Film Archives - Page 15 of 29

Sophie Tucker

Ukrainian-American singer, comedian, actress, and radio star

Carmen de Lavallade

Dancer, choreographer and film, television and theater actor

Between 1930 and 1932, Seattle swimmer Helene Madison owned 23 world records for swimming and won every freestyle event at the U.S. Women’s Nationals three years in a row. Madison won three consecutive gold medals in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.

Joan Long

Australian film writer, director and producer

Jeni Thornley

Australian documentary filmmaker

Anna Banti

Italian author, art scholar, cinema critic, and translator

Áine Ní Chanainn

Irish headmistress and co-founder of Cumann Scannán na nÓg

Sallie R Wagner

Sallie R. Wagner was a photographer, author, weaver, and a benefactor and patron of dancer-choreographer Erick Hawkins and his dance company.

Takayo Fischer

Nisei actress Takayo (Tsubouchi) Fischer appeared in dozens of major Hollywood films including Moneyball (2011), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and War of the Worlds (2005).

Gyo Fujikawa

Gyo Fujikawa (1908–98) was a prolific author, illustrator and designer of children’s books.