All of the Classic Movie Star biographies and profiles on Immortal Ephemera from one place. Sorted alphabetically by first name.
This first section indexes all classic movie star biographies authored by yours truly. Most of these were written from 2009 to present, some of them are quite long.
Some are centered around a book review, some part of a larger series, some perhaps even in the form of an obituary, but if I’ve included them here the primary focus is biographical information of that named star.
All include original research and in many cases correct some of the older biographical information you may find on your bookshelf that has naturally spread across the internet throughout its formative years.
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- Adolphe Menjou’s Wit and Wisdom – It Took Nine Tailors, a Review
- Adrianne Allen – Private Lives Star, Also Two Paramount Pre-Code Gems
- Alan Dinehart Biography, Hollywood Talkies Claim Another from Broadway
- Alan Mowbray Book Review: Up from Central Park: Scenes From an Actor’s Life
- Ann Sheridan – Search for Beauty Contest Winner Before the Oomph
- Ann Sheridan Biography
- Arthur Hohl – Broadway to Hollywood, Double-Dealers All the Way
- Barbara Kent, 103, of Flesh and the Devil (1926); Welcome Danger (1929)
- Barbara Stanwyck, Biographical Beginnings to Baby Face and Beyond
- Bonita Granville Bullet Bio
- Carole Lombard, Part 1: From Jane Peters to Mrs. William Powell
- Cecilia Parker Biography: From B-Westerns to A-Support to Marian Hardy
- Celeste Holm, 1917-2012
- Charles Coburn – Long Time Stage Vet Becomes Movie Star at 60
- Charles Laughton – A Biography of His Career on Film and Stage
- Chester Morris – Biography of the Boston Blackie Star
- Claudette Colbert, Her Start, Broadway Success and Earliest Films
- David Landau, the Pre-Code Era’s Own Bitter Man
- Dolores Costello – Her Career plus Can You Help Identify This Painting?
- Dorothy Dell, Star of Little Miss Marker (1934), Gone at Just 19
- Dudley Digges on Film and Stage
- Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh – Before and Beyond Dracula and Frankenstein
- Earle Williams in the Newspapers
- Edward Arnold: Before Hollywood
- Edward Ellis – A Biography of The Thin Man, an Actor to Remember
- Edward Everett Horton – Biography of the Beloved Character Actor
- Elissa Landi Star of Stage and Screen, Author, Royalty?
- Elizabeth Allan – Dickens Movie Star Sues MGM and Thrives Back Home
- Eugene Pallette – Brief Biography with Additional Trivia
- Fannie Ward – Biography of the Eternal Flapper and Star of The Cheat
- Fay Holden – Brief Entry About the Hardy Family Matriarch
- Freddie Bartholomew Complete Biography of the 1930’s MGM Child Star
- Gladys George Is Madame X (1937), Plus Brief Biography
- Glenda Farrell Biography and 1930s Hollywood Heyday
- Grant Mitchell – WHAT A CHARACTER! – Broadway to Hollywood, 1902-1948
- Guy Kibbee Biography – Character Actor Played Sugar Daddies, Goofballs, and Patriarchs
- Hal Roach and Three Well-Known Employees, All Born January 14
- Harold Huber “A Sort of Assistant Gangster” You’ve Seen Many Times
- Helen Hayes Achieves Much More Than a Rose Garden
- Helen Lowell, 1880s Gilbert & Sullivan to 1930s Cranky Character Parts
- Helen Mack — Brief Biography of The Son of Kong Star
- Helen Twelvetrees – Biography of a Tragic Pre-Code Beauty & Talent
- Helen Vinson Biography – A Socialite Specializing in Socialites
- Herbert Marshall, Biography of the Trouble in Paradise Star
- Hugh Herbert – Woo Woo Man vs. F. Hugh and Other Biographical Corrections
- Humphrey Bogart Seeks Hollywood Party, Rises to Stardom
- Jean Muir – Why the 1930’s Warner Brothers Actress Left Film
- Joan Blondell, as Published in The Dark Pages Nightmare Alley Special
- Joan Fontaine Biography, Book Review, TCM Summer Under the Stars Preview
- Joe Donahue, “World’s Greatest Dancer” and Sunny Co-Star
- John Boles, Sinatra of the 30s and Elvis Presley of the Stone Age
- Kathleen Burke Wins Nationwide Contest! The Road to Panther Woman in Island of Lost Souls
- Lennox Pawle – The Career of Copperfield’s Mr. Dick
- Lew Ayres – A Brief Biography of the Dr. Kildare Star
- Loretta Young TCM Star of the Month January 2013 Centennial
- Louis Wolheim – Biography of the All Quiet on the Western Front Star
- Louise Beavers – Biography of Imitation of Life’s Aunt Delilah
- Madge Evans – Typical American Girl is No Typical Classic Movie Star
- Marguerite Courtot – Biography of a Beauty of the Silent Screen
- Marian Marsh – Forever Trilby, Biography of the 1930s Screen Beauty
- Mary Boland Biography – TCM’s Summer Under the Stars
- Mary Carlisle, Former Wampas Baby Star, Bing Crosby Co-Star Turns 100 Today
- Mary Dees – Piecing Together Life of Jean Harlow’s Saratoga Stand-In
- Melvyn Douglas – Biography of the Two-Time Oscar Winner
- Merna Kennedy – Chaplin Leading Lady; Also Star of Broadway
- Milton Sills, The Mighty Two-Fisted He-Man of the Silent Screen
- Miriam Hopkins Biography — Star of Stage and Screen, 1902-1972
- Nancy Carroll – Rediscovering a Major Paramount Star
- Norman Kerry, Chaney’s co-star in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera
- Paul Cavanagh – Case No. 9840 Fills in Actor’s Early Biography
- Paul Lukas – Brief Biography of the Oscar Winning Actor
- Paul Muni’s 1932 – Multiple Projects Converge to Make Paul Muni a Huge Star
- Ralf Harolde, Expert Portrayer of Lowlifes and Junkies
- Richard Dix – His Life and Film Legacy
- Robert McWade – Brief Biography of the Grouchy Character Actor
- Robert Warwick, Broadway and Silent Film Star Turns Talkie Character Actor
- Rochelle Hudson’s Uneven Career Featuring Will Rogers and Way Down East
- Sara Haden – Charlotte Walker’s Daughter and Andy Hardy’s Aunt Milly
- Spencer Tracy Hits the Jackpot at MGM
- Stanley Fields Biography — Blustery Thirties Character Actor
- Stuart Erwin, Biography of ’30s “Comic Valentine” Turned Early TV Star
- Suzanne Kaaren – Brief Bio of Bela Lugosi, Three Stooges Co-Star
- Thomas Mitchell – His Varied Career
- Una Merkel – Biographical Notes and Quotes
- Viola Dana – A Biography in Clippings
- Walter Pidgeon’s Long Road from Singer to Stardom
- Warner Baxter – A Brief Biography
- William Frawley Before I Love Lucy
