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June Allyson, was a major MGM star in the 1940s and 1950s. Allyson, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film, To Young to Kiss(1951). Other cast members: Van Johnson, Gig Young, Paula Corday, Kathyrn Givney, Larry Keating and Hans Conried. Directed by Robert Z. L read more

Everyone knows my favorite actress of all time is Carole Lombard and today is her birthday. the 5' 2" beauty was a comedy hit during the 30s and 40s. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on October 6, 1908 under the name of Jane Alice Peters. Young Jane Alice loved the Friday night movie night with her fam read more

Carole Lombard made her film debut at the age of twelve after she was seen playing baseball in the street by director Allan Dwan. He cast her as a tomboy in A Perfect Crime (1921). In the 1920s, she was credited as 'Jane Peters', then later as 'Carol Lombard'. Her friend Miriam Cooper helped Lombar read more

Happy Birthday to Kate Winslet, who is one of my favorite modern actresses. My favorite Kate films are Titanic, Sense & Sensibility, The Holiday and Heavenly Creatures. And she recently started filming a remake of Mildred Pierce for HBO. Can Kate pull it off? I have no doubt she will be amaz read more

Charlton Heston, was a bigger than life actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is best known for having played heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes, El Cid, and Judah Ben-Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. My C read more

Stella Stevens, born October 1, 1936. Is a film, television and stage actress, who began her acting career in 1959. She is a film producer, director and pin-up girl. Stevens was born in, Mississippi. She married electrician Noble Herman Stephens on December 1, 1954, in Memphis, Tennessee, with who read more

Happy 79th birthday to Angie Dickinson. Angie Dickinson was born in Kulm, North Dakota, in 1931, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Brown. Mr. Brown was the publisher of The Kulm Messenger. The family left North Dakota in 1942 when Angie was 11 years old, moving to Burbank, California. In December read more

A photograph of Lizabeth Scott in Harper's Bazaar magazine was seen by movie agent Charles Feldman, who took her on as a client. Her first movie was in, You Came Along (1945). Paramount named Scott "The Threat," to create an persona for her similar to Lauren Bacall and Veronica Lake. Scott's sen read more

One of Deborah Kerr's first on screen performances was in the film, Hatter's Castle (1942), with Robert Newton and James Mason. The following year, she played three women in, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. It was her role in Black Narcissus (1947) which caught the attention of Hollywood produ read more

Brigitte Bardot, born 28 September 1934, is a French animal rights activist and a former fashion model, actress and singer. Bardot began as a ballet dancer. She started her acting career in 1952, and after performing in 16 films, became world-famous because of her performance in her then-husband R read more

Douglas began his film career in the late 60s and early 70s performing in the film Hail, Hero! and Summertree. He is best known for his role in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco from 1972 to 1976, where he starred alongside Karl Malden. In 1975, Douglas received from his father, Kirk Doug read more

Sheila MacRae (born 24 September 1924) . Best known films: Pretty Baby (1950), Caged (1950). Is the story of a teenage newlywed, who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her experiences while in prison, change her from a frightened young girl into a hardened convict. Backfire (195 read more

The fabulous Sophia Loren turns 76 today. And is still a striking beauty today. Happy birthday Sophia. read more

Greta Garbo, was a Swedish actress best for her work during Hollywood's silent film period and also part of Golden Age. She performed in 27 movies and has become one of the most popular Hollywood stars. Her first talkie was in the film , Anna Christie(1930). Of all MGM stars, Garbo was the actress read more

Ann Bancroft, made her first film in, Don't Bother to Knock (1952). A thriller film also starring Marilyn Monroe and Nell Forbes, a disturbed babysitter working at the same New York hotel where pilot Jed Towers(Richard Widmark) is staying. He watches her through his window and later the two meet. T read more

Lauren Bacall (born September 16, 1924), first began her acting career as leading lady in film noirs, The Big Sleep (1946), directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. A film about the process of a criminal investigation instead of its results read more

Fay Wray, was a Canadian-American actress. Fay's acting career spanned 57 years, Wray is best known for her horror film roles, many believed she was the first "scream queen". After performing in minor film roles,which caught the attention to Paramount Pictures, where she made more than a dozen fi read more

Happy Birthday to British actress Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990) who I enjoyed immensely in Hitchcock's 1938 classic film, The Lady Vanishes. She is also notable for such other films as Night Train to Munich (1940), The Wicked Lady (1945) and Cast A Dark Shadow (1955). Dawn, if you have never seen h read more

Claudette Colbert was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for three films, It Happened One Night (1934). Directed by Frank Capra. The story is about a pampered socialite who tries to get away from her father's control, and falls in love with a reporter (Clark Gable). The plot was based read more

Born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin in Saint-Mandé, Seine, France, September 13, 1903, to Georges Cauchoin and his wife, her family emigrated to the United States and settled in New York City. She had one brother, Charles, who later became her agent. She began acting in high school and a few years la read more