Lucyna Winnicka (1928 - 2013)

Actress. She was a Cannes Film Festival prize winner for her lead role in the 1961 motion picture “Night Train” by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. Active from 1954 to 1978 in several films including “The Real End of the Great War”, “First Spaceship on Venus”, “Knights of the Teutonic Order” and “Mother Joan of the Angels,” she […]

Rhoda Winkler (1970 - 2015)

Chief Puppeteer and Voice Actress. Winkler performed for five and a half years with the ‘Howdy Doody Show’ beginning with its premier on December 27, 1947. Born Rhoda Mann, she taught herself to work marionettes at age 9. Her first job in show business was working as assistant to Ali Benali, the Moroccan Wonderman. At […]

Claire Windsor (1892 - 1972)

American stage and screen actress of the 1920s through the 1940s. Married to actor Bert Lytell. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouses:  Bert Lytell (1885 – 1954)*  David Willis Bowes (1888 – 1959)* *Calculated relationship

Beatrice Winde (1924 - 2004)

Actress of Stage and Film. Born Beatrice Lucille Williams in Chicago, Illinois, she graduated from the Chicago Music Conservatory with hopes of pursuing a singing career. She attended Yale School of Music and toured with its “Colored Choir,” then came to New York to study at Juilliard. Beatrice appeared in a number of memorable films […]

Violette Wilson (1896 - 1964)

Actress. Married to Actor/Film Director Irving Pichel, she has played roles in a number of B-movies. Some of her notable appearances include “Guy de Maupassant’s Mademoiselle Fifi,” “The Moon Is Down” and “Woman Against the World.”  (bio by: MC)  Family links:  Spouse:  Irving Pichel (1891 – 1954)*  Children:  Pichel Wilson Pichel (1920 – 2005)* *Calculated […]

Lois Wilson (1894 - 1988)

Popular actress of the 1910s thru 1950s. Celebrated silent-era actress who successfully transitioned into ‘talkies,’ appearing in many motion pictures of the 1930s and 40s. After her screen career, she went on to work on the live stage and in television. Sister of actress Diana Kane. (bio by: A.J. Marik) Cause of death: Pneumonia

Dorothy Wilson (1908 - 1998)

American film actress of the 1930s. Wife of writer/director Lewis Foster. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Lewis Ransom Foster (1898 – 1974)* *Calculated relationship

Shannon Michelle “Savannah” Wilsey (1970 - 1994)

Adult Film Actress. Savannah starred in over eighty adult features and was one of the most successful adult film actresses of her time. To the mainstream world, however, she was perhaps best known for her relationships with famous men outside the adult film industry, including guitarist Slash of the rock band Guns ‘n Roses, comedian […]

Sigfred Ann “Siggie” Nordstrom Williams (1893 - 1980)

Model, Actress, Singer, Entertainer, she started as a hat model. Named Queen of the Polar Bears when she was the first to break through the ice of Lake Michigan and was caught by the lens of an ambitious photographer in a fetching pose that appeared in the papers all across the country.  She always claimed […]

Rhoda Williams (1930 - 2006)

Voice Actress. A native of Denver, Colorado, she is best known as the voice of the evil step-sister ‘Drizella’ in the classic Disney animated film, “Cinderella” (1950). She began her career at the age of 9, and then she got the role of ‘Betty’ on the radio version of “Father Knows Best” from 1949 to […]

Megan Mingyu Williams (1956 - 2000)

Actress. Best known for her performances in the Australian mini series Anzacs (1985), Return to Eden (1986) and her role as Alice Sullivan in the Australian TV series the “Sullivans” (1976). Her first major role occurred in 1974 in the Australian soap opera “Class of 74.” Her other notable acting credits include “All at Sea” […]

Kathlyn Williams (1888 - 1960)

Actress and Screenwriter. Married to Paramount Pictures general manager Charles Eyton, Williams directed 2 films, wrote 6 screenplays and acted in 176 films. (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Spouse:  Charles Eyton (1871 – 1941)

Clara Williams (1888 - 1928)

Actress. Born in Seattle, Washington, she was a popular figure of the silent film era making her screen debut in “Western Chivalry” (1910). With the success of “The Italian” (1915), in which she played the wife of an immigrant, resulted in her being typecast in roles as Latin characters. Her numerous credits included “The Man […]

Jennifer Willems (1947 - 2015)

Dutch Actress. Willems was an actress who was well known in film and television, particularly the children’s television series “De film van ome Willem”. She started her acting career on the television series “Bibelebons” in 1972 and would continue to act in such films and television series as “De film van ome Willem” (1974), “Naked […]

Collin Wilcox (1935 - 2009)

Actress. She appeared in some 80 television programs, motion pictures and theatre productions from the late 1950s until the early 2000s. Wilcox is best known for her role as Mayella Ewell in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962),  playing the alleged victim of a racially-charged 1930s rape case.  Raised in Highlands, North Carolina, her parents established […]

Minnie Wideman (1889 - 1971)

Stage and motion picture actress. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Mary Wickes (1910 - 1995)

Actress. Born Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of a well-to-do St. Louis banker, Wickes was an excellent student, completing a political science degree at the Washington University in St. Louis by the age of 18. She originally intended becoming a lawyer. She made her Broadway debut in 1934. Wickes began acting […]

Barbara Whiting (1931 - 2004)

Movie Actress and Singer. She appeared in a few films such as “Centenial Summer” (1946), “City Across the River” (1949), “Beware my Lovely” (1952) and “Dangerous When Wet” (1953). (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)  Family links:  Parents:  Richard Armstrong Whiting (1891 – 1938)  Sibling:  Margaret Whiting (1924 – 2011)*  Barbara Whiting (1931 – 2004) […]

Arkie Whiteley (1965 - 2001)

Actress. Real name Arkje Deya Whiteley. A native of London, England, she is best remembered for her role as ‘Donna Mason’ in the television series, “Prisoner” in 1982. The daughter of famed Australian painter Brett Whiteley, and his wife Wendy Whiteley, she also appeared in numerous other films and television shows. Among Whiteley’s other roles […]

Billie Whitelaw (1932 - 2014)

Actress. Born Billie Honor Whitelaw, she was raised in Bradford, England. Her father died when Billie was ten years old, leaving her mother to support her family. Billie joined an area drama group and experienced her first radio performance at the age of eleven. In 1950, she marked her theater debut and during this period, […]

Thelma White (1910 - 2005)

Actress. She starred in the 1936 cult-classic “Reefer Madness.” This movie become a favorite on the college midnight movie circuit in the 1960s and 1970s. Thelma White came to film from the world of vaudeville and radio. She appeared in a number of B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s, such as “Tell Your Children” (1938), […]

Ruth White (1914 - 1969)

Actress. Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, she made her film debut in the Three Stooges film ” Rhythm and Weep” (1946) and appeared in several more Three Stooges films throughout the 1950s. In demand as a character actor, she appeared in the films “The Nun’s Story” (1959), “To Kill a MockingBird” (1962), “Up the […]

Pearl White (1889 - 1938)

Actress. Born Pearl Fay White, the youngest of five to farmers Ed and Inez White, Mrs White died when Pearl was still a toddler. At the age of 6 she appeared in a production of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in order to help with the family finances. She appeared in various juvenile theatrical roles during her […]

Marjorie White (1907 - 1935)

Motion picture actress. She established herself as a Vaudeville comedienne in the late 1920s, appearing with her husband, Eddie Tierney. Signed by Fox Studios in 1929, she was featured in several of the early Fox musicals, most notably “Sunny Side Up” (1929) and Just Imagine (1930). She moved to Columbia Pictures in 1933, playing the […]

Jane White (1922 - 2011)

Actress. Born in New York City, her parents were active in civil rights causes and with the NAACP. She attended Smith College and the New School before making her professional acting debut on Broadway in the production “Strange Fruit” (1945 to 1946). During the 1950s, she accumulated TV roles on the programs “The Alcoa Hour” […]

Chrissie White (1895 - 1989)

Actress. Born Ada White. Popular child star in early silent films, White got her start in the early 1900s, she is best remembered as ‘Valerie Sailon’ in “Possession.” White frequently appeared in shorts directed by Lewin Fitzhamon. In the 1920s married her long-time co-star and frequent director Henry Edwards. White left the screen in 1924, […]

Carol White (1943 - 1991)

British Actress. In a career that spanned over forty years Carol became a star on British Television in 1965 with her portrayal of a pregnant mother in a grim story called “Cathy Come Home” and “Poor Cow”. She was born in Hammersmith, West London to working class parents. Carol started making pictures in 1949 in […]

Alice White (1904 - 1983)

Actress. Born Alva White in Paterson, New Jersey, she began her career in Hollywood as a script girl for Joseph Von Sternberg and later as a secretary for Charlie Chaplin. Signed to First National Studios, her film debut was in “Sea Tiger” (1927). Dubbed as the “Jazz Baby” she appeared in over forty movies including […]

Arleen Whelan (1916 - 1993)

Actress in 24 films including “Kidnapped,” “Young Mr. Lincoln,” “Sabotage,” “Charley’s Aunt,” “Ramrod” and “The Senator Was Indiscreet.” (bio by: TLS)

Theresa “Tess” Wheeler (1891 - 1975)

Actress in the silent era.  Family links:  Spouse:  Elmer Charles Wheeler (1893 – 1942)* *Calculated relationship