Alicia Rhett (1915 - 2014)

Actress. A respected painter and stage performer, she is remembered for her one and only movie role, that of India Wilkes in the 1939 Oscar-winning classic “Gone With the Wind” (GWTW). The child of an aristocratic Southern family (her great-grandfather was Senator Robert Barnwell Rhett, called the “Father of Secession”), she relocated to Charleston with […]

Adeline deWalt Reynolds (1862 - 1961)

Actress. One of 10 children, she wanted to be an actress at age 5. She took up post-graduate studies in drama, and her stage work opened doors in the movie industry. Reynolds worked in more than 30 films, with one of her most memorable as Barry Fitzgerald’s mother in “Going My Way.” Her personal favorite […]

Rosa Rey (1892 - 1969)

Actress and Singer. She was born in Madrid (Spain) and died in Woodland Hills (California). Her real name was Isabel Mercedes Tárrago. She was married with actor Martín Garralaga and moved to the United States where she began a stage career. From 1934 to 1955, she appeared in films such as “La Buenaventura” (1934), “El […]

Sherril Lynn Katzman Rettino (1956 - 1995)

Actress. The daughter of producer Leonard Katzman, she is best known for her role of “Jackie Dugan” on prime time television drama “Dallas”. She appeared in every season the show was on the air.

Ruth Renick (1893 - 1984)

American stage and motion picture actress of the 1910s, 20s, and 30s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Liz Renay (1926 - 2007)

Author, actress, and convicted felon who appeared in John Waters’ film Desperate Living (1977). Renay was mobster Mickey Cohen’s girlfriend. Renay was convicted of perjury and served 27 months at Terminal Island. In her book, My First 2,000 Men, she claimed flings with Joe DiMaggio, Regis Philbin, and Cary Grant among many other male celebrities. […]

Madeleine Renaud (1900 - 1994)

Actress, she was the wife of JL Barrault.

Simone Renant (1911 - 2004)

French Actress and Comedienne. Best known for starring in the original French version of “Dangerous Liasions” in 1959. She appeared in over 50 other films from 1935 to 1983. (bio by: Butterfly)

Rejane (1856 - 1920)

French Stage and Silent Film Actress. She is most famous for her role of Catherine, in Sardou’s play “Madame Sans-Gene” (1893). Born Gabrielle Charlotte Reju, the daughter of a French actor, in Paris, France, she naturally became interested in the stage at an early age. She soon became a student of famed actor, Regnier, at […]

Selma Reis (1960 - 2015)

Brazilian Actress, Singer. Reis was an actress who started in music, but later became very prominent on television. She studied music in Nantes, France in the 1980s and then released her first album, one of eleven released during her career.    Reis later went into acting in television with credits including “Páginas da vida” (2006), […]

Alice Reinheart (1910 - 1993)

Actress. Born in San Francisco, California, she began her career on the stage appearing in a number of plays on Broadway, among them “The Wooden Slipper” and “Journey to Jerusalem”. She made her debut in motion pictures appearing in “The Lieutenant Wore Skirts” (1956) followed by “Bachelor Flat” (1962), “Rat Fink” (1965), “Horror Express” (1972) […]

Estelle Lebost Reiner (1914 - 2008)

Actress, Singer. The wife of comedian Carl Reiner and the mother of motion picture director Rob Reiner, she was raised in the Bronx, New York City, New York, where she studied art after graduating from high school and met her future husband while designing sets in the Catskills. The family lived in New Rochelle, New […]

Juanita Reina (1925 - 1999)

Noted spanish actress and singer of andalusian folklore (copla). Among her songs, “Soltera ya no me Quedo,” “Cinco Farolas,” and “Francisco Alegre.” She is remembered for her films “La Lola se va los Puertos” (1947) and “La Novia de Juan Lucero” (1959). (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)  Family links:  Spouse:  Federico Casado (1933 – […]

Margaret L. Reid (1903 - 1965)

Actress. She appeared in The Sentimental Bloke (1919), Sleepy Lagoon (1943) and It Happened One Night (1934). She was previously married to screenwriter David Hertz.

Dana Morosini Reeve (1961 - 2006)

Social Reformer, Actress. A native of New York City she graduated with honors from Middlebury College before venturing to California to pursue an acting career. She made appearances on television’s “Law and Order” and “All My Children” and hosted a talk show on the Lifetime Network. She performed on Broadway as well as regional theaters […]

Angharad Rees (1944 - 2012)

Actress. Born in London to a father who was a well-respected Welsh psychiatrist, she moved with her family to their place of origin in Cardiff. After coming to the realization the she wished to pursue a career in entertainment, she joined the West Cliff Theatre in England and worked as a stage manager, in addition […]

Tracy Reed (1942 - 2012)

Actress. Born Clare Tracy Compton Pelissier, the daughter of director Anthony Pelissier and actress Penelope Dudley-Ward, she was the granddaughter of actress Fay Compton, her parents divorced while she was a child. After her mother’s remarriage to director Carol Reed, she took her stepfather’s surname and broke into the film industry at the age of […]

Aurora Redondo (1900 - 1996)

Actress. An acclaimed Spanish stage and screen figure, she made her debut on stage in 1907 and became one of the most important actresses in the Spanish theater. She is best remembered for her plays “Maribel y la Extraña Familia” and “La Casa de Bernarda Alba”. She also appeared in a few films, such as […]

Moira Redmond (1928 - 2006)

Actress. She was born in East Sussex, England. She appeared in films such as “Violent Moment” (1958), Doctor in Love (1960), Parnter in Crime (1961), Jigsaw (1962), Freud (1962), A Shot in The Dark (1964) and The Winter’s Tale (1968). She also is remembered for her work in TV series “The Avengers” and “I,Claudius.” (bio […]

Lady Rachel Kempson Redgrave (1910 - 2003)

Actress. She was an acclaimed British figure of theater, television, and motion pictures. She is the matriarch of the Redgrave acting dynasty. She married actor Michael Redgrave in 1935 and became Lady Redgrave when Sir Michael was Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1959. Mother of actors Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave and Corin Redgrave. Grandmother […]

Peggy Rea (1921 - 2011)

Actress. Born in Los Angeles, she worked as a saleslady and served as secretary to Arthur Freed at MGM Studios, before initiating her career in entertainment, debuting on Broadway in the production of “A Streetcar Name Desire” (1950), followed by “Out of This World” (1950 to 1951). During the early 1950s, she began appearing on […]

Mabel Rea (1932 - 1968)

Mabel Rea was a native of Mecklenburg County who left suburban Charlotte right after graduating from Sharon High School and headed for New York City. There, according to what research I was able to dig up on her, she studied drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. It was during this period that she […]

Stella Razetto (1880 - 1948)

Actress. Married to actor Edward LeSaint, Stella started on the stage with the Florence Roberts company in San Francisco. She then moved on to vaudeville in New York City and formed the “Stella Razeto and Company” group. Due to illness, she left the stage, eventually joining the Majestic Company where she played with Mabel Trunnelle […]

Martha Raye (1916 - 1994)

Entertainer, Actress. Born Margaret Yvonne Teresa Reed, she joined her parents’ vaudeville act at three years old. The singer, dancer, actress, comedienne performed on Broadway, in movies and on television. Beginning in 1942, she entertained American troops through World War II, Korea and Viet Nam. For nine years she made trips to Viet Nam, sometimes […]

Barbara Ray (1914 - 1955)

Actress. Born in Harrisburg, Illinois, she began performing in traveling road shows in the mid west before relocating to California. She appeared in a few films and was most noted for her role in “Millions in the Air” (1935). She died in Los Angeles, California. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)

Judith Riedel Rawlins (1936 - 1974)

Actress. Born Judith Ellen Riedel, in Wisconsin, she began her career performing several roles with the Walt Disney Players Group. In the 1950s and 60s, she appeared on the television shows “The Rebel”, “Bat Masterson”, “Wanted Dead or Alive”, “Surfside 6” and “77 Sunset Strip”. She was also the wife of movie editor David Rawlins […]

Françoise Marie-Antoinette Saucerotte Raucourt (1756 - 1815)

Actress. Françoise Raucourt was a favourite of Marie Antoinette and later Napoleon I who appointed her director of imperial theatres in Italy. During the Directory Raucourt was named director of the Théâtre Louvois. She was famous for her tragedy roles and played to full houses, though at times controversy about her private life eclipsed her […]

Marlene Rasnick (1944 - 2001)

Stage and motion picture actress of the 1960s through the 1990s. She co-founded the Public Works Improvisational Theatre in 1973. (bio by: A.J. Marik) Cause of death: Ovarian Cancer

Virginia Rappe (1895 - 1921)

Actress. Subject of Hollywood scandal. Born in New York in 1895 to a part-time chorus girl Mabel Rapp and an unknown father. It’s not clear as to when she added the “e” to her last name but it was under that name she became a successful commerical model in Chicago department stores. At the time […]

Jane Randolph (1915 - 2009)

Actress. A veteran of around twenty Hollywood films during the 1940s, she was best known for playing Alice Moore in Jacques Tourneur’s 1942 classic “Cat People”. Born Jane Roemer, she was raised in Kokomo, Indiana, and in 1939 moved to Hollywood to study acting. Briefly under contract to Warner Brothers, she made her 1941 silver […]