Ida Lupino

Nationality:
English
Birthdate:
02/04/1918
Birthplace:
Brixton, London, England
Death Date:
08/03/1995
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biography
This extremely talented, intense, British-born artist hailed from a family with theatrical credits going back to the Renaissance. Lupino got her start in films when her youthful-looking mother auditioned for an ingenue role but director Allan Dwan took greater interest in the woman who accompanied her that day--her daughter. Looking slightly older than her almost-15 years, Lupino got the job, dyed her hair platinum blonde (which it would remain for much of the 1930s) and made her debut in "Her First Affaire" (1932), promoted as "the English Jean Harlow".

Moving to Hollywood the following year Continued

Credits
Actor
1941
Lana Carlsen
1940
Mama Delores
Mrs Skinner
1976
Phyllis Martin
Mother Bonner
Mrs Preston
Marion Castle
Mildred Donner
screenplay
Director
Amelia Van Zant
Lilli Marlowe
milestones
Year
Milestone
1918 
Born in London during a German zeppelin bombing
 
Wrote and produced her first play, "Mademoiselle", at age seven
 
Suffered from polio as a child
 
Joined a touring theater company
1932 
First film appearance (a bit) in "The Love Race", directed by her uncle, Lupino Lane
Continued