Early 20th century actresses: 59 Photos
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- Greta Garbo. Actress. ...
- Janet Gaynor. Actress. ...
- Brigitte Helm. Actress Metropolis (1927) ...
- Jane Winton. Actress Sunrise (1927) ...
- Dale Fuller. Actress Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) ...
- Edna Purviance. Actress A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) ...
- Jobyna Ralston. Actress Lightning (1927) ...
- Lil Dagover. Actress.
1920s
Year | Actress | Film |
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1927/28 (1st) | Gloria Swanson | Sadie Thompson |
1928/29 (2nd) | Mary Pickford ‡ | Coquette |
Ruth Chatterton | Madame X | |
Betty Compson | The Barker |
Hollywood's Leading Ladies of the 1930's
- Claudette Colbert. Actress. Soundtrack It Happened One Night (1934) ...
- Jean Arthur. Actress. Soundtrack You Can't Take It with You (1938) ...
- Irene Dunne. Actress. ...
- Katharine Hepburn. Actress. ...
- Loretta Young. Actress. ...
- Carole Lombard. Actress. ...
- Greta Garbo. Actress. ...
- Rosalind Russell. Actress.
Jean Harlow. Harlow starred in Hughes' film Hells Angels, opens a new window (1930), which created a sensation with her line “Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?” Harlow appeared in 41 films before her untimely death from uremic poisoning on June 7, 1937, at the age of 26.
Stars like Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and even Josephine Baker, with their hourglass figures, paved the way for contemporaries like Kate Upton, Salma Hayek, and Christina Hendricks, whose voluptuous figures add a little diversity to Hollywood's homogeneous landscape.