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Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins

Actor · 1902–1972 · Savannah, Georgia, USA

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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

Acted in 49

2000s

  1. 2008

    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    Ivy Pearson (archive footage)

1950s

  1. 1955
  2. Summer Pavilion

    Theresa Durand

  3. 1954
  4. 1953

    General Electric Theater

    Mrs. Cynthia Lockman · 1 episode

  5. 1952

    The Outcasts of Poker Flat

    Mrs. Shipton aka 'The Duchess'

  6. 1951

    The Mating Season

    Fran Carleton

  7. 1950

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. 1948
  3. 1943
  4. 1942

    A Gentleman After Dark

    Flo Melton

  5. 1940

    Lady with Red Hair

    Mrs. Leslie Carter

1930s

  1. 1939
  2. 1937

    Wise Girl

    Susan Fletcher

  3. Woman Chases Man

    Virginia Travis

  4. The Woman I Love

    Mme. Helene Maury

  5. 1936

    Men Are Not Gods

    Ann Williams

  6. 1935

    Splendor

    Phyllis Manning Lorrimore

  7. 1934

    The Richest Girl in the World

    Dorothy Hunter

  8. She Loves Me Not

    Curly Flagg

  9. Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

    Movie

  10. All of Me

    Lydia Darrow

  11. 1933

    Design for Living

    Gilda Farrell

  12. The Stranger's Return

    Louise

  13. The Story of Temple Drake

    Temple Drake

  14. 1932
  15. The World and the Flesh

    Maria Yaskaya

  16. Dancers in the Dark

    Gloria Bishop

  17. Two Kinds of Women

    Emma Krull

  18. 1931
  19. 24 Hours

    Rosie Dugan

  20. The House That Shadows Built

    (archive footage)

  21. 1930

    Fast and Loose

    Marion Lenox

1920s

  1. 1928

    The Home Girl

    Movie

Appearances2

2000s

  1. 2003

    Complicated Women

    Self (archive footage)

1940s

  1. 1940

    Breakdowns of 1940

    Self