Betty Compson (1897-1974) was an American actress and film producer. Most famous in silent films and early talkies, she is best known in her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Born Eleanor Luicime Compson in Beaver, Utah, she droppedContinue reading “59 Stunning Photos of Actress Betty Compson From the 1920s and 1930s”
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20 Vintage Photos of Beautiful American Actresses From Between the 1920s and 1940s
They are not only so beautiful, but also very talented! Here is a small collection of vintage portrait pictures of beautiful American actresses from 1920s to 1940s.
55 Stunning Color Photos of Raquel Welch from the 1960s
Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940) is an American actress. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). AlthoughContinue reading “55 Stunning Color Photos of Raquel Welch from the 1960s”
40 Amazing Vintage Photos of Beautiful Young Women Taken During the 1920s
The First Hollywood Female Photographer: 47 Gorgeous Portrait Photos of Joan Crawford in the 1920s Taken by Ruth Harriet Louise
Born Ruth Goldstein in 1903 in New York City, but raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Ruth Harriet Louise was hired by Metro Goldwyn Mayer as chief portrait photographer in the summer of 1925, at the young age of 22 years old and became the only woman doing so for the Hollywood studios at theContinue reading “The First Hollywood Female Photographer: 47 Gorgeous Portrait Photos of Joan Crawford in the 1920s Taken by Ruth Harriet Louise”
23 Amazing Vintage Photos of Actress & Model Tamara Dobson During the 1960s & 1970s
Tamara Janice Dobson (May 14, 1947 – October 2, 2006) was an American actress and fashion model. Beginning her career in modeling during the late 1960s, Dobson became best known for her title role as government agent Cleopatra “Cleo” Jones the 1973 Blaxploitation film Cleopatra Jones and its 1975 sequel Cleopatra Jones and the CasinoContinue reading “23 Amazing Vintage Photos of Actress & Model Tamara Dobson During the 1960s & 1970s”
52 Stunning Photos of Actress Terry Moore in the 1940s and 1950s
Born 1929, in Glendale, California, as Helen Luella Koford, American film and television actress Terry Moore worked as a child model before making her film debut in Maryland in 1940. She was billed as Judy Ford, Jan Ford, and January Ford before taking Terry Moore as her name in 1948. She is one of theContinue reading “52 Stunning Photos of Actress Terry Moore in the 1940s and 1950s”
55 Beautiful Photos of Yvonne de Carlo from between the 1940s and 1960s.
A vibrant, full-bodied performer with a rich voice and a lushly sensuous if somewhat odd beauty, Yvonne De Carlo (1922–2007) achieved stardom in the 1940s in some of the more bizarre escapism of that era. Yvonne De Carlo was a Canadian born American actress, singer, and dancer whose career spanned more than seven decades. AContinue reading “55 Beautiful Photos of Yvonne de Carlo from between the 1940s and 1960s.”
49 Stunning Vintage Photos of Actress Myrna Loy During the 1930s & 1940s
Myrna Loy, born Myrna Adele Williams on August 2, 1905 in Helena, Montana, was only thirteen when her father died of influenza in 1918. Her family subsequently moved to Los Angeles and already learning to dance it wasn’t long before she also took up acting. In 1923 she started dancing at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre andContinue reading “49 Stunning Vintage Photos of Actress Myrna Loy During the 1930s & 1940s”
