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Nancy Carroll
"I didn't really care about money; all I wanted was to be famous and get fans' letters." ~ NancyNancy Carroll was born Ann Veronica Lahiff on November 19, 1903 in New York City. She was the youngest of...
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Katherine Grant (Silent Actress)
Katherine Grant was born on May 1, 1904 in Los Angeles, California. Her parents divorced and her father passed away in 1921. At the age of eighteen she won the Miss Los Angeles beauty contest and...
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Let's Celebrate Christmas
Celebrate Christmas with some of our favorite classic beauties ...Norma Shearer Jean HarlowClara BowNancy Carroll Cecilia Parker Marion Davies
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Irene Lentz (Fashion Designer)
"Anything new and beautiful makes one think beautiful thoughts." ~ IreneIrene Maud Lentz was born on December 8, 1901 in Baker. Montana. When she was a teenager she moved to Hollywood to become an...
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Sunshine Hart (Silent Character Actress)
"Laugh and grow fat." ~ SunshineSunshine Hart was born Lucia Adams on July 6, 1886, in Vevay, Indiana. She would later claim that her father was a minister on an Indian reservation and that an Indian...
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Kay Francis
“Beginning a new year - have a resolution to make - not to be a damn fool!" ~ KayKay Francis was born Katharine Edwina Gibbs on January 13, 1905 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Shortly after she was born...
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Thelma Parr
Thelma Parr was born Betty Selby on October 10, 1906 in Grant's Pass, Oregon. Her parents were Glenn Oswald Silland Leonora L. Paine. Thelma claimed to be a descendant of Thomas Paine, one of the...
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Margaret Roach
Margaret Roach was born on March 21, 1921 in Los Angeles, California. Her father was movie producer Hal Roach. When she was a teenager Margaret worked in the theater and sang at nightclubs. She changed...
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Martha Raye's Dress From Four Jills In A Jeep
In 2015 I purchased a dress Martha Raye wore in Four Jills In A Jeep. I bought it from actress Debbie Reynolds. It was designed by Yvonne Wood. Martha played herself in the Four Jills In A Jeep. Her...
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Let's Celebrate Easter
Celebrate Easter with some of our favorite classic beauties ... Alice White and Bernice Claire Colleen Moore Doris Dawson, Estelle Bradley, June Collyer, and Ethlyne ClairJane Winton
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Janet Gaynor's Oil Paintings
Although I'm not an art collector I do own two still life oil paintings done by Hollywood legend Janet Gaynor. She appeared in more than sixty films and won the first Best Actress Academy Award in...
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Eugenia Gilbert (1920s Starlet)
"I like an honest-to-God business man - not a dancing sheik. It would be pleasant if he could remember that courtesy counts." ~ EugeniaEugenia Gilbert was born Eugenia Knapp on November 18, 1902 in...
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Anny Ahlers (German Actress)
Anny Ahlers was born on December 21, 1907 in Hamburg Germany. At the age of four she began her career performing in the circus. When she was a teenager Anny studied ballet and singing. In 1928 she...
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Faith Bacon (Burlesque Dancer)
"I want a man - a man to love! I want a husband, a home, a kitchen, and what goes with it." ~ FaithFaith Bacon was born Francis Yvonne Bacon on July 19, 1910 in Los Angeles, California. She was an...
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Bella Darvi (1950s Starlet)
"I had the usual experiences of hunger and humiliation and I try not to remember them or discuss them although, of course, I shall never forget them." ~ BellaBella Darvi was born Bajla Wegier on...
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Lucille Ricksen (Child Star)
Lucille Ricksen was born Ingeborg Erickson on August 22, 1910, in Chicago, Illinois. She worked as a child model and made her film debut at the age of five. Her parents separated and her mother took...
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Phyllis Barry (1930s Starlet)
Phyllis Barry was born Gertrude Hillyard on December 7, 1908, in Leeds, England. She was a gifted dancer and at the age of fourteen she joined an Australian cabaret troupe. Phyllis starred in many...
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Handwritten Letters From Classic Actresses
I have been collecting classic Hollywood autographs for many years. My favorite autographs are the handwritten letters from classic actresses. These letters are very rare and they give us a glimpse...
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Marilyn Monroe
"I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one." ~ MarilynMarilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Baker on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. She never knew her father and her mother...
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Let's Celebrate The 4th Of July
Celebrate the 4th of July with some of our favorite classic beauties ...Ann MillerAva GardnerJayne MansfieldBetty HuttonMarion DaviesAnn BlythMarilyn MonroeAnn Miller Judy GarlandClaudette Colbert
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Actresses & Their Poodles
Poodles have always been a very popular pet among Hollywood stars. In fact some classic actresses treated their dogs better than their own children! Here are twelve of the biggest poodle lovers ......
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Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy's Love Story
Jeanette MacDonald is one of my favorite actresses. She had a BEAUTIFUL voice and I love seeing her films with Nelson Eddy. Jeanette and Nelson had one of Hollywood's longest lasting and most tragic...
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Ossi Oswalda (German Actress)
Ossi Oswalda was born Oswalda Staglich on February 2, 1899 in Berlin, Germany. She trained to be a ballerina and worked in chorus lines when she was a teenager. Director Ernst Lubitsch discovered her...
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Regina Doyle (1920s Starlet)
Regina Alice Doyle was born on September 2, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father, John Doyle, was a fireman. Regina was educated at the Grenshaw Conservatory. Her family moved to Los Angeles when she...
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Lya de Putti (Hungarian Actress)
"I have never appeared in talking pictures but I hope my voice and my English will permit me." ~ LyaLya de Putti was born Amalia Putti on January 10, 1897, in Hungary. Her father was a baron and her...
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