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Ida Lupino (4 February 1918 [1] – 3 August 1995) was a British actress, director, writer, and producer. Throughout her 48-year career, she appeared in 59 films and directed eight, working primarily in the United States, where she became a citizen in 1948.
Actress: High Sierra. Ida was born in London to a show business family. In 1932, her mother took Ida with her to an audition and Ida got the part her mother wanted. The picture was Her First Affaire (1932). Ida, a bleached blonde, went to Hollywood in 1934 playing small, insignificant parts.
Actress: High Sierra. Ida was born in London to a show business family. In 1932, her mother took Ida with her to an audition and Ida got the part her mother wanted. The picture was Her First Affaire (1932). Ida, a bleached blonde, went to Hollywood in 1934 playing small, insignificant parts.
Jun 27, 2024 · Ida Lupino, English-born American film and television actress, director, and screenwriter who first gained fame through her portrayals of strong, worldly-wise characters and went on to become one of the first women to direct films in Hollywood.
Jan 28, 2019 · Ida Lupino’s bold, subversive films tackled social issues and still seem fresh almost 70 years later, writes Caryn James.
Mar 16, 2021 · Born in London in 1918, Ida Lupino was a movie star, writer, producer, groundbreaking filmmaker, and an all-around character. A brilliant renaissance woman, dubbed by one columnist “the last of...
Ida Lupino was a British actress, director, writer, and producer. Throughout her 48-year career, she appeared in 59 films and directed eight, working primarily in the United States, where she became a citizen in 1948.
Jun 12, 2018 · Lupino’s characters sought a grander life, one removed from their small-town circumstances and the limitations of their gender, but they often paid for it in trauma, frustration, and death. Lupino’s first trapped character is the dance-hall girl Marie in 1941’s “High Sierra” (pictured above).
Aug 5, 1995 · Ida Lupino, British-born actress who gave up a lucrative film contract to become one of Hollywood’s first major women producers and directors, has died. She was 77.
Two 1956 episodes with Ida stand out for being based on self-penned stories: “The Stand-In” is Lupino’s sarcastic last word on Hollywood’s star system, its cruelty an over-the-top version of the Filmakers’ pained middle-class worlds; “The Case of Emily Cameron” extends Ida’s experiments in even-handed viewpoints by presenting ...
