Beryl Mercer (1882 - 1939)

Actress.  She is best known for playing gentle,  long-suffering mothers in Hollywood films.  Born to British parents in Seville,  Spain,  she appeared on the London stage from childhood and moved to the United States in 1916.  She settled in Hollywood in 1929,  after a decade of Broadway experience.  The small,  sad-eyed Mercer was immediately pegged […]

Doro Merande (1892 - 1975)

Actress. Born Dora Matthews, she appeared in 25 Broadway plays, most famously in the original 1938 production of “Our Town.” This was the part that brought her to Hollywood in 1940, where Merande appeared in dozens of Hollywood-based TV and movie character roles, including the loud mouthed housekeeper in “The Gazebo” (1959) and the strident […]

Pina Menichelli (1890 - 1984)

Silent Italian silent film star. Pina was considerd one of the most bizzare and perverse of the Italian divas. She is a striking presence in her handful of her films. With her contorted postures and distainful expressions, she would have been typed as a Hollywood Vamp. (bio by: David)

Lola Membrives (1888 - 1969)

Legendary Actress. One of the greatest performers of the Spanish repertory. Born Dolores Membrives Fernández in Buenos Aires, she made her debut in Spain in 1902. When she returned to Buenos Aires in 1905, she began an artistic career that lasted more than sixty years. (bio by: 380W)

Kitty Melrose (1970 - 1912)

Actress. Real name Agnes Butterfield. Vivacious star of the Edwardian stage. Her biggest hit was the musical “The Quaker Girl” (1910), which ran for 536 performances at London’s Adelphi Theatre. After an unhappy love affair,  Melrose swallowed poison. (bio by: Bobb Edwards)

Vera Fuller Mellish (1970 - 1970)

Actress. She appeared in the film “The Beautiful Adventure” (1917). On Broadway, some of the original productions she appeared in were “A Little Journey”(1918), ” Shall We Join the Ladies?”(1925), “Late One Evening”(1933), “The Puritan”(1936), and “The Solid Gold Cadillac”(1953). She was the daughter of actor Fuller Mellish, and sister of actor Fuller Mellish, Jr. […]

Marisa Mell (1939 - 1992)

Actress. With a large number of film and television features to her credit she is probably best remembered for her starring turns in several low budget Italian movies of the late 1960s. Born Marlies Theres Moitzi she was raised in Graz, Austria, and after graduation from high school studied acting in Vienna and was briefly […]

Mariangela Melato (1941 - 2013)

Italian Actress. Regarded by film critics as one of the best actresses and known for her many main character roles in successful films. From 1963 to 1965 she worked with Dario Fo in ” Settimo: ruba un pò meno e la colpa è sempre del diavolo” and in 1966 was committed to the Teatro Stabile […]

Blanche Mehaffey (1908 - 1968)

American actress in several motion pictures of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Married to film producer Ralph M. Like. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Patricia Medina (1919 - 2012)

Actress. Born Patricia Paz Maria Medina, to a Spanish father and an English mother, she entered the British cinema during her late teens and marked her film debut with an uncredited part in “Dinner at the Ritz” (1937). Following her marriage to actor Richard Greene, she embarked upon Hollywood and by the late 1940s, she […]

Nelly Meden (1928 - 2004)

T.V., cinema and stage actress. Born Nélida Mabel Medina, lived in Mexico for 16 years, and is well remembered for her roles in soap operas. She appeared in 23 Argentine films. (bio by: 380W)

Julia Meade (1928 - 2016)

Actress, Television Personality. Born Julia Kunz, her father was a businessman, her mother was an actress, Julia was raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey. After choosing to focus on a career in entertainment, she enrolled at the Yale University Drama School and studied Theatre. She acquired acting experience in summer stock productions and worked as a […]

Margaret McWade (1872 - 1956)

Actress. She started out her entertainment career in Vaudeville, appearing along with actress Margaret Seddon in a comedy act billed as the “Pixilated Sisters”. With the advent and growing popularity of motion pictures, she began in 1914 to appear in features produced by the Edison Film Company. She eventually acted in 104 films, often playing […]

Arlene McQuade (1936 - 2014)

Actress. She will be fondly remembered for playing ‘Rosalie Goldberg’ in the TV series “The Goldbergs” (1949 to 1956). Her father was an attorney, Arlene began her acting career on radio while a child and at the age of twelve, she landed the part of ‘Young Alma’ in the Tennessee Williams’ Broadway play “Summer and […]

Addie Oakley McPhail (1905 - 2003)

Actress. She was the 3rd wife of comedian Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle who she was married to from 1932 until his death on June 29, 1933. She appeared in the films, “Northwest Passage” (1940), “Women Of Glamour” (1937), “Bordertown” (1935), “By Your Leave” (1934), “Merry Wives Of Reno” (1934), “The Super Snooper” (1934), “An Old Gypsy […]

Claudia McNeil (1917 - 1993)

Actress. She first worked as a singer for the Katharine Dunham dance company, then toured as a single all over the world and performed on the New York stage in the early 1950s. She made her screen debut in “The Last Angry Man” (1959), followed by “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961) and “Roll of […]

Maggie McNamara (1928 - 1978)

Actress. Born in New York City, she began her career performing on Broadway in 1951. In 1953, she made her debut in the film “The Moon Is Blue” for which her performance earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Her other credits included “Three Coins In The Fountain” (1954), Prince Of Players” (1955) and […]

Barbara Jean McNair (1934 - 2007)

Actress, Singer. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, she had numerous credits in television and films since the 1960s and hosted her own series “The Barbara McNair Show” in 1969. After her film debut with a minor role in the 1963 movie “Spencer’s Mountain”, McNair’s other credits include the films “If He Hollers, Let Him Go!”, (1968), […]

Lillian McMurray (1908 - 1953)

Actress. Born Lillian MacMurray, she was a theatre performer when she entered films in the silent era appearing in “Vanity Fair” (1921) and “The Gold Rush” (1925). She was also the mother of actress Lita Grey. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)  Family links:  Spouse:  Fred MacMurray (1908 – 1991)

Louise Campbell McMahon (1911 - 1997)

Actress. Born Louise Weisbecker in Chicago, Illinois, she studied dramatic arts at De Paul University and attended the Chicago School of Expression. Campbell supported herself working as a dental assistant, while performing in several stage stock companies. She then made the decision to relocate to Hollywood in 1937. She was quickly contracted by Paramount Pictures […]

Jenna McMahon (1933 - 2015)

Actress, Writer and Producer. Born Mary Virginia Skinner, she will best be remembered for partnering with the late Dick Clair to form one of the top comedy writing teams of the 1970s and ’80s. In 1961, she met Clair at a playhouse in West Hollywood where she was teaching acting. They came up with a […]

Catherine McLeod (1921 - 1997)

Actress. Born Catherine Frances McLeod in Santa Monica, California, she made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. Her film credits included “I’ve Always Loved You” (1946), “Forever Yours” (1945), “The Harvey Girls” (1946), “A Blueprint for Murder” (1953), “Tammy Tell Me True” (1961) and “Lipstick” (1976). For television, she appeared in […]

Kathryn Rose McLaughlin (1911 - 2003)

Actress. McLaughlin began her acting career at the age of 7 when she joined the Hugh Hamlin Killy Review. She graduated from the Belmont Professional School in Hollywood, California, when she was 18, and then became a member of a vaudeville act in the 1930s. Also a dancer, singer, and musician, she later received a […]

Emily McLaughlin (1930 - 1991)

Actress. Born in White Plains, New York, she graduated from White Plains High school with the dream and intent of becoming an actress.  However, her parents insisted she first attend college and was enrolled at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont where she received a B.A. degree in American Literature. After graduation she went to New York […]

Beverlee McKinsey (1940 - 2008)

Actress. Born in McAlester, Oklahoma, she is best known for her roles in many popular daytime soap operas, among them as Alexandra Spaulding in “The Guiding Light”. She began her career during the 1960s and appeared in such programs as, “The Defenders”, “The Virginian”, “Hawaii-Five-O” and “The Mod Squad”. In addition to “The Guiding Light”, […]

Nina Mae McKinney (1912 - 1967)

Actress. Born Nannie Mayme McKinney to Hal and Georgia McKinney in Lancaster, South Carolina; her parents moved to New York in search of better opportunities leaving her to be raised by a great aunt, Carrie Sanders. As a child she appeared in plays at the Lancaster Industrial School. At twelve, her parents sent for her […]

Siobhán McKenna (1923 - 1986)

Actress. Abbey Theatre, also played Anna in “Dr. Zhivago.”  Family links:  Parents:  Eoghan Mac Cionnaith (1892 – 1967)  Mhaghréad O’Reilly Nic Cionnáith (____ – 1952)  Spouse:  Denis O’Dea (1905 – 1978)* *Calculated relationship

Wanda McKay (1915 - 1996)

Actress. Born Dorothy Quackenbush in Portland, Oregon, she was Miss American Aviation in 1938 and performed in over 50 B movies in the 1940s. Among her credits are “The Quarterback” (1940), “Twilight on the Trail” (1941), “The Black Raven” (1943), “Hollywood and Vine” (1945), “Kilroy Was Here” (1947) and “The Golden Eye” (1948). For television, […]

Leila McIntyre (1882 - 1953)

Actress. Better known as the wife of actor John Hyams and the mother of actress Leila Hyams, she had a significant stage and film career of her own. A New York native, she made a name for herself in Vaudeville comedy and begining with her turn as Jill in the 1904 “Mother Goose” was seen […]

Christine McIntyre (1911 - 1984)

Actress. She was the second-born child of John Edward McIntyre, Sr., a mining engineer and musician, and Edna Annette Barnaby McIntyre, also a musician. In 1928, she enrolled in Chicago Musical College and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in voice in 1933. She got into this school with a scholarship, which she won by auditioning […]