Ida Lupino (4 February 1918[1] – 3 August 1995) was a British actress, singer, director, and producer. Throughout her 48-year career, she appeared in 59 films and directed eight, working primarily in the United States, where she became a citizen in 1948. She is widely regarded as the most prominent female filmmaker working in theContinue reading “58 Stunning Vintage Photos of Actress Ida Lupino from the 1930s”
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22 Amazing Photographs of ABBA’s Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida) on Stage
During World War II, a German officer had an affair with young Norwegian Synni Lyngstad. Once the war ended, he returned to his home country, unaware of the fact that Synni was pregnant with his child. Anni-Frid Lyngstad (or Frida, as she later became known) was born on November 15th, 1945 in the small townContinue reading “22 Amazing Photographs of ABBA’s Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida) on Stage”
32 Amazing Photos of Wedding Dresses Worn By Famous Women in the 1950s
20 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Actress Katherine Helmond From Between the Late 1970s and 1980s
Katherine Helmond, the seven-time Emmy-nominated Texas actress who played the feisty, man-crazy mother Mona Robinson on the long-running ABC sitcom Who’s the Boss? died on February 23, 2019 at her Los Angeles home due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 89. Born on Galveston Island in Texas on July 5, 1929, Katherine Marie HelmondContinue reading “20 Beautiful Vintage Photos of Actress Katherine Helmond From Between the Late 1970s and 1980s”
37 Wonderful Photos Showing Farm Ladies Over 100 Years Ago
These lovely photos that capture portraits of farm ladies from the late 19th to early 20th centuries.
38 Amazing Photos of Celebrated Female Jazz Artists of the 1940s
William Paul Gottlieb (1917-2006) was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic photographs of the leading performers of the “Golden Age” of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. Gottlieb’s photographs are among the best known and widely reproduced images of this era of jazz. During the course ofContinue reading “38 Amazing Photos of Celebrated Female Jazz Artists of the 1940s”
42 Wonderful Photos of Lucille Ball in the 1960s
The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked several jobs, so she and her younger brother were raised by their grandparents. Always willing to takeContinue reading “42 Wonderful Photos of Lucille Ball in the 1960s”
26 Wonderful Photos of Young Women as Fortune Tellers From the Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries
Fortune telling is the practice of predicting information about a person’s life. The scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is that divination is the term used for predictions considered part of a religious ritual, invoking deities or spirits, while the term fortune telling implies a lessContinue reading “26 Wonderful Photos of Young Women as Fortune Tellers From the Late 19th to Early 20th Centuries”
57 Colorized Postcards of Edwardian Actress Gladys Cooper From the Early 20th Century
Fabulous Vintage Pictures of Women’s Hairstyles and Make-Up From the 1920s
Although popular conceptions of the Jazz Age suggest that every fashionable woman bobbed her hair during the 1920s, some women did keep their hair long. Long-haired women did not customarily wear their hair loose; rather, they pulled it back to the nape of the neck and wound it into a smooth chignon or knot. AnotherContinue reading “Fabulous Vintage Pictures of Women’s Hairstyles and Make-Up From the 1920s”
