Catherine O’Hara
Beloved Canadian-American film and television actor and comedian
Beloved Canadian-American film and television actor and comedian
American writer and critic
While Charles Eames was the public face of their architecture and furniture design partnership, he was always quick to acknowledge his wife, Ray, as an equal, or even superior, saying “Anything I can do, Ray can do better.”
Alma Reville was a skilled film writer, director, and editor in her own right, but many of her contributions to her husband, Alfred Hitchcock’s, films went unacknowledged.
Bessie Mae Kelley was a pioneer of early film animation
1940s film writer Catherine Turney was known for writing great women characters—strong, independent, and funny. Her films included The Man I Love (1947), A Stolen Life (1946), My Reputation (1946) and Mildred Pierce (1945).
1960s It Girl Edie Sedgewick was famous as Andy Warhol’s muse and actress in his films. Her untimely death at age twenty-eight of a drug overdose cut short any promise she may have shown as an artist herself, and her paintings, drawings, and sculptures as an artist in her own right weren’t made public until they went up for auction in 2022.
Described in the New York Times as “one of the most sought-after hip-hop and popular music choreographers in the world”
Iconic early film actress
Silent film actress and stuntwoman