Ida Lupino
| Ida Lupino | |
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| Born |
4 February 1918 Herne Hill, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 3 August 1995 (aged 77) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Citizenship | British/American |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, director, producer |
| Years active | 1931–1978 |
| Spouse(s) |
Louis Hayward (m. 1938; div. 1945) Collier Young (m. 1948; div. 1951) Howard Duff (m. 1951; div. 1984) |
| Children | Bridget Duff |
| Parent(s) |
Stanley Lupino Connie Emerald |
| Relatives | Lupino Lane (uncle) |
Ida Lupino (4 February 1918 – 3 August 1995) was an Anglo-American actress and singer, who became a pioneering director and producer—the only woman working within the 1950s Hollywood studio system to do so. With her independent production company, she co-wrote and co-produced several of her own social-message films, and was the first woman to direct a film noir, The Hitch-Hiker in 1953.
In her 48-year career, she made acting appearances in 59 films and directed eight others, mostly in the United States, where she became a citizen in 1948. The majority of her later career as an actress, writer, and director was in television, where she directed more than 100 episodes of productions ranging across Westerns, supernatural tales, situation comedies, murder mysteries, and gangster stories. She was the only woman to direct episodes of the original The Twilight Zone series, as well as the only director to have starred in the show.
Lupino was born in Herne Hill, London, to actress Connie O'Shea (also known as Connie Emerald) and music hall entertainer Stanley Lupino, a member of the theatrical Lupino family, which included her uncle Lupino Lane, a popular song-and-dance man. Her father, a top name in musical comedy in the UK and a member of a centuries-old theatrical dynasty dating back to Renaissance Italy, encouraged her to perform at an early age. He built a backyard theater for Lupino and her sister Rita (born 1920), who also became an actress and dancer. Lupino wrote her first play at age seven and toured with a traveling theater company as a child.
She wanted to be a writer, but in order to please her father Lupino enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts aged 13, and went on to excel in a number of "bad girl" film roles, often playing prostitutes.
Lupino made her first film appearance in The Love Race (1931) and the following year, aged 14, she worked under director Allan Dwan in Her First Affaire, in a role for which her mother had previously tested. She played leading roles in five British films in 1933 at Warner Bros.' Teddington studios and for Julius Hagen at Twickenham, including in The Ghost Camera with John Mills and I Lived with You with Ivor Novello.
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