Nicoletta Machiavelli (1944 - 2015)

Actress. She had a successful run in both Italian and French films during the 1960s and 1970s. Born to an Italian father and American mother, she was a descendant of Italian historian and author Niccolo Machiavelli, she spoke both Italian and English fluently. Raised in Florence, she studied Art and Painting, prior to making her […]

Moyna MacGill (1895 - 1975)

Actress. She was London Theatre performer when she made her film debut in “Garryowen” (1920). Relocating to America, she appeared films to include “Miriam Rozella” (1924), “”The Changing World” (1943), “The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry” (1945), “The Clock” (1945), “Black Beauty” (1946), “Kind Lady” (1951), “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” (1964 and “My Fair Lady” […]

Harriet MacGibbon (1905 - 1987)

Actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she made her Broadway debut in 1923 and worked on the stage for some 20 years. She made her screen debut in “Cry For Happy” (1961), followed by “A Majority of One” (1961). Her other credits included “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (1962), “Son of Flubber” (1963) and “The Judge […]

Katherine MacDonald (1891 - 1956)

Actress/Producer. Born Katherine Agnew MacDonald, Sister of Actress Mary MacLaren. Well remembered as ‘Flora Edwards’ in “The Spirit of 17,” as ‘Helen Haynes/Elsie Parmelee’ in “The Beautiful Liar,” as ‘Priscilla Hobbs’ in “Money! Money! Money!” and as ‘Flora Brookes’ in “The Unnamed Woman.” (bio by: MC)  Family links:  Parents:  Lillian Agnew MacDonald (1866 – 1936) […]

Carsta Löck (1902 - 1993)

German Actress and Singer. She made over 100 films in Germany, Austria and Sweden, from 1923 to 1975; she also performed on stage throughout Europe during her long career. (bio by: Rudi Polt)

Sharon Lynn (1908 - 1963)

Actress. Born in Weatherford, Texas, she made her cinema debut in the role of ‘Annie’ in “Crulytop” (1924). She appeared in over 30 films to include “Tom’s Gang” (1927), “Speakeasy” (1929), “Man Trouble” (1930), “Big Executive” (1933), “Way Out West” (1937) and “Thistledown” (1938). She died of multiple sclerosis in Hollywood, California. (bio by: John […]

Rita Lynn (1921 - 1996)

Actress. Although she played a few small parts in films, she had a lengthy television resume. Some of her appearances were on: “Zane Grey Theatre”, “Yancy Derringer”, “Inner Sanctum”, “Make Room for Daddy”, “Have Gun, Will Travel”, “Bonanza”, “Big Valley”, “The Virginian”, “The Streets of San Francisco”, “Perry Mason” and “T.J. Hooker”. She was married […]

Diana Lynn (1926 - 1971)

Actress. Born Dolores Marie Loehr in Los Angeles, California, because of her exceptional abilities as a pianist, she was playing with the Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra by age 12. She made her film debut playing the piano in “They Shall Have Music” (1939), followed by “There’s Magic in Music” (1941), and debuted in a […]

Lottie Lyell (1890 - 1925)

Actress. Born Lottie Edith Cox in Sydney Australia, she became that country’s first true motion pictyre star. She appeared in twenty films from 1911 to 1919 including “Captain Midnight”, The Bush King” and her most famous film, “The Sentimental Bloke”. After 1919 her film making was drastically cut back so she could fight the tuberculosis […]

Aida Luz (1917 - 2006)

Actress and singer.  Born Aida Da Lus.  She participated in more than 40 movies such us “Loco lindo(1936),” “Palermo (1937),” “Amor(1940),” “El deseo(1944),” “Pobre mi madre querida(1948),” “Los tallos amargos(1956),” “El rufián (1961),” “Villa cariño(1967),” “Juguemos en el mundo(1971),” and many others. Her last movie “Gallito ciego(2001)”.  On stage she appeared in “Un tranvía llamado […]

Elisabeth Brooks Luyties (1951 - 1997)

Actress. Best known for her role as ‘Marsha Quist’ from The 1981 horror movie, “The Howling.” She guest starred on a number of TV series including “Starsky and Hutch”, “The Rockford Files”, “Hart to Hart”, “The Six-Million Dollar Man”, and “Emergency.” Also a writer, she wrote “Orphan Dreams,” which she also directed. (bio by: Midnight_Bishop)

Nola Luxford (2024 - 1994)

New Zealand-born film actress of the 1910s, 20s, and 30s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Anna Luther (1897 - 1960)

American motion picture actress of the 1910s, 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. Primarily worked in the silent era (1910s-1920s). (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Ida Lupino (1918 - 1995)

Actress, Writer and Director. Ida Lupino is best known as a pioneering figure in the world of female filmmakers. Born into a British theater family in Camberwall, London, England, Ida was encouraged to enter the world of show business by both her parents and her uncle, actor and theater manager, Lupino Lane. In 1931, Ida […]

Constance G. Lupino (1892 - 1959)

Actress. Known on the London stage as Connie Emerald. Wife of  comedian/actor Stanley Lupino. Mother of actress Ida Lupino.  Family links:  Children:  Ida Lupino (1918 – 1995)* *Calculated relationship

Margit Lukacs (1914 - 2002)

Actress. A leading star of the Hungarian stage, she was famed for her performances in the classic repertory. Her notable portayals included Lady Macbeth in “Macbeth”, the title role of “Antigone”, Clytemnestra in “Elektra”,  Elmira in “Tartuffe”,  Cleopatra in “Antony and Cleopatra”,  Jelena in “Uncle Vanya”,  and the lead (spoken) part in Arthur Honegger’s oratorio […]

Elena Lucena (1914 - 2015)

Argentine Actress. Lucena, born María Elena Lucena Arcuri, was an actress who was part of the golden age of Argentine cinema from 1940 to 1960. She started in radio and then transitioned to the “big screen” where she appeared in such films as “Brother and Sister” (2010), “Chimbela” (1939) and “El calavera” (1958). During the […]

Margerie Bonner Lowry (1905 - 1988)

Actress, Author, Editor. The younger sister of silent screen star Priscilla Bonner, she also appeared in several films (spelling her first name Marjorie), among them Cecil B. De Mille’s “King of Kings” (1927),  “The Sign of the Cross” (1932),  and “Cleopatra” (1934).  By the late 1930’s her movie career was over and she was working […]

Cecile Lorre Lovsky (1897 - 1979)

Actress and ex-wife of Peter Lorre.  Born Caecilie Lvovsky in Vienna, Austria, she attended the Royal Academy of Arts and Music and rose to stardom as a stage performer in Europe.  Just prior to World War II, she fled Berlin and Nazi oppression with fellow actor and lover Peter Lorre. The two were married in […]

Louise Lovely (1895 - 1980)

Actress. She was the first Australian silent film actress to find success in America. Born Nellie Louise Alberti to an Italian musical father and a Swiss mother, she made her professional debut at the age of nine as ‘Eva’ in the Harriet Beecher Stowe classic novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” using the stage name of Louise […]

Gilda Lousek (1937 - 1998)

Actress. Born Ilda Aida Hlousek, she acted on stage and in cinema and television for more than 40 years. (bio by: 380W)

Lucille Lortel (1900 - 1999)

Award-winning Stage Actress and Producer. Born Lucille Wadler, she studied acting and theatre ant the Academy of Dramatic Arts. She made her Broadway debut in 1925 in “Caesar and Cleopatra” with Helen Hayes. She also appeared in Belasco’s “The Dove” with Judith Anderson. In 1947, she founded the White Barn Theatre with the mission of […]

Joan Lorring (1926 - 2014)

Actress. She may perhaps be best remembered for playing ‘Bessie Watty’ in the picture “The Corn Is Green” (1945). She received an Academy Award nomination for her effort. Born Mary Magdalene Ellis into a family of Anglo-Russian descent in Hong Kong, she fled with her mother to San Francisco as a result of the Japanese […]

Linda Loredo (1907 - 1931)

Actress.  An Arizona native of Mexican descent,  she was a dancer in Los Angeles nightclubs and played one in her first films,  the silents “Heroes of the Wild” (1927) and “After the Storm” (1928).  She owes her present notoriety to a brief,  curious phase in Hollywood history.  At the beginning of the talkie era,  before […]

Sylvia Lopez (1933 - 1959)

Actress. Born in Paris, France. Died from Leukemia. Appeared in “Figlio Del Corsaro Rosso Il” (Son of the Red Corsair) (1958) co-starring Lex Barker, “Erode il Grande (Herod the Great)” (1960), “Ercole e la regina di Lidia (Hercules and the Queen of Lydia)” (1959), and “Moralista(The Moralist)” (1959).

Marga López (1924 - 2005)

Actress. She was born in Tucumán (Argentina) and died in México. She was one of the great ladies of Mexican cinema and was awarded with several Ariels (the most important award of Mexican cinema). She developed all her career in Mexico, where she stablished in 1942. In cinema, she is remembered for films such as […]

Beverly Long (1933 - 2014)

Actress. A performer of some note in the 1950s, she is remembered for her part in the 1955 James Dean classic “Rebel Without a Cause”. Though little is recorded of her early years, she made her professional debut in the television series “Dangerous Assignment” and was first seen on the silver screen in 1952’s “Girls […]

Babe London (1901 - 1980)

Motion picture and film actress. Appeared in the films “Sex Kittens Go To College” (1960), “Pleasure Treasure” (1951), “Scrambled Brains” (1951), “Hazard” (1948), “Joan of Arc” (1948), “Road To Rio” (1947), “Jackass Mail” (1942), “Our Wife” (1931), “Scrambled Eggs” (1925), “Merely Mary Ann” (1920), and “The Expert Eloper” (1919). She also appeared in the television […]

Cecilia Loftus (1876 - 1943)

Actress. She appeared in motion pictures from the 1910s to the 1940s, with roles that included ‘Clorinda Widairs’ in “A Lady of Quality (1913), ‘Mrs. Sinclair’ in “Young Sinners” (1931) and ‘Granny Tyl’ in “The Bluebird” (1940). On Broadway, some of the original cast productions she appeared in are “The Man of Forty” (1900), ” […]

Francesca Braggiotti Lodge (1902 - 1998)

Actress. She was an Italian lead actress who was hired by MGM Studios to dub Greta Garbo’s voice into Italian when Garbo’s films were released to the Italian market. She and her husband, American actor John Lodge, appeared together in the 1937 production of “Tonight at Eleven”. They retired from acting when he entered politics […]