List Books » The Stars of Hollywood Remembered: Career Biographies of 82 Actors and Actresses of the Golden Era, 1920s-1950s
Authors: J. G. Ellrod
ISBN-13: 9780786402946, ISBN-10: 0786402946
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Date Published: July 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Don Ameche, Eve Arden, George Burns, Bette Davis, Greer Garson, Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, George Raft, Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck, Orson Welles, Cornel Wilde these are among the stars who graced the silver screen in Hollywood s Golden Age. Biographies and filmographies of these actors and actresses and 70 others who had passed from the scene by September 1996 are presented in this reference work. The biographical section focuses on how they came to be involved with whom they shared the screen. The filmography lists all the films in which they appeared, along with the studio and the year of release.
Preface | ||
Abbreviation Key | ||
Brian Aherne | 1 | |
Don Ameche | 3 | |
Eve Arden | 5 | |
Jean Arthur | 7 | |
Lucille Ball | 9 | |
Anne Baxter | 12 | |
Ralph Bellamy | 14 | |
Joan Bennett | 17 | |
Joan Blondell | 19 | |
Virginia Bruce | 21 | |
Yul Brynner | 23 | |
George Burns | 26 | |
Richard Burton | 28 | |
Maurice Chevalier | 30 | |
Claudette Colbert | 32 | |
Joseph Cotten | 36 | |
Broderick Crawford | 38 | |
Robert Cummings | 41 | |
Bette Davis | 43 | |
Sammy Davis, Jr. | 46 | |
Delores Del Rio | 47 | |
Marlene Dietrich | 50 | |
Irene Dunne | 52 | |
Madge Evans | 54 | |
Greta Garbo | 56 | |
Ava Gardner | 58 | |
Greer Garson | 60 | |
Lillian Gish | 63 | |
Jackie Gleason | 65 | |
Paulette Goddard | 68 | |
Rex Harrison | 70 | |
Helen Hayes | 73 | |
Louis Hayward | 75 | |
Audrey Hepburn | 77 | |
William Holden | 79 | |
Rock Hudson | 81 | |
Danny Kaye | 83 | |
Ruby Keeler | 85 | |
Gene Kelly | 87 | |
Patsy Kelly | 90 | |
Veronica Lake | 92 | |
Dorothy Lamour | 94 | |
Burt Lancaster | 96 | |
Myrna Loy | 98 | |
Ida Lupino | 101 | |
Joel McCrea | 103 | |
Fred MacMurray | 106 | |
Steve McQueen | 109 | |
Marjorie Main | 111 | |
Dean Martin | 113 | |
Mary Martin | 115 | |
Lee Marvin | 117 | |
James Mason | 119 | |
Ethel Merman | 122 | |
Ray Milland | 124 | |
David Niven | 127 | |
Jack Oakie | 130 | |
Pat O'Brien | 132 | |
Laurence Olivier | 134 | |
Geraldine Page | 137 | |
Lilli Palmer | 138 | |
John Payne | 141 | |
Walter Pidgeon | 143 | |
Robert Preston | 145 | |
Vincent Price | 147 | |
George Raft | 150 | |
Martha Raye | 152 | |
Lee Remick | 155 | |
Paul Robeson | 157 | |
Ginger Rogers | 159 | |
Robert Ryan | 162 | |
George Sanders | 165 | |
Simone Signoret | 168 | |
Barbara Stanwyck | 170 | |
Jessica Tandy | 174 | |
Gene Tierney | 175 | |
Lana Turner | 177 | |
Vera-Ellen | 181 | |
Johnson Weissmuller | 182 | |
Orson Welles | 185 | |
Cornel Wilde | 188 | |
Natalie Wood | 190 | |
Index | 193 |