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Ida Lupino (4 February 1918 – 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.
Ida Lupino. 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).
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.
Aug 5, 1995 · Ida Lupino, an earthy, intelligent movie actress who created a luminous gallery of worldly wise villainesses, gangster's molls and hand-wringing neurotics, died on Thursday night at her home in...
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 · Ida Lupino, Hollywood Renaissance Woman. The groundbreaking actor, writer, and filmmaker had an exceedingly colorful life, as captured by Ida Lupino: A Biography. By Hadley Hall Meares.
In a heartfelt 1995 New York Times tribute to Ida Lupino (1918–95), Martin Scorsese called her “a woman of extraordinary talents, and one of those talents was directing. Her tough, glowingly emotional work as an actress is well remembered, but her considerable accomplishments as a filmmaker are largely forgotten and they shouldn’t be.
Feb 2, 2018 · For a while she was the most versatile, unpredictable female talent in Hollywood. Yet Ida Lupino was never Hollywood royalty. There was a “wrong side of the tracks” appeal to her gutsy, sassy...
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.
