Margaluz (1970 - 2006)

Actress and Singer. She was born and died in Palma de Mallorca (Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain). She began her career in Argentina, where she moved with her parents in 1942, studying dance and music. When she returned to Spain, in 1954, she worked as dancer around Europe. Also, due to her beauty, she was named […]

Iris Marga (1901 - 1997)

Singer, Actress. Born María Iris Elda Rosmunda Pauri Bonetti, she had a long career in theater, cinema, radio and TV that lasted more than 60 years. (bio by: 380W)

Simone Mareuil (1903 - 1954)

Actress. She is unforgettable as the heroine of director Luis Bunuel’s Surrealist classic “Un Chien Andalou” (“An Andalusian Dog”, 1929). Its opening scene, which involves Mareuil, Bunuel,  and a freshly-sharpened straight razor,  is as shocking today as it was to its original Paris audiences.  Mareuil was born in Perigueux,  in the Dordogne region of France. […]

Vera Petrovna Maretskaya (1906 - 1978)

Actress. Born in the village of Barvikha outside of Moscow, she was one of the Soviet Union’s most successful and decorated film stars. She made her film debut in the 1925 motion picture “The Tailor from Torzhok,” and remained active in the film industry until the mid 1960s. Her notable film credits include: “The House […]

Christl Mardayn (1896 - 1971)

Christl Mardayn started Music, Piano and Dancing in the Academy of Art of Vienna. She began as a Soubrette at the Vienna Volksoper and moved on to the Raimund-Theater and also engagement at the Carl-Theater. From 1929 she was acting at the theater in der Josefstadt. In 1938, she made in Paris the Film “Le […]

Lori March (1923 - 2013)

Actress. She will perhaps be best remembered for playing Valerie Hill Ames Northcoate in the long-running TV serial “Secret Storm” (1964 to 1974). Born Lori Von Eltz, her mother Peggy Prior was a screenwriter during the 1920s, her stepfather Joseph Moncure March penned numerous scripts during the 1930s and 1940s, Lori was adopted by him […]

Johanna Rosalie Wagner Marbach (1805 - 1837)

Actress. Sister of Richard Wagner. Was the first to play Gretchen in Goethes “Faust.” After her step-father Ludwig Geyer died she she earned the money for the family. She married the Leipziger Professor Oswald Marbach in 1836. She was buried on the North site of the cemetery. The headstone was moved during the 1990s to […]

Maja Maranow (1961 - 2016)

Actress.   She was a prominent actress who was known for her roles in television and film.   She attended drama and music school in Hamburg and then went into theatrical performing before going into first film and then television.   Her first film role was in “Tage im Hotel” in 1983 and her film […]

Martha Mansfield (1900 - 1923)

Actress. Born Martha Ehrlich, she took her professional name from her hometown of Mansfield, Ohio. In 1912 she moved with her mother to the Bronx and became a popular model for fashion photographer Alfred Cheney Johnson and illustrator Harrison Fisher. This led to mostly decorative roles in such Broadway shows as “The Century Girl” (1916), […]

Aachi Manorama (1937 - 2015)

Indian Tamil Actress. Manorama, born Gopishantha, was an actress whose career spanned over 1,500 films, a thousand stage productions, and several television series. She started acting on the stage at an early age and continued until 1958 when she gained her first film role in “Maalayitta Mangai”.  Throughout her career, Manorama’s films ranged from comedies […]

Marjorie Manners (1970 - 1970)

Actress. During the 1940s, she was one enduring performers in B-Western movies. Her many credits included “Outlaws of Boulder Pass” (1942), “Texas to Bataan” (1942), “Tumbleweed Trail” (1942), “Harvest Melody” (1943), “Blazing Frontier” (1943), “Western Cyclone” (1943), “Identity Unknown” (1945), “The Big Show-Off” (1945), “Accomplice” (1946) and “The Burning Cross” (1947). (bio by: John “J-Cat” […]

Margaret Mann (1869 - 1941)

Actress. Scottish-born stage and motion picture figure of the 1910s to the 1930s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Helen Mann (1915 - 1947)

American stage and motion picture actress and dancer of the 1920s and 30s. Appeared with Loretta Young in the 1933 drama “Employee’s Entrance.” (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  Gordon Lee Mann (1891 – 1949)  Ruth Kirkpatrick Mann (1894 – 1976)  Sibling:  Helen Mann (1915 – 1947)  Gordon Lee Mann (1921 – 2002)* *Calculated […]

Erika Mann (1905 - 1969)

Actress, Author. The oldest daughter of famed author Thomas Mann, she became a “thorn in the side” of the Third Reich with her activities. She was born in Munich, Germany where her and her brother, Klaus Mann, had a successful career in the theater including the opening of the cabaret show Die Pfeffermühle (The Peppermill). […]

Bertha Mann (1893 - 1967)

American motion picture actress. Married to actor Raymond Griffith. They are buried side-by-side. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Raymond Griffith (1895 – 1957)* *Calculated relationship

Sheila Manahan (1924 - 1988)

Actress. Among her film roles were ‘Ann’ in “Seven Days to Noon,” the mother in “The Story of Esther Costello,” and ‘Mrs. Jenkins’ in “Only Two Can Play,” with Peter Sellers and Mai Zetterling. She was married to the Scottish actor, Fulton Mackay. (bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)

Olga “Hesperia” Mambelli (1885 - 1959)

Actress. A native of Bertinoro, Italy, she spent her childhood and early youth in Meldola, a small town near Forlì. Olga started her artistic career in 1907. Until 1912, she worked as a vaudeville actress. She was a well-known actress who played in all the major theaters of Europe as a performer of the so-called […]

Nancy Malone (1935 - 2014)

Actress, Television Director, Producer. She will perhaps be best remembered for playing ‘Libby Kingston’ in the TV series “Naked City” (1960 to 1963). Her career began at the age of seven, when she experienced modeling in ads for several companies, among them Kellogg’s Cereal, Ford Motor Company and Macy’s Department Store. She received the distinction […]

Patricia “Boots” Mallory (1913 - 1958)

Actress. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised in Mobile, Alabama. After playing banjo in a all-girl band at the age of twelve and then spending a few years as a vaudeville dancer, she relocated to New York City, where she received recognition in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. Her Ziegeld exposure fostered her move […]

Alice Maison (1900 - 1976)

Actress. She appeared in 22 movies from 1917 to 1923. She became well known for It Pays to Exercise (1918), and Oh, Promise Me (1922). Alice was an original Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty but left Hollywood for Broadway to pursue her true passion of dancing. She was also a dance partner of Rudolph Valentino’s on […]

Jacqueline Maillan (1923 - 1992)

French Actress. Born in Paray-le-Monial, in Saone-et-Loire, she appeared in over 50 films and also television. Her career began in 1949 with “du Pied” and her last appearance was as Delphine Martinet, the pharmacist, in the 1992 film Ville à vendre (City for Sale). Died in Paris. (bio by: Fred Beisser)

Margot Mahler (1948 - 1997)

Actress. Best known for many supporting parts in German comedies and tv-series. She appeared in comedies like “Hurra – Die Schwedinnen sind da,” “Champagner aus dem Knobelbecher,” “Meister Eder und sein Punuckl,” and many other roles. (bio by: Markus Brunner) Cause of death: Cancer

Yona Magalhaes (1935 - 2015)

Brazilian Actress. Born Yoná Magalhães Gonçalves Mendes da Costa, she was a very prominent actress in television and film, whose career spanned 7 decades. She got her start in acting in the television series “As Professoras” in 1955.  Magalhaes would go on to act in 60 television series and films throughout her career including “Paraíso […]

Meredith MacRae (1944 - 2000)

Actress, Television Personality and Producer. Born in Houston, Texas on an Army base where her father, Gordon MacRae, was stationed. Her father was a singer and movie idol of the ’50s and her mother, Sheila MacRae, an actress and author. Her siblings were, Heather MacRae, GarMacRae, Bruce MacRae, and a half-sister, Amanda MacRae. She started […]

Jeanie MacPherson (1887 - 1946)

Actress, Screenwriter. Before entering motion pictures, Jeanie was a dancer and stage performer. She then moved into films, being guided by the great D.W. Griffith. Later in her career, Jeanie was considered the “write hand” on a significant number of Cecil B. DeMille films. With the advent of sound, Jeanie’s involvement with DeMille became less […]

Aline MacMahon (1899 - 1991)

Actress. She had large, sleepy eyes and a bittersweet face. Her family moved to New York when she was a small child. She was educated at Erasmus Hall and Barnard College and made her first professional acting appearance with the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York in “The Madras House.” Her Broadway debut came the year […]

Mary MacLaren (1900 - 1985)

American motion picture actress of the 1910s through the 1940. Appeared with Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea in the 1939 classic western “Union Pacific.” Sister of actress Katherine MacDonald. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  Lillian Agnew MacDonald (1866 – 1936)  Sibling:  Katherine MacDonald (1891 – 1956)*  Mary MacLaren (1900 – 1985) *Calculated relationship

Gisele MacKenzie (1927 - 2003)

Actress, Singer. Known as “Canada’s First Lady of Song,” she began her music career at a young age learning to play the violin and piano, later appearing at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Ontario. In 1951 she had her own show, “Meet Gisele” on the Canadian Broadcastion Corporation before she moved to Los Angeles, California. […]

Dorothy Mackaye (1899 - 1940)

Actress,  Playwright.  Her name is scarcely remembered today;  she wasn’t even a star in her own time.  But she was once known as an infamous femme fatale,  the focal point of a deadly love triangle that rocked the movie community in the waning days of the silent era.  A native of Denver,  Colorado (although she […]

Elsie “Poppy” Mackay (1970 - 1928)

Actress, Interior Designer, and Aviation Pioneer. She is remembered as a British actress, interior decorator and aviator who died attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean with Captain Walter Hinchliffe. She was regarded as a contemporary role model among women, with dark looks, graceful manner, and a habitually well-gowned and bejeweled appearance. Born Elsie Mackay in […]