Miriam Hopkins
- Acting
- October 18, 1902 · Savannah, Georgia, USA
- October 9, 1972
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
Known for
Filmography
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood · Ivy Pearson (archive footage)
- Complicated Women · Self
- Savage Intruder · Katherine Parker
- The Chase · Mrs. Reeves
- Fanny Hill · Maude Brown
- The Outer Limits · Mary Kry
- The Children's Hour · Lily Mortar
- The Investigators · Minna Carter
- Route 66
- Matinee Theater
- Summer Pavilion · Theresa Durand
- Climax! · Amanda Hale
- The Whistler
- General Electric Theater · Mrs. Cynthia Lockman
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat · Mrs. Shipton aka 'The Duchess'
- Carrie · Julie Hurstwood
- The Mating Season · Fran Carleton
- Lux Video Theatre · Bertha Jacks, Julie Arden
- The Heiress · Lavinia Penniman
- Studio One · Theresa Durand
- Old Acquaintance · Millie Drake
- A Gentleman After Dark · Flo Melton
- Breakdowns of 1940 · Self
- Lady with Red Hair · Mrs. Leslie Carter
- Virginia City · Julia Hayne
- The Old Maid · Delia Lovell Ralston
- Wise Girl · Susan Fletcher
- Woman Chases Man · Virginia Travis
- The Woman I Love · Mme. Helene Maury
- Men Are Not Gods · Ann Williams
- These Three · Martha Dobie
- Splendor · Phyllis Manning Lorrimore
- Barbary Coast · Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
- Becky Sharp · Becky Sharp
- The Richest Girl in the World · Dorothy Hunter
- She Loves Me Not · Curly Flagg
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
- All of Me · Lydia Darrow
- Design for Living · Gilda Farrell
- The Stranger's Return · Louise
- The Story of Temple Drake · Temple Drake
- Trouble in Paradise · Lily
- The World and the Flesh · Maria Yaskaya
- Dancers in the Dark · Gloria Bishop
- Two Kinds of Women · Emma Krull
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Ivy Pearson
- 24 Hours · Rosie Dugan
- The Smiling Lieutenant · Princess Anna
- The House That Shadows Built · (archive footage)
- Fast and Loose · Marion Lenox
- The Home Girl