Actor Archives - Page 2 of 34

Betty White

Beloved comedic actress and writer

Hattie McDaniel

The first African American to win an Oscar

Googoosh

Iranian megastar who catapulted to stardom in Iran during the 1970s, only to be silenced by the Islamist regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Loretta Young

Loretta Young was the first A-list movie star to headline a television series.

As one of the first screenwriters to include details such as stage directions and physical settings in her work, Mathis saw scenarios as a way to make movies into more of an art form. In 1920, she headed Metro’s scenario department, the first female executive at that studio.