Ida Lupino

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Director, Actor
Born:
February 4, 1918 in London, England, UK
Death:
August 3, 1995
Biography:London-born actress/director/screenwriter "Ida Lupino" came from a family of performers. She played small parts in Hollywood films through the 1930s until she starred opposite "Humphrey Bogart" in "High Sierra" (1941), which led to bigger roles in films of the '40s. Early on, she appeared in "Peter Ibbetson" (1935), "Anything Goes" (1936), "Artists and Models" (1937), "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1939), and "The Light That Failed" (1939), among others. Later, she appeared in "Ladies in Retirement" (1941), "The Sea Wolf" (1941), "Life Begins at Eight-Thirty" (1942), and "Forever and a Day" (1943), and continued performing on into the 1960s, but not in major films. Starting with "Not Wanted" (1949), which she also co-wrote, she became the only female movie director of her time. She specialized in dramatic and suspense films, including "Never Fear" (1949), "The Hitch-Hiker" (1953), "The Bigamist"... Full Biography
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