some of her trees are on permanent collection in the Huntington Library Japanese Garden. When her husband fell ill in the 1970s (he died in 1978), she returned to acting doing a range of television series. In 1982, she returned to the screen appearing in a brief dance scene with Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year (1982).
About this time a friend, she knew half a century earlier in Carmel, who was a master printer, re-entered her life and from him, Stuart learned the craft of fine printing. She established a printing press in her home studio called Imprenta Glorias. where she created a body of fine artist's books. Her greatest book, "Flight of Butterfly Kites" is in permanent collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Gloria Stuart won a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Oscar-nomination for her performance as the Old Rose in Titanic (1997). In July 2010, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences honored Gloria Stuart with a Centennial Celebration. She was the first such honoree to be living for a centennial. At 100 years of age, she had completed her greatest artist's book with her great-granddaughter working as her apprentice and also her final appearance on film in her grandson's documentary about her, entitled Secret Life of Old Rose: The Art of Gloria Stuart (2012) when she died at home at the age of 100 on September 26, 2010.1910 - 2010 (100).
USA.- Margaret McConnell was born on 3 November 1910 in Oxford, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Crashing Through Danger (1936) and Million Dollar Haul (1935). She was married to William L. Pereira. She died on 21 January 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.1910 - 2011, (100).
USA.