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Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins

Highest Rated: 100% The Heiress (1949)

Lowest Rated: 40% Becky Sharp (1935)

Birthday: Oct 18, 1902

Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, USA

This highly talented blonde Broadway actress possessed an intriguing, husky voice and a brittle, sometimes twitchy yet sexy style. An off-beat combination of a vivacious Southern belle and an insecure yet superior modern woman, Hopkins signed as a leading lady with Paramount in 1930 and gained early stardom for her roles in productions including the delightful Ernst Lubitsch musical "The Smiling Lieutenant" (1931) and Rouben Mamoulian's striking "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1932). In Lubitsch's masterpiece, "Trouble in Paradise" (1932), she displayed a sharp talent for sly, sophisticated banter, and she won an Oscar nomination in the title role of Mamoulian's "Becky Sharp" (1935). The feisty, intelligent Hopkins gave what is probably her finest dramatic performance in William Wyler's sterling if significantly altered adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play "The Children's Hour," "These Three" (1936).

Highest rated movies

100% The Heiress
100% These Three
92% Barbary Coast
91% Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
90% Trouble in Paradise
88% The Smiling Lieutenant
86% The Story of Temple Drake
80% The Chase

Photos

A GENTLEMAN AFTER DARK, Miriam Hopkins, 1942 DESIGN FOR LIVING, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, 1933 DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, (kneeling, background), 1931 DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, Miriam Hopkins, 1931 THE HEIRESS, Miriam Hopkins, Olivia De Havilland, 1949 THE HEIRESS, Miriam Hopkins, Montgomery Clift, Olivia De Havilland, 1949 LADY WITH RED HAIR, Miriam Hopkins, 1940 LADY WITH RED HAIR, Miriam Hopkins, 1940 THE MATING SEASON, Miriam Hopkins, 1951 THE OLD MAID, Bette Davis, George Brent, Miriam Hopkins, 1939 THE OLD MAID, Miriam Hopkins, Bette Davis, 1939 OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT, Miriam Hopkins, 1952, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT, Miriam Hopkins, 1937 SPLENDOR, Miriam Hopkins, 1935 WOMAN CHASES MAN, Miriam Hopkins, in a black satin dress by Omar Kiam, 1937 OLD ACQUAINTANCE, Miriam Hopkins, Bette Davis, 1943 THE OLD MAID, Miriam Hopkins, 1939 THE OLD MAID, Miriam Hopkins, Bette Davis, 1939 THE OLD MAID, Miriam Hopkins, Bette Davis, 1939 THE STRANGER'S RETURN, from left: Stuart Erwin, Miriam Hopkins, 1933
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 60% Lubitsch Musicals Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 33% Savage Intruder Katharine Parker (Character) - 1970
80% 73% The Chase Mrs. Reeves (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 43% Fanny Hill Mrs. Maude Brown (Character) - 1964
80% 84% The Children's Hour Mrs. Lily Mortar (Character) - 1961
71% 58% Carrie Julie Hurstwood (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outcasts of Poker Flat Mrs. Shipton (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 60% The Mating Season Fran Carleton (Character) - 1951
100% 93% The Heiress Lavinia Penniman (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 77% Old Acquaintance Millie Drake (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Gentleman After Dark Flo Melton (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 56% Virginia City Julia Hayne (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 50% Lady With Red Hair Mrs. Leslie Carter (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 76% The Old Maid Delia Lovell Ralston (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 50% Woman Chases Man Virginia Travis (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 38% Wise Girl Susan "Susie" Fletcher (Character) - 1937
100% 76% These Three Martha Dobie (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Men Are Not Gods Ann Williams (Character) - 1936
40% 28% Becky Sharp Becky Sharp (Character) - 1935
92% 51% Barbary Coast Mary "Swan" Rutledge (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 33% Splendor Phyllis Manning Lorrimore (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet All of Me Lydia Darrow (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 40% The Richest Girl in the World Dorothy Hunter (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 50% She Loves Me Not Curly Flagg (Character) - 1934
86% 65% The Story of Temple Drake Temple Drake (Character) - 1933
76% 80% Design for Living Gilda Farrell (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 57% The Stranger's Return Louise (Character) - 1933
90% 90% Trouble in Paradise Lily, alias Mlle. Vautier (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Kinds of Women Emma Krull (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dancers in the Dark Gloria Bishop (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet World and the Flesh Maria Yaskaya (Character) - 1932
91% 81% Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Ivy Pearson (Character) - 1931
88% 66% The Smiling Lieutenant Princess Anna (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet 24 Hours Rosie Duggan (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet 14% Fast and Loose Marion Lenox (Character) - 1930

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flying Nun Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
92% 86% The Outer Limits Mary Kry (Character) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Leona Bowers (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1957