Actors & Actresses

Here’s a listing of some of Hollywood’s greatest actors and actresses from the 30s, 40s & 50s and the movies I’ve reviewed in which they’ve starred or co-starred.

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Don Ameche

• Heaven Can Wait (1943)
• Midnight (1939)
• The Feminine Touch (1941)

Dame Judith Anderson

• Laura
• Rebecca
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Dana Andrews

• Ball of Fire
• Daisy Kenyon
• Laura
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• Where the Sidewalk Ends

Edward Arnold

• Easy Living (1937)
• Meet John Doe
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Mrs. Parkington
• You Can’t Take It With You

Jean Arthur

• Easy Living (1937)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Only Angels Have Wings
• The Devil and Miss Jones
• The More the Merrier
• The Talk of the Town
• Too Many Husbands
• You Can’t Take It With You

Fred Astaire

• Follow the Fleet
• Funny Face
• Roberta
• Shall We Dance (1937)
• Swing Time
• The Gay Divorcee
• Top Hat
• You Were Never Lovelier
• You’ll Never Get Rich

Mary Astor

• Little Women (1949)
• Midnight (1939)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• The Palm Beach Story

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Lauren Bacall

• How to Marry a Millionaire
• Key Largo
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• To Have and Have Not

John Barrymore

• Dinner at Eight
• Grand Hotel (1932)
• Midnight (1939)
• Twentieth Century

Lionel Barrymore

• Camille
• Dinner at Eight
• Grand Hotel (1932)
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Key Largo
• Since You Went Away
• You Can’t Take It With You

Ralph Bellamy

• His Girl Friday
• The Awful Truth

Joan Bennett

• Father of the Bride (1950)

Jack Benny

• To Be or Not To Be (1942)

Ingrid Bergman

• Casablanca
• Notorious
• The Bells of St. Mary’s

Humphrey Bogart

• Casablanca
• Dark Victory (1939)
• Key Largo
• Sabrina (1954)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• To Have and Have Not

Ernest Borgnine

• Marty

George Brent

• Dark Victory (1939)
• In This Our Life

Spring Byington

• Heaven Can Wait (1943)
• Meet John Doe
• The Devil and Miss Jones
• Theodora Goes Wild
• You Can’t Take It With You

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Jack Carson

• Love Crazy
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
• Princess O’Rourke
• Stage Door
• The Hard Way (1943)
• The Male Animal
• Vivacious Lady

Montgomery Clift

• A Place in the Sun
• The Heiress

Charles Coburn

• Bachelor Mother
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Heaven Can Wait (1943)
• In Name Only
• In This Our Life
• Princess O’Rourke
• The Constant Nymph
• The Devil and Miss Jones
• The Lady Eve
• The More the Merrier
• Vivacious Lady

Claudette Colbert

• Imitation of Life (1934)
• It Happened One Night
• Midnight (1939)
• Since You Went Away
• The Palm Beach Story

Ronald Colman

• Random Harvest
• The Talk of the Town

Gary Cooper

• Ball of Fire
• Design for Living
• Love in the Afternoon
• Meet John Doe
• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
• Now and Forever
• The Pride of the Yankees

Joseph Cotten

• Since You Went Away
• The Magnificent Ambersons
• The Third Man

Jeanne Crain

• A Letter to Three Wives
• People Will Talk (1951)

Joan Crawford

• Daisy Kenyon
• Grand Hotel (1932)
• Humoresque
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• The Women (1939)

Bing Crosby

• Going My Way
• The Bells of St. Mary’s

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Linda Darnell

• A Letter to Three Wives

Bette Davis

• All About Eve
• Dark Victory (1939)
• In This Our Life
• Now, Voyager
• Old Acquaintance
• The Letter (1940)
• The Little Foxes
• The Man Who Came to Dinner

Doris Day

• Lover Come Back
• Pillow Talk

William Demarest

• Easy Living (1937)
• Hail the Conquering Hero
• Sullivan’s Travels
• The Devil and Miss Jones
• The Lady Eve
• The Palm Beach Story

Kirk Douglas

• A Letter to Three Wives
• Out of the Past
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Melvyn Douglas

• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
• Ninotchka
• Theodora Goes Wild
• Too Many Husbands

Irene Dunne

• I Remember Mama
• Love Affair
• My Favorite Wife
• Penny Serenade
• Roberta
• The Awful Truth
• Theodora Goes Wild

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Geraldine Fitzgerald

• Dark Victory (1939)
• Wuthering Heights (1939)

Errol Flynn

• Captain Blood
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• The Sea Hawk

Henry Fonda

• Daisy Kenyon
• The Lady Eve
• The Male Animal

Joan Fontaine

• Rebecca
• Suspicion
• The Constant Nymph
• The Women (1939)

Glenn Ford

• Gilda
• The Courtship of Eddie’s Father

Kay Francis

• In Name Only
• The Feminine Touch (1941)
• Trouble in Paradise (1932)

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Clark Gable

• It Happened One Night
• Manhattan Melodrama
• Wife vs. Secretary

Greta Garbo

• Anna Karénina (1935)
• Camille
• Ninotchka

John Garfield

• Gentleman’s Agreement
• Humoresque
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Greer Garson

• Blossoms in the Dust
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
• Julia Misbehaves
• Mrs. Miniver
• Mrs. Parkington
• Pride and Prejudice (1940)
• Random Harvest

Betty Grable

• How to Marry a Millionaire

Cary Grant

• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Bringing Up Baby
• His Girl Friday
• Holiday (1938)
• I Was a Male War Bride
• In Name Only
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
• My Favorite Wife
• Night and Day
• Notorious
• Only Angels Have Wings
• Penny Serenade
• People Will Talk (1951)
• Suspicion
• The Awful Truth
• The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer
• The Bishop’s Wife
• The Philadelphia Story
• The Talk of the Town

Sydney Greenstreet

• Casablanca
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Edmund Gwenn

• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Pride and Prejudice (1940)
• The Devil and Miss Jones

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Jean Harlow

• Dinner at Eight
• Libeled Lady
• Wife vs. Secretary

Dame Olivia de Havilland

• Captain Blood
• Happy Birthday, Dame Olivia
• In This Our Life
• Princess O’Rourke
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• The Heiress
• The Male Animal

Rita Hayworth

• Cover Girl
• Gilda
• Only Angels Have Wings
• You Were Never Lovelier
• You’ll Never Get Rich

Van Heflin

• Madame Bovary (1949)
• The Feminine Touch (1941)
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Paul Heinreid

• Casablanca
• Now, Voyager

Audrey Hepburn

• Funny Face
• Love in the Afternoon
• Roman Holiday
• Sabrina (1954)

Katharine Hepburn

• Adam’s Rib
• Bringing Up Baby
• Holiday (1938)
• Stage Door
• The Philadelphia Story
• Woman of the Year

William Holden

• Born Yesterday
• Sabrina (1954)
• Sunset Boulevard

Judy Holliday

• Adam’s Rib
• Born Yesterday
• It Should Happen to You
• The Marrying Kind

Celeste Holm

• All About Eve
• Gentleman’s Agreement

Tim Holt

• Stella Dallas (1937)
• The Magnificent Ambersons
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Edward Everett Horton

• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Design for Living
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• Holiday (1938)
• Shall We Dance (1937)
• Swing Time
• The Gay Divorcee
• Top Hat
• Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Rock Hudson

• Lover Come Back
• Pillow Talk

Josephine Hull

• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Harvey (1950)

Betty Hutton

• Annie Get Your Gun

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Rita Johnson

• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• The Major and the Minor

Jennifer Jones

• Madame Bovary (1949)
• Since You Went Away

Louis Jourdan

• Madame Bovary (1949)

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Howard Keel

• Annie Get Your Gun

Gene Kelly

• Cover Girl
• For Me and My Gal
• On the Town
• Singin’ in the Rain
• Summer Stock

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Veronica Lake

• I Married a Witch
• Sullivan’s Travels

Peter Lawford

• It Should Happen to You
• Julia Misbehaves
• Little Women (1949)

Jack Lemmon

• It Should Happen to You
• The Apartment

Carole Lombard

• In Name Only
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
• My Man Godfrey (1936)
• Nothing Sacred (1937)
• Now and Forever
• To Be or Not To Be (1942)
• Twentieth Century

Peter Lorre

• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Casablanca
• The Constant Nymph
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Myrna Loy

• After the Thin Man
• Another Thin Man
• Double Wedding
• Evelyn Prentice
• I Love You Again
• Libeled Lady
• Love Crazy
• Manhattan Melodrama
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
• Shadow of the Thin Man
• The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• The Thin Man
• Wife vs. Secretary

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Joel McCrea

• Foreign Correspondent
• Sullivan’s Travels
• The More the Merrier
• The Palm Beach Story

Fred MacMurray

• Double Indemnity
• Remember the Night
• The Apartment
• Too Many Husbands

Fredric March

• Anna Karénina (1935)
• Design for Living
• I Married a Witch
• Nothing Sacred (1937)
• The Best Years of Our Lives

Herbert Marshall

• Angel Face (1953)
• Foreign Correspondent
• The Good Fairy
• The Letter (1940)
• The Little Foxes
• Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Gary Merrill

• All About Eve
• Where the Sidewalk Ends

 Ray Milland

• Dial M for Murder
• Easy Living (1937)
• The Lost Weekend
• The Major and the Minor
• Three Smart Girls

Robert Mitchum

• Angel Face (1953)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• Out of the Past

Marilyn Monroe

• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• How to Marry a Millionaire

Robert Montgomery

• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)

Dennis Morgan

• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• In This Our Life
• Kitty Foyle
• The Hard Way (1943)

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David Niven

• Bachelor Mother
• The Bishop’s Wife
• Wuthering Heights (1939)

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Merle Oberon

• Wuthering Heights (1939)

Maureen O’Hara

• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Sitting Pretty

Sir Laurence Olivier

• Pride and Prejudice (1940)
• Rebecca
• Wuthering Heights (1939)

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Gail Patrick

• Love Crazy
• My Favorite Wife
• My Man Godfrey (1936)
• Stage Door

Gregory Peck

• Gentleman’s Agreement
• Roman Holiday

Walter Pidgeon

• Blossoms in the Dust
• Julia Misbehaves
• Mrs. Miniver
• Mrs. Parkington

William Powell

• After the Thin Man
• Another Thin Man
• Double Wedding
• Evelyn Prentice
• How to Marry a Millionaire
• I Love You Again
• Libeled Lady
• Love Crazy
• Manhattan Melodrama
• My Man Godfrey (1936)
• Shadow of the Thin Man
• The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
• The Thin Man

Vincent Price

• Laura

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Claude Rains

• Casablanca
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Notorious
• Now, Voyager
• The Adventures of Robin Hood
• The Invisible Man
• The Sea Hawk

Basil Rathbone

• Anna Karénina (1935)
• Captain Blood
• The Adventures of Robin Hood

Thelma Ritter

• A Letter to Three Wives
• All About Eve
• Pillow Talk

Ginger Rogers

• Bachelor Mother
• Follow the Fleet
• Kitty Foyle
• Roberta
• Shall We Dance (1937)
• Stage Door
• Swing Time
• The Gay Divorcee
• The Major and the Minor
• Top Hat
• Vivacious Lady

Rosalind Russell

• Auntie Mame
• Evelyn Prentice
• His Girl Friday
• My Sister Eileen (1942)
• The Feminine Touch (1941)
• The Women (1939)

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George Sanders

• All About Eve
• Foreign Correspondent
• Rebecca
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Ann Sheridan

• I Was a Male War Bride
• The Man Who Came to Dinner

Alexis Smith

• Night and Day
• The Constant Nymph

Barbara Stanwyck

• Ball of Fire
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• Double Indemnity
• Meet John Doe
• Remember the Night
• Stella Dallas (1937)
• The Lady Eve
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

James Stewart

• After the Thin Man
• Harvey (1950)
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• The Philadelphia Story
• The Shop Around the Corner
• The Stratton Story
• Vertigo
• Vivacious Lady
• Wife vs. Secretary
• You Can’t Take It With You

Gloria Stuart

• My Favorite Year
• The Invisible Man

Margaret Sullavan

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Elizabeth Taylor

• A Place in the Sun
• Father of the Bride (1950)
• Julia Misbehaves
• Little Women (1949)

Shirley Temple

• Little Miss Marker
• Now and Forever
• Since You Went Away
• The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer

Gene Tierney

• Heaven Can Wait (1943)
• Laura
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
• Where the Sidewalk Ends

Spencer Tracy

• Adam’s Rib
• Father of the Bride (1950)
• Libeled Lady
• Woman of the Year

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 Rudy Vallee

• I Remember Mama
• The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer
• The Palm Beach Story

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Robert Walker

• Since You Went Away
• Strangers on a Train

Clifton Webb

• Laura
• Sitting Pretty

Orson Welles

• The Magnificent Ambersons
• The Third Man

Teresa Wright

• Mrs. Miniver
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• The Little Foxes
• The Pride of the Yankees

Jane Wyman

• Night and Day
• Princess O’Rourke
• The Lost Weekend

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