Peggy O’Day (1900 - 1964)

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

Una O’Connor (1880 - 1959)

Actress. Began her acting career in motion pictures in 1929. She is best remembered for her work in Universal’s horror classics like “The invisible man” (1933) and “The bride of Frankenstein” (1935). She also appeared in classics films like “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938), “This Land is Mine” (1943) as Charles Laughton’s mother, “Cluny […]

Elsa O’Connor (1906 - 1947)

Actress. Born Elsa Asunción Celestino in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she was a popular film drama figure in the 1930’s and 40s. Her many film credits included “Toolbar Mendoza” (1935), “Which Did not Spare” (1938), “Lady Companion” (1940), “I Knew That Woman” (1942), “Desire” (1944) and “The Dark Path” (1947). (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)

Virginia O’Brien (1919 - 2001)

Popular American motion picture actress and singer of the 1940s and 50s. Remembered for her comedic roles in several MGM musicals. Sister of actress Mary O’Brien. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Kirk Alyn (1910 – 1999)* *Calculated relationshipCause of death: Heart attack Inscription:Beloved Mother, GrandmotherGreat Grandmother And Best FriendFamous “Deadpan” Singer

Maila Nurmi (1922 - 2008)

Television Personality. In the 1950s she created the character of Vampira (reportedly named by her then-husband Dean Riesner, a screenwriter who, the year before, had penned MESA OF LOST WOMEN). Popular for both films and as a television horror hostess, the Vampira character would set the standard for an entire legion of horror hostesses, actresses, […]

Alice Elizabeth Nunn (1927 - 1988)

Actress. Best known for her role as ‘Large Marge” in the 1985 comedy motion picture  “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”, she appeared in other notable films such as “Johnny Got his Gun” (1971), “Mame” (1974), “Airport 1975” (1974), “The Fury” (1978), “Mommie Dearest” (1981), (1985), “Trick or Treat” (1986) and “Who’s That Girl” (1987). Her television […]

Jane Novak (1896 - 1990)

Jane Novak, the delicate beauty whom William S. Hart saved from savage hordes and runaway trains in a series of adventure films seven decades ago and who became one of a select few that reclusive star would permit near him in his declining years, died Thursday afternoon. The actress who began her career in 1915 […]

Eva Novak (1898 - 1988)

Actress. The sister of actress Jane Novak, she got her start in the early 1920s as one of Mack Sennett’s bathing beauties. Later she appeared opposite William S. Hart and continued doing her own stuntwork until 1921 when she married director/stuntman William Reed. With the advent of sound, Novak’s popularity faded, finishing out her career […]

Audree Norton (1927 - 2015)

Actress. A pretty brunette, she is remembered as the first deaf performer to become a television regular. Born Audree Lauraine Bennett, she was raised in Minnesota, was deaf from age two due to meningitis, attended the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, and in 1952 graduated from the famed Gallaudet University of Washington, DC. Also […]

Elizabeth Norment (1952 - 2014)

Actress. A versatile performer over her 30 year career, she shall probably be remembered as Nancy, Kevin Spacey’s faithful secretary in the online drama “House of Cards”. Raised in suburban Washington, she attended the elite Sidwell Friends School and the University of Chicago prior to earning an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a master’s […]

Mabel Normand (1892 - 1930)

Mabel Normand Actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts as the youngest of three children. She received her formal education at St. Mary’s Convent in Westport in the southernmost part of the state. When Mabel entered her teen years, she along with her family moved to New York where she caught the acting bug. She already had […]

Gertrude Norman (1851 - 1943)

American stage and motion picture actress of the 1910s through 1930s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Beppie Nooij (1919 - 1979)

Actress. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, she made debut in the role as de Jantjes in the TV movie “Zeemansverouwen” (1968) and also wrote the screenplay. For feature films, she appeared in “Red Sien” (1975) and scripted the soundtrack for the movie. She died at age 60 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)  Note: […]

Magali Noel (1931 - 2015)

Singer, Actress. A pretty brunette not afraid to precipitate scandal, she is perhaps best remembered for starring in several of director Federico Fellini’s classic movies. Born Magali Francoise Noelle Camille Guiffray in what was once the ancient Blblical city of Smyrna, she was raised in the itinerant lifestyle of the diplomatic corps, arrived in France […]

Jennifer Nitsch (1966 - 2004)

Actress. She appeared in “Allein unter Frauen” (1991) and “Der Schattenmann” (1994). (bio by: The Romancer) Cause of death: Suicide

Anna Quirentia Nilsson (1888 - 1974)

Actress. The first Swedish-born actress to receive a Star on the Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame. She appeared in almost 200 films from 1911 to 1954, and she was often uncredited in later ‘sound’ films. She played in “The Thirteenth Commandment” (1920), “The Luck of the Irish” (1920), “Adam’s Rib” (1923), “Blockade” (1928), “They Died […]

Gertrude Niesen (1911 - 1975)

Actress, Singer. Born in New York City, she was a natural singer whom achieved her greatest successes, in music and in movies, during the big-band era. In 1934, she was cast in the Broadway musical “Calling All Stars” followed by “The Ziegfeld Follies” of 1936. During the 1940s, she recorded for Decca records with hits […]

Marguerite Nichols (1895 - 1941)

Actress. Born Marguerite Nichols,  she played blonde ingenues and leading ladies in some 20 early Hollywood films. Her credits include “Counsel for the Defense” (1915), “Little Mary Sunshine” (1916), “The Torch Bearer” (1916),  “The Power of Evil” (1916),  and “The Girl o’ Dreams” (1918).  Nichols retired from the screen in 1918 to marry comedy producer […]

Barbara Nichols (1929 - 1976)

Actress. She is known for roles in such movies as “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,” “Sweet Smell of Success,” and “The Human Duplicators.” (bio by: Ron Moody)

Anne Nichols (1891 - 1966)

Actress, Writer. Born in Dales Mill, Georgia, she began her in the early 1900s as a play writer for Broadway productions which were later made into motion pictures. Her most noted works were “In the Hot Lands” (1911) and “Abie’s Irish Rose” (1922). She also produced and wrote “Hey Diddle, Diddle” (1937), which featured Lucille […]

Ethel Newman (1902 - 1995)

Actress. She appeared in “Rodney Stone,” “The Old Country,” and “Money,” all filmed in the 1920s. She also had a role in the film “The Streets of London” in 1934. Ethel was married to Actor/body builder Joe Bonomo. (bio by: Graving Queen of the OC)  Family links:  Spouse:  Joe Bonomo (1901 – 1978)* *Calculated relationship

Mary Stuart Houchins Neumann (1926 - 2002)

Actress, singer and songwriter. Very early in life, Mary’s father moved the family to Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was in Tulsa that she showed an interest in performing. When she was nine years old Count Basie’s orchestra came to Tulsa looking for talented performers. He held a talent contest and she performed “Little Girl Blue”. She […]

Will Hay (1888 - 1949)

Actor. He achieved renown and acclaim as comic actor, appearing in many British comic motion picture, most notably the Gainsborough Studio comedies, and was popular in British film from 1934 to 1943. His film credits include “Where There’s a Will” (1936), “Oh, Mr Porter!” (1937), “The Ghost of St. Michaels” (1941) and “My Learned Friend” […]

Charles Hawtrey (1914 - 1988)

Actor. Born George Frederick Joffre Hartree in 1914, in Hounslow, Middlesex, he entered acting at a very early age coming, as he did, from a theatrical family.  He is often confused with the Edwardian actor Sir Charles Hawtrey, who is no relation, the name was borrowed by Hawtrey two years after his death. As a […]

Sir Nigel Hawthorne (1929 - 2001)

Actor. He is best known to American audiences for his role as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the British television comedy series “Yes Minister” and its follow-up companion sequel “Yes Prime Minister.” Born in the West Midlands of England, he was raised in South Africa before returning home to the United Kingdom in early 1950 to […]

Peter Hawkins (1924 - 2006)

Actor. He was born in Brixton, England. He first appeared as a TV actor in 1949 in a production of The Good Companions, but Hawkins become famous  as the voice of many characters in children’s classics such as Bill and Ben in “Flower Pot Men,” Zippy from “Rainbow” and particularly, with sinister tones developed with […]

Jack Hawkins (1910 - 1973)

Actor. Born in Wood Green, England, four over four decades he was a popular leading man in theatre, films and television. He made his London theatrical debut at age 12 and he made his debut on Broadway by age 18. Although he had appeared in several films during the 1930s, it was after World War […]

Corwin Anthony Hawkins (1965 - 1994)

Actor, Comedian. A native of Houston, Texas, he is best remembered for playing the role of ‘Wayman’ in the 1994 film, “A Low Down Dirty Shame.” A 1982 graduate of the St. Peter’s Catholic High School in Houston, Texas, he later became a stand up comedian working at first in both Houston and Dallas, Texas. […]

Jerry Hausner (1909 - 1993)

Actor. He had an acting career that included motion pictures and television, and spanned from the 1940s to the 1980s. His film roles consisted mainly of voicing the part of “Waldo” in the ‘Mr. Magoo’ animated shorts. Cause of death: Congestive heart failure

Minas Hatzisavvas (1948 - 2015)

Greek Actor. Hatzisavvas was an actor who achieved fame in the theater, on the big screen, and on television. He initially trained at the Rene Simon drama school in France and then studied at the National Theatre of Greece drama school in Athens. Hatzisavvas started in the theater in 1965 at the Ancient Theatre of […]