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Miriam Hopkins

ActorBorn 1902, died 1972On stage 1921 to 195718 productions on this page

Miriam Hopkins
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Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an American actress known for her versatility. She signed with Paramount Pictures in 1930. She portrayed a pickpocket in Ernst Lubitsch's romantic comedy Trouble in Paradise, a bar singer named Ivy in Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the titular character in the controversial drama The Story of Temple Drake. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1935 film Becky Sharp, becoming the first performer nominated for a color picture. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Heiress. She co-starred with Joel McCrea in five films. Her long-running feud with actress Bette Davis was publi…

On stage

18 productions, 36 years
1921
Music Box Revue [1921]Broadway Music Box Theatre. Original. Directed by Hassard Short
440 performances
1921
Music Box RevueBroadway Music Box Theatre. Original. Directed by Hassard Short
440 performances
1923
Little Jessie JamesBroadway Longacre Theatre. Original. Directed by Walter Brooks
385 performances
1925
Lovely LadyBroadway Belmont Theatre. Original
21 performances
1925
PuppetsBroadway Selwyn Theatre. Original
54 performances
1926
An American TragedyBroadway Longacre Theatre. Original. Directed by Edward T. Goodman
216 performances
1927
Excess BaggageBroadway Ritz Theatre. Original. Directed by Melville Burke
216 performances
1927
The Garden of EdenBroadway Selwyn Theatre. Original. Directed by Edwin H. Knopf
23 performances
1929
FlightBroadway Longacre Theatre. Original. Directed by Lemist Esler
40 performances
1929
The Camel Through the Needle's EyeBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Original
196 performances
1930
His Majesty's CarBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Original. Directed by Stanley Logan
12 performances
1930
RitzyBroadway Longacre Theatre. Original
32 performances
1931
AnatolBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Original. Directed by Gabriel Beer-Hoffman
45 performances
1933
JezebelBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Original
32 performances
1942
The Skin of Our TeethBroadway Plymouth Theatre. Original. Directed by Elia Kazan
359 performances
1944
The Perfect MarriageBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Revival
92 performances
1947
Message for MargaretBroadway Plymouth Theatre. Original. Directed by Elliott Nugent
5 performances
1957
Look Homeward, AngelBroadway Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Original. Directed by George Roy Hill
564 performances

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