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Mai Zetterling
Mai Zetterling (1925 - 1994)
Actress. Born in Sweden, she moved to London, England to pursue her career in film career. After an impoverished childhood and training at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School, Stockholm, Sweden. She starred in films like Frenzy in 1944 and came to England to play Frieda in 1947. Her film credits include, “Portrait from Life” in […]
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Majel Barrett
Majel Barrett (1932 - 2008)
Actress. The wife of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the “Star Trek” science fiction television and motion picture franchise, she is best known for her roles in the franchise as “Nurse Chapel” in the original 1960s television series, and as “Lwaxana Troi” in the 1980s and 1990s series “Star Trek: Next Generation” and “Deep Space […]
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Malcolm Keen
Malcolm Keen (1887 - 1970)
British Actor. He was born in Bristol, England. Film and television credits include “Two and Two Make Six,” “Life for Ruth,” “Francis of Assisi,” “Amelia,” “Macbeth,” “Fortune Is a Woman,” “Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue,” “Lorna Doone,” “The Mating Season,” “Mama,” “Sixty Glorious Years,” “Androcles and the Lion,” “The Lonely Road,” “The Night of the […]
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Manolita Saval
Manolita Saval (1914 - 2001)
Actress. She was born, of Spanish parents, in Paris, France. She studied piano in the conservatory of Valencia. She began her career as singer in the zarzuela “Marina.” But she was claimed for mexican opera singer José Mojica as his partner in the film “El Capitán Aventurero” (1938). Then, she stablished in Mexico, where developed […]
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Manuel Paris
Manuel Paris (1894 - 1959)
Actor. Motion picture actor of the 1910s through 1950s. he died of congestive heart failure in 1959.
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Marcel Dalio
Marcel Dalio (1899 - 1983)
Actor. Born Israel Moshe Blauschild, he began his career in cinema in 1932. He is best remembered for his role as Emil, the croupier in classic film “Casablanca” (1942). He also appeared in “Pepé le Moko” (1937), “La Grande Illusion” (1937), “Le Regle du Jeu” (1939), “The Shanghai Gesture” (1942), “To Have and Have not” […]
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Marco Zucker
Marco Zucker (1921 - 2003)
Famed Actor. He had a long and successful career that lasted 76 years on stage, cinema (60 movies) and television.
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Marda Vanne
Marda Vanne (1896 - 1970)
Actress. Born Margaretha van Hulsteyn in Johannesburg, South Africa, she moved to England in 1918, where she began her career performing at the Fortune Theatre London. For the next 20 years she was primarily a stage performer. She entered feature films appearing in “Strange Boarders” (1938). Her other film credits included “The Great Adventure” (1939), […]
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Margaret Anglin-Hull
Margaret Anglin-Hull (1876 - 1958)
Stage Actress. At the peak of her career, she was one of the leading stage actresses in the world. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, her father was T.W. Anglin, speaker of the House of Commons for Canada. His career and her upper-class upbringing had her moving frequently as a child, attending schools in Montreal, Moncton, and […]
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Margaret Irving
Margaret Irving (1898 - 1988)
Actress. She started in silent screen motion pictures in 1923. Her last movie was the 1955 film “The People’s Choice.”
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Margaret Tallichet
Margaret Tallichet (1914 - 1991)
Motion Picture Actress. Best known for her role in the influencial 1940 film-noir “Stranger on the Third Floor.” Other film appearances include “A Star is Born” (1937), “A Desperate Adventure” (1938), “Girl’s School” (1938), “The Devil Pays Off” (1941), and “It Started With Eve” (1941). She was a contender for the coveted role of ‘Scarlett […]
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Margarita Xirgu
Margarita Xirgu (1888 - 1969)
Noted Spanish-born stage actress. She was a friend of the poet Federico García Lorca and was forced to exile during Franco’s dictatorship. She developed her career in Spain and America. She is remembered on stage in plays such as “Como tù me Deseas,” “Mariana Pineda,” and “La Casa de Bernarda Alba.” Originally buried at Cementerio […]
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Margeurite Bertrandias
Margeurite Bertrandias (1891 - 1968)
Actress. Appearing in more than 60 Westerns melodramas, she was ‘Margaret Fowler’ in “A Daughter of the City,” (1915) ‘Mary Lawton’ in “The Man of Bronze,” (1918) ‘Eileen Arden’ in “Forbidden Lover” (1923) and ‘Julia’ in “The Palm Beach Girl”(1926). She died for injuries from road accident.
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Mari Blanchard
Mari Blanchard (1927 - 1970)
Actress. A beautiful blue-eyed brunet (later a blonde), she is remembered for her B movie roles as alluring harem girls and saloon dancers in American films of the 1950s and early 1960s. The daughter of an oil executive and a psychotherapist, she suffered from severe polio from the age of nine, which denied her a […]
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Maria Gallo
Maria Gallo (1922 - 2004)
Actress. She acted for the first time in a play (1943) being only a teenager. That performance won the Critic´s Award as the best young actress. Among her most remarkable works on stage are “Fascinación,” “Todos los Hijos de Dios Tienen Alas,” “El Mercader de Venecia” and “Prontuario.” In 1950 she traveled to Italy where […]
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Marian Uhlman
Marian Uhlman (1922 - 2003)
Actress. Known as “The Polka Dot Girl” of World War II pinups, using the name of Chili Williams, later appearing as a Goldwyn Girl. A graduate of the Marshall High School, she was discovered by a modelling agent in 1943 at Fire Island in New York. The modelling agent’s photographer took her picture while she […]
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Marie Cahill
Marie Cahill (1874 - 1933)
Actress. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was a popular stage comedienne in touring companies, making her musical debut in Broadway’s “A Tin Soldier” in 1889. She went on to appear in over twenty Broadway musicals before casting for silent films in 1916. Her most noted movie credits include “Gladys’ Day Dreams” (1917), “Judy Forget” […]
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Marie Walcamp
Marie Walcamp (1894 - 1936)
Actress. She made her big-screen debut in “The Werewolf”(1913), and by the 1920s she played in some 100 films. She is best remembered as ‘Mrs William Carlo’ in “Where Are My Children?(1916). She committed suicide from an overdose of medication.
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Mario Cabre
Mario Cabre (1916 - 1990)
Actor, Author, Bullfighter. Born Mario Cabré i Esteve in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, he was the member of a family of artists. He published poetry throughout his life and won the Ciudad de Barcelona Award for his book “Maramor”. But he is best remembered as an actor and bullfighter. In 1943 he debuted in the bullring […]
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Marion Aye
Marion Aye (1903 - 1951)
Actress. A noted beauty of the early 1920s, she had a brief career in silent films. Raised in Chicago, she was signed by producer Mack Sennett who had an eye for girls that looked good in swimsuits and made her silver screen bow in the 1919 short “Hearts and Flowers”. Marion went on to roles […]
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Marion Byron
Marion Byron (1911 - 1985)
Actress. Born, Miriam Bilenkin in Dayton, Ohio, she made her stage debut at the age of 13 in a Los Angeles production of “Patsy”. In films, she debuted opposite Buster Keaton in “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” (1928). She also appeared in many Hal Roach screen shorts such as “Girls Demand Excitement” and “Broadway Babies”. Her final […]
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Marjorie Bennett
Marjorie Bennett (1896 - 1982)
Actress. Born in York, Australia. Died of cancer. Sister of actress Enid Bennett and Catherine Bennett. Appeared in “Kiss Me Deadly” (1955) and “Coogan’s Bluff” (1968).
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Marjorie Zier
Marjorie Zier (1909 - 1952)
Actress. Also known as Jerry Zier, she was most noted for appearing in early western talkies. Her credits included “Cactus Trails” (1927), “A Racing Romeo” (1927), “Phantom Of The Range” (1928) and “Dynamite” (1929).
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Marlene Rasnick
Marlene Rasnick (1944 - 2001)
Stage and motion picture actress of the 1960s through the 1990s. She co-founded the Public Works Improvisational Theatre in 1973.
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Martha Bamattre
Martha Bamattre (1891 - 1970)
Actress. Born in Switzerland, she was most noted for her roles as the French peasant woman in “Battleground” (1949) and as Mathilde Mattieu in “An American in Paris” (1951). Her other credits included “Bolero” (1934), “Champagne Waltz” (1937), “Reunion in France” (1942), “Thunderbirds” (1952) and “To Catch a Thief” (1955).
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Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam (1919 - 1996)
Actor. Born to parents of Jewish descent, he experienced his first taste of acting as a villain in an amateur production of “Pot Boiler” in 1935 and after his graduation from DeWitt Clinton High School, he toiled at several occupations. He decided to pursue a career in acting and went onto appear in several off-Broadway […]
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Mary Astor
Mary Astor (1906 - 1987)
Actress. She appeared in more than 100 films, but is best known for co-starring in the film “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) with Humphrey Bogart. She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for “The Great Lie.” She was the author of five novels and an autobiography.
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Mary Bertrand
Mary Bertrand (1871 - 1955)
Actress. Born Mary Bertrand Steenbergen in Illinois, she began her career in the early 1900s, performing at the Liberty Theatre New York and on Broadway. For feature films she appeared in “The Wife Takes A Flyer” (1942) and “Tahiti Honey” (1943).
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Mary Blackford
Mary Blackford (1914 - 1937)
American stage and motion picture actress of the 1930s. She appeared in the 1934 romantic drama “Love Time.” Her promising career ended early after an auto accident in 1934 left her paralyzed from the neck down.
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Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson (1910 - 2005)
Stage, Film and TV Actress. She played ‘Miss Emily Baldwin’ on “The Waltons.” Through the 1940s and 50s, she worked in summer stock and on Broadway as well as stage productions in Chicago and Los Angeles. On Broadway, Jackson appeared in shows including “Kiss & Tell,” “Eastward in Eden,” “The Flowering Cherry” and “The Trial […]