1950s portrait

Born 1940 in Berlin, German-Russian film and television actress and director Vera Tschechowa was brought up in Germany by her Russian-German...

Italian actress Pier Angeli was found dead in her Beverly Hills apartment on Friday 10 September 1971 at the age of 39. Her body was discovered by a friend, drama coach Helena Sorrell, who lived with the actress. The actress had been under treatment for a stomach ailment. She died of an overdose of drugs, one of which had been identified as a barbiturate. Pier Angeli was born as Anna Maria Pierangeli on 19 June 1932 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. She was the twin sister of actress, Marisa…

Ava Gardner

In Tierney’s first part on Broadway, she carried a bucket of water across the stage in What a Life! (1938). A Variety magazine critic declared, "Miss Tierney is certainly the most beautiful water carrier I’ve ever seen!" She was the toast of Broadway before her 20th birthday.

Lovely woman of yesteryear

So, who knew there was a trend for body jewelry in the 1950s? These photos are from 1951 of ‘Cling’ jewelry, which presumably was somehow s...

Loretta Young (1913–2000) was a child actor who became one of Hollywood's leading ladies in the 1930s and 1940s. Young began her career at...