Hollywood Classics

  ======================================================================================== Saturday 29, November 2025, 05:30. Miranda in 1950s Born Ines Isabella Sampietro 5 July 1905 Milan, Kingdom of Italy Died 8 July 1982 (aged 77) Rome, Italy Occupation Actress Years active 1933–1978 Spouse Alfredo Guarini (m. 1939; died 1981)​ Introduction: Isa Miranda (born Ines Isabella Sampietro; 5 July 1905 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career. Biography: Miranda was born Ines Isabella Sampietro in Milan, the daughter of a street car conductor. When she was 10 years old, she began working as an errand girl for a dressmaker. She later had jobs in a box factory and a handbag factory. When she was 15, she became a model, a job that provided enough income for her to learn bookkeeping and typing in night school. She worked as a typist while attending the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan and trained as a stage actress. She went on to play bit par...

  ==================================================================================== Monday 17, November 2025, 07:15. Joan Crawford Crawford in 1939 Born Lucille Fay LeSueur March 23, 1904–1908 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Died May 10, 1977 (aged 69–73) New York City, U.S. Resting place Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1924–1972 Spouses: 1.Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (m. 1929; div. 1933)​ 2.Franchot Tone (m. 1935; div. 1939)​ 3.Phillip Terry (m. 1942; div. 1946)​ 4.Alfred Steele (m. 1955; died 1959)​ Children 4, including Christina Relatives Hal LeSueur (brother) Introductions: Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 1904–1908[a] – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion-picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her roles, Crawford l...