Ellen Miriam Hopkins
| Sign | Libra |
| Born | Oct 18, 1902 Savannah, GA |
| Died | Oct 9, 1972 New York City, NY |
| Age | Died at 70 |
| Final Resting PlaceOak City Cemetery | |
Miriam Hopkins | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1928-1970 |
| Top Roles | Ivy Pearson, Lavinia Penniman, Martha Dobie, Julia Hayne, Virginia Travis |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Film Adaptation, Crime, Western |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Book-Based, Pre-Code Cinema |
| Top Collaborators | William Wyler (Director), Ernst Lubitsch (Director), Samuel Goldwyn (Producer), Charles Halton |
| Shares birthday with | Lotte Lenya, Evelyn Venable, Roy Del Ruth see more.. |
Miriam Hopkins Overview:
Legendary actress, Miriam Hopkins, was born Ellen Miriam Hopkins on Oct 18, 1902 in Savannah, GA. Hopkins died at the age of 70 on Oct 9, 1972 in New York City, NY and was laid to rest in Oak City Cemetery in Bainbridge, Decatur County, GA.
MINI BIO:
A blue-eyed American blonde who looked just like a thirties version of Cybill Shepherd, Miriam Hopkins was exactly right for her time, her theatrically chic and faintly bitchy sophistication dovetailing beautifully with Lubitsch comedies and other high-gloss offerings to give her star charisma. The passing of the thirties reduced her to ordinariness and she faded from the cinema scene. Married to director Anatole Litvak (1937-1939), third of four. Died from a heart attack. An Oscar nominee for Becky Sharp. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Hopkins was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1935 | Best Actress | Becky Sharp (1935) | Becky Sharp | Nominated |
She was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Motion Pictures and Television.
BlogHub Articles:
The Story of Temple Drake (1933) with
By 4 Star Film Fan on May 3, 2022 From 4 Star FilmsThe Story of Temple Drake was adapted from a contemporary William Faulkner novel called Sanctuary. It’s putting it lightly to say it was the subject of controversy — even in the Pre-Code film era — but part of what the film version gives us is this instant sense of Southern Gothic ... Read full article
Book Giveaway (Facebook/Blog January)
By Annmarie Gatti on Jan 7, 2018 From Classic Movie Hub Blog?: Life and Films of a Hollywood Rebel? Book Giveaway?via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it?s time for the?Facebook/Blog?version of our?of???: Life and Films of a Hollywood Rebel??Giveaway Contest! This time we?ll be giving away one copy of the book via Facebook and thi... Read full article
Book Giveaway (via Twitter in January)
By Annmarie Gatti on Jan 1, 2018 From Classic Movie Hub Blog?: Life and Films of a Hollywood Rebel? Book Giveaway via Twitter Happy New Year to All! It?s time for our next book giveaway, the first of many for 2018! CMH is happy to say that we will be giving away?FIVE COPIES?of? “: Life and Films of a Hollywood Rebel”?b... Read full article
Bette Davis and
By Amanda Garrett on Sep 23, 2017 From Old Hollywood FilmsToday, I'm writing about two old Hollywood films starring Bette Davis and . The photo above shows the two leading ladies in the 1939 woman's picture The Old Maid. This article is part of The Duo Double Feature Blogathon hosted by The Flapper Dame and Phyllis Loves Classic Movies. Th... Read full article
in Pre-Code Mode
By Inge Gregusch on Feb 5, 2015 From Creme de la CremeFast and Loose, 1930: The Smiling Lieutenant, 1931: 24 Hours, 1931: Two Kinds of Women, 1932: Dancers in the Dark, 1932: ... Read full article
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Miriam Hopkins Quotes:
Mr. Simon Fletcher: But you can't handle this man! Why, he's an artist; he's lived abroad, in Paris, on the Left Bank. You don't know the kind of thing that goes on on the Left Bank! You haven't had enough experience!
Susan 'Susie' Fletcher: You forget I was a senior at Vassar.
Max Plunkett: Gilda, I've been your friend for five years.
Gilda Farrell: And I want you to remain my friend for the next fifty years. So please shut up.
Charlotte Lovell: She thinks I can't understand her. She considers me an old maid.
Delia Lovell Ralston: My dear.
Charlotte Lovell: A ridiculous, narrow-minded old maid. What else can she ever think of me?
Delia Lovell Ralston: Poor Charlotte.
Charlotte Lovell: Oh, but you needn't pity me. Because she's really mine. If she considers me an old maid, it's because I've deliberately made myself one in her eyes. I've done it from the beginning so she wouldn't have the least suspicion. I've practised everything I've ever had to say to her, if it was important, so that I'd sound like an old maid aunt talking. Not her mother.
Delia Lovell Ralston: Well, after all, darling, there isn't anything important to say to her now. She has every attribute of a modern successful woman - she's healthy, she's young, she's gay, she's attractive...
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