Miriam Hopkins
Born: 1902-10-18 in Savannah, Georgia, USA
Died: 1972-10-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an American actress known for her versatility. She signed with Paramount Pictures in 1930. She portrayed a pickpocket in Ernst Lubitsch's romantic comedy Trouble in Paradise, a bar singer named Ivy in Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the titular character in the controversial drama The Story of Temple Drake. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1935 film Becky Sharp, becoming the first performer nominated for a color picture. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Heiress. She co-starred with Joel McCrea in five films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miriam Hopkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2008
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Ivy Pearson (archive footage)
2003
- Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
1970
- Savage Intruder as Katherine Parker
1966
- The Chase as Mrs. Reeves
1964
- Fanny Hill as Maude Brown
1963
- The Outer Limits as Mary Kry
1961
- The Investigators as Minna Carter
- The Children's Hour as Lily Mortar
1960
1955
- Matinee Theater
- Summer Pavilion as Theresa Durand
1954
- Climax! as Amanda Hale
- The Whistler
1952
- Carrie as Julie Hurstwood
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat as Mrs. Shipton aka 'The Duchess'
1951
- The Mating Season as Fran Carleton
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Bertha Jacks
1949
- The Heiress as Lavinia Penniman
1948
- Studio One as Theresa Durand
1943
- Old Acquaintance as Millie Drake
1942
- A Gentleman After Dark as Flo Melton
1940
- Lady with Red Hair as Mrs. Leslie Carter
- Virginia City as Julia Hayne
- Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1939
- The Old Maid as Delia Lovell Ralston
1937
- The Woman I Love as Mme. Helene Maury
- Wise Girl as Susan Fletcher
- Woman Chases Man as Virginia Travis
1936
- Men Are Not Gods as Ann Williams
- These Three as Martha Dobie
1935
- Becky Sharp as Becky Sharp
- Barbary Coast as Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
- Splendor as Phyllis Manning Lorrimore
1934
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
- She Loves Me Not as Curly Flagg
- The Richest Girl in the World as Dorothy Hunter
- All of Me as Lydia Darrow
1933
- The Story of Temple Drake as Temple Drake
- Design for Living as Gilda Farrell
- The Stranger's Return as Louise
1932
- Trouble in Paradise as Lily
- The World and the Flesh as Maria Yaskaya
- Dancers in the Dark as Gloria Bishop
- Two Kinds of Women as Emma Krull
1931
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Ivy Pearson
- The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
- The Smiling Lieutenant as Princess Anna
- 24 Hours as Rosie Dugan
1930
- Fast and Loose as Marion Lenox