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Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 2:48 pm
by sepiatone
I'll give one clue, she's not American [:D] :D
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jTsLVfMGksM/U ... 1600/8.jpg" target="_blank" target="_blank

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:30 pm
by Rick Lanham
I wouldn't have guessed who she was. I just found out by searching, so I won't tell.

I was just watching her last night, but she was older....

Rick

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:37 pm
by sepiatone
thanks Rick :wink:

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:09 pm
by entredeuxguerres
Rick Lanham wrote:I just found out by searching, so I won't tell.

Rick
How do you search for a face?

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:11 pm
by Danny Burk
entredeuxguerres wrote:How do you search for a face?
Right-click, "Search Google with this image"...
I got the answer in seconds. And it's quite a surprise.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:37 pm
by drednm
Merman

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:44 pm
by Gumlegs
Might her initials be F. R.?

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:45 pm
by boblipton
Danny Burk wrote:
entredeuxguerres wrote:How do you search for a face?
Right-click, "Search Google with this image"...
I got the answer in seconds. And it's quite a surprise.
It is indeed surprising. I never knew she was such a looker when young.

Bob

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:43 pm
by entredeuxguerres
Danny Burk wrote:
entredeuxguerres wrote:How do you search for a face?
Right-click, "Search Google with this image"...
I did...but no "Search Google with this image" appears.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:46 pm
by boblipton
Click on the link to the picture.

Go to the Internet connection window (the address that begins with "www.http....." and copy that.

Paste that into your Google Search window. When you hit the button to search, you'll get a message that you can search for the image. Do so.

Bob

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:00 pm
by entredeuxguerres
boblipton wrote:Click on the link to the picture.

Go to the Internet connection window (the address that begins with "www.http....." and copy that.

Paste that into your Google Search window. When you hit the button to search, you'll get a message that you can search for the image. Do so.

Bob
My God, to think such a nice old lady was once a hot tart. So now I'm wondering about about Eugenie Besserer?

Thanks Bob. When you have more time, maybe you'll be willing to explain to me how the internet works.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:03 pm
by boblipton
entredeuxguerres wrote:
boblipton wrote:Click on the link to the picture.

Go to the Internet connection window (the address that begins with "www.http....." and copy that.

Paste that into your Google Search window. When you hit the button to search, you'll get a message that you can search for the image. Do so.

Bob
My God, to think such a nice old lady was once a hot tart. So now I'm wondering about about Eugenie Besserer?

Thanks Bob. When you have more time, maybe you'll be willing to explain to me how the internet works.
I think saying saying "Drizzle drazzle drezzle drome" helps.

Bob

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:25 pm
by busby1959
Wow - she was a looker, all right. The actress I'd really like to see a youthful picture of is Beryl Mercer.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:55 pm
by sepiatone
Gumlegs wrote:Might her initials be F. R.?
could be! (to quote the opening sequences of old Hong Kong Phooey cartoon)

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:00 pm
by wich2
Another Grand Dame who was once a sweet young thing:

Image

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:15 pm
by sepiatone
entredeguerre, busby:

not to sway from topic but have you seen more youthful pics of Emily Fitzroy?

1890
http://www.amazon.com/Antique-Portrait- ... B004R2CL7C" target="_blank" target="_blank

or Alison Skipworth, circa 1904
it was up at ebay but they sold it and or minimized the display pic

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:16 pm
by sepiatone
wich2 wrote:Another Grand Dame who was once a sweet young thing:

Image
I know this lady. I won't give it away.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:26 pm
by sepiatone
sepiatone wrote:entredeguerre, busby:

not to sway from topic but have you seen more youthful pics of Emily Fitzroy?

1890
http://www.amazon.com/Antique-Portrait- ... B004R2CL7C" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

or Alison Skipworth, circa 1904
it was up at ebay but they sold it and or minimized the display pic
here's that Skipworth pic at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Jay-Parrinos-The- ... +skipworth" target="_blank

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:28 pm
by entredeuxguerres
sepiatone wrote: here's that Skipworth pic at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Jay-Parrinos-The- ... +skipworth" target="_blank" target="_blank
Certainly "will do," but not exactly "hot tart" material.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:31 pm
by entredeuxguerres
busby1959 wrote:...The actress I'd really like to see a youthful picture of is Beryl Mercer.
Think you're on to something there.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:28 am
by Wm. Charles Morrow
There's a book on the Marx Brothers by Simon Louvish which offers a 1909 photo of Margaret Dumont, back when she was a showgirl known as "Daisy." She stares directly into the camera lens with a 'Hey, Big Boy' look. In her earliest movie appearances Mme. Dumont was still a handsome woman, but young Daisy Dumont was startlingly attractive.

P.S. Perhaps someone with more technical know-how than I possess can append the photo to this thread. In any event it can be found at Google images, using the search phrase Margaret Dumont young.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:45 am
by westegg
To the lazy among us, who is it?

:o

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:53 am
by entredeuxguerres
Wm. Charles Morrow wrote:There's a book on the Marx Brothers by Simon Louvish which offers a 1909 photo of Margaret Dumont, back when she was a showgirl known as "Daisy." She stares directly into the camera lens with a 'Hey, Big Boy' look. In her earliest movie appearances Mme. Dumont was still a handsome woman, but young Daisy Dumont was startlingly attractive.
Not the 'Hey, Big Boy' look, but close to the same year. Undoubtedly had her share of Stage-Door Johnnies. (In fact, that was about the same time young Billy Hearst was a regular at all the best stage-doors.)

Image

And here's a lady I much admire, also on the stage but about a decade later, who preserved her looks a little more successfully:

Image

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:09 am
by sepiatone
westegg wrote:To the lazy among us, who is it?

:o
westegg:

I'll give two clues for you, you're gonna love this.
1. she was good friends with Olivier.
2. she played a mother superior in a famous 1965 film.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:40 am
by Jim Roots
I won't be impressed until someone comes up with an undoctored photo that proves Blanche Payson was once a great hottie.

Jim

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:24 pm
by earlytalkiebuffRob
Reminds me of a conversation in my shop which centred around the likes of Irene Handl, Doris Hare, Peggy Mount, Dandy Nicholls, etc, on the lines of "Who played the charlady in...." Luckily we weren't overheard, but at leas this shows that discussions of this kind are not confined to Blighty.

Shall look forward to some 'cheesecakes' of Blanche Payson and Beryl Mercer...

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:24 pm
by George O'Brien
The long haired woman with the flowers is Peggy Wood?

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:31 pm
by Harlowgold
wich2 wrote:Another Grand Dame who was once a sweet young thing:

Image

I'm guessing Gladys Cooper given it looks like a vintage British postcard and there are countless dozens of those of the young GC.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:57 pm
by busby1959
entredeuxguerres wrote:
Wm. Charles Morrow wrote:There's a book on the Marx Brothers by Simon Louvish which offers a 1909 photo of Margaret Dumont, back when she was a showgirl known as "Daisy." She stares directly into the camera lens with a 'Hey, Big Boy' look. In her earliest movie appearances Mme. Dumont was still a handsome woman, but young Daisy Dumont was startlingly attractive.
Not the 'Hey, Big Boy' look, but close to the same year. Undoubtedly had her share of Stage-Door Johnnies. (In fact, that was about the same time young Billy Hearst was a regular at all the best stage-doors.)

Image

And here's a lady I much admire, also on the stage but about a decade later, who preserved her looks a little more successfully:

Image
Alice Brady was a very attractive lady - even as she grew more mature. A shame she died so young.

Re: Can you ID this actress?

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:13 pm
by westegg
sepiatone wrote:
westegg wrote:To the lazy among us, who is it?

:o
westegg:

I'll give two clues for you, you're gonna love this.
1. she was good friends with Olivier.
2. she played a mother superior in a famous 1965 film.

OHHHHH!
Thanks!

:shock: