Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 18, 1902
Died
Oct 09, 1972
Place of Birth
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Credits
51 titles
Miriam Hopkins
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 (archive footage)
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
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Mrs. Shipton aka 'The Duchess'
Carrie
Julie Hurstwood
The Mating Season
Fran Carleton
Lux Video Theatre
Bertha Jacks
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