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  1. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[Engla...
    9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
    11: ...having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] ra...
    13: ...pic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adulte...
    34: The wedding took place at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in [[London]] on [[...
  2. Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
    3: ...he became one of the [[Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood]].
    5: ...r King'', as Baby Gladys Smith. She subsequently played in many melodramas and became a popular child...
    7: ...ecil B. DeMille]], who was also in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted...
    9: ...r who made a million dollar deal was [[Charlie Chaplin]]), and one of the few stars who were successfu...
    11: ... became a secret message of their love; as the couple was driving and Fairbanks was discussing the rec...
  3. Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
    7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
    9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
    22: ...]] to [[Universal Studios]]. Rand then wrote the play, ''[[The Night of January 16th]]'' in [[1934]] ...
    28: ...tlas Shrugged]]'' is often seen as Rand's most complete statement of Objectivist philosophy in any of ...
    31: ...]], all of which she believed helped foster a crippling culture of resentment towards individual human...
  4. Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
    6: ...ed founder of Atlas Corp. and CEO of [[RKO]] in [[Hollywood]]. Widely reputed to be one of the 10 richest men...
    8: ...g her products. Years later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse ...
    20: ... of the United States]] in [[1952]] and she would play a major role in his successful campaign. Close ...
    22: ...the first woman to be honored with a permanent display of her achievements at the [[United States Air ...
    26: Her aviation accomplishments never gained the continuing media attenti...
  5. Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
    20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
    56: *1961 ''[[Ella in Hollywood]]''
    68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
    111: ==Samples==
    112: *[[Media:How High The Moon.ogg|Download sample]] of "How High the Moon"
  6. Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
    1: ...px|Photograph of McPherson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
    3: ...1944]]), also known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensat...
    7: ...d a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
    9: ...been orphaned at an early age, and raised by a couple who worked with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a res...
    11: ...mage:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div>
  7. Lucille Ball (12427 bytes)
    7: ...ved great success in films. She was known in many Hollywood circles as "the B-Movie queen", sharing the "roya...
    11: ...pressed with the pilot episode produced by the couple's [[Desilu]] production company, so the Arnazes ...
    24: ... comedy in front of a live audience demanded discipline, technique, and close choreography. Among oth...
    28: ...sode of ''[[The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour]]'', the couple [[divorce]]d. One of television's greatest marri...
    32: ...t in production. For instance, she apparently completely misunderstood the premise of one of the comp...
  8. Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
    10: ...]] stage, where she was to appear in over a dozen plays in the next eight years. Famous as an actress,...
    12: ...nt Picture]]'s "next [[Marlene Dietrich]]", but [[Hollywood]] success eluded her in her first four films of t...
    14: ...her the "first choice among established stars" to play [[Scarlett O'Hara]].
    16: ...e also wonders if the cynical Bankhead could have played "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Scarlett with anything appro...
    18: ...h's career stalled in unmemorable plays until she played Regina in [[Lillian Hellman]]'s [[The Little ...
  9. Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
    3: ...rmous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]" had arrived.
    5: After completing a few pictures in Sweden and appearing in th...
    7: ...wood and with the public; Bergman was branded as "Hollywood's apostle of degradation." One of Rossellini's a...
    9: ...e Orient Express]]'' ([[1975]]). In [[1978]] she played in [[Ingmar Bergman]]'s ''[[Autumn Sonata]]''...
    13: ...art kept to be interred in the [[Norra begravningsplatsen]] in [[Stockholm]].
  10. Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
    8: ...]]. She was also to publish a series of books and plays throughout her life.
    18: Sarah Bernhardt has a Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1751 Vine Street.
  11. Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
    7: .... Her first starring role was in ''[[The Man Who Played God]]'', and she became a star in ''[[Of Huma...
    11: ...hat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]'', in which she played a parody of herself opposite her long-time ri...
    13: ...d [[box-office]] potential in his former contract player, [[Jack Warner]] signed Davis for another ven...
    21: ...s. This was to protect an Oscar from commercial exploitation.
    23: ...erious stroke. She is interred in [[Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery]] in Los Angeles. On her [[tomb st...
  12. Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
    16: ==Life in Hollywood==
    23: ... Hari]]'' ([[1932 in film|1932]]). The censors complained about her revealing outfit shown on the movi...
    25: ... getting her leading man, [[Laurence Olivier]], replaced on ''[[Queen Christina (film)|Queen Christina...
    33: ...ning Garbo's image and making her less exotic, complete with the insertion of a scene in which her cha...
    35: ...ion. She withdrew from the entertainment world completely and moved to a secluded life in [[New York C...
  13. Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
    6: ...arded as one of the most beautiful actresses in [[Hollywood]]. She also had affairs with the Spanish bullfigh...
  14. Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
    5: ...], helped to found the organization that became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunc...
    7: ...nging Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
    12: ...ed. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong ...
    17: Hepburn cut her acting teeth in plays staged at Bryn Mawr and later in revues staged...
    19: ... almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in small stock company r...
  15. Helen Hunt (3298 bytes)
    7: ...so had a successful film career and has been in [[Hollywood]] movies such as ''[[Cast Away]]'' and ''[[As Goo...
    11: ... [[Hank Azaria]] on [[July 18]], [[1999]]. The couple divorced on [[December 18]], [[2000]].
    61: *''[[Transplant]]'' (Made for TV) (1979)
  16. Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
    8: ...Melbourne]], the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, and then to the Philip Street Theatre...
    13: ...]] of [[1990]] in [[Telluride, Colorado]]. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor, and l...
    17: ===Hollywood career===
    19: ...n she co-starred with her husband as a married couple for the second time.
    23: ...an injured her knee, so [[Jodie Foster]] had to replace her in ''[[Panic Room]]''. The following year ...
  17. Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
    7: Leigh's career began on the stage. Her first play was ''[[The Green Sash]]'', though it was ''[[M...
    11: ... lung. Though she continued her career with such plays as [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[Skin of Our Teeth...
    13: ...uberculosis was incapacitating. She had also been plagued by [[Bipolar Disorder|manic-depression]] for...
    17: ... a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6773 Hollywood Blvd.
    41: *[http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=5889 "Biography.com, Leigh, Vivien"]
  18. Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
    5: ...ew up in poverty in wartime [[Pozzuoli]] near [[Naples]].
    7: ... Italian films, but she had an early brush with [[Hollywood]] in [[1951]] when she and her mother worked as e...
    9: ...ized her voluptuous physique (she even appeared topless in the films ''[[Two Nights with Cleopatra]]''...
    11: ...hony Perkins]] (based upon the [[Eugene O'Neill]] play), ''[[Houseboat (movie)|Houseboat]]'' (a romant...
    15: ...''[[Lady L]]'' with [[Paul Newman]], [[Charles Chaplin]]'s final film, ''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]...
  19. Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
    8: ...ven. The Bolenders were a religious couple who supplemented their meager income by being foster parent...
    15: ...3.jpg|frame|right|Cover of the first issue of ''[[Playboy]]'']]
    20: ...ropped. At this point she met Johnny Hyde, one of Hollywood's top agents. He got her back at Fox (after [[MGM...
    22: By 1952 Zanuck was nearly convinced and she played her first role as a leading lady in ''Don't B...
    23: ...l, [[movie]] critics seemed to forget about the [[plot]] and focused on Marilyn and her unique connect...
  20. Isabella Rossellini (2696 bytes)
    6: Other roles include ''[[Cousins]]'' a Hollywood remake of the French film <i>Cousin, Cousine</i>,...
    12: [[image:IsabellaRosselliniPurplehood.jpg|thumb|right|Isabella Rossellini in Frenc...
    14: ... Scavullo]], [[Annie Leibovitz]], and [[Robert Mapplethorpe]]. Her image has appeared on such magazin...

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