Miriam Hopkins
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Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an American actress known for her versatility in a wide variety of roles.<ref>Obituary Variety, October 11, 1972, p. 71.</ref>
Hopkins was born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in Bainbridge, near the Alabama border. She attended Goddard Seminary in Barre, Vermont (which later became Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont) and Syracuse University (in New York), but apparently did not graduate.
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Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Fast and Loose | Marion Lenox | Hopkins's film debut |
| 1931 | Template:Sortname | Princess Anna | The first of three films Hopkins made with Lubitsch |
| 1931 | 24 Hours | Rosie Duggan | |
| 1931 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Ivy Pearson | |
| 1932 | Two Kinds of Women | Emma Krull | |
| 1932 | Dancers in the Dark | Gloria Bishop | |
| 1932 | World and the Flesh | Maria Yaskaya | |
| 1932 | Trouble in Paradise | Lily | Second film directed by Lubitsch and starring Hopkins |
| 1933 | Template:Sortname | Temple Drake | |
| 1933 | Template:Sortname | Louise Starr | |
| 1933 | Design for Living | Gilda Farrell | Third and final film Hopkins and Lubitsch made together |
| 1934 | All of Me | Lydia Darrow | |
| 1934 | She Loves Me Not | Curly Flagg | |
| 1934 | Template:Sortname | Dorothy Hunter | First of five films Hopkins and McCrea made together |
| 1935 | Becky Sharp | Becky Sharp | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress The first feature film made in the three strip technicolor process |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Mary 'Swan' Rutledge | Second film starring Hopkins and McCrea |
| 1935 | Splendor | Phyllis Manning Lorrimore | Third film starring Hopkins and McCrea |
| 1936 | These Three | Martha Dobie | The film was adapted from the 1934 play The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman. Fourth film starring Hopkins and McCrea |
| 1936 | Men Are Not Gods | Ann Williams | |
| 1937 | Template:Sortname | Madame Helene Maury | Hopkins married director Anatole Litvak shortly after this film was made. It is the only film Hopkins made with Paul Muni |
| 1937 | Woman Chases Man | Virginia Travis | Final film Hopkins and McCrea made together |
| 1937 | Wise Girl | Susan 'Susie' Fletcher | |
| 1939 | Template:Sortname | Delia Lovell Ralston | The first of two films Hopkins made with Bette Davis |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Julia Hayne | Hopkins co-starred with Errol Flynn |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | Mrs. Leslie Carter | |
| 1942 | Template:Sortname | Flo Melton | |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance | Millie Drake | Second of two films Hopkins made with Bette Davis. |
| 1949 | Template:Sortname | Aunt Lavinia | Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture |
| 1951 | Template:Sortname | Fran Carleton | |
| 1952 | Template:Sortname | Mrs. Shipton/'The Duchess' | |
| 1952 | Carrie | Julie Hurstwood | |
| 1961 | Template:Sortname | Lily Mortar | Hopkins had starred in the original film adaptation of the play The Children's Hour entitled These Three in the role of Martha Dobie. In this film Shirley MacLaine played Martha and Miriam Hopkins played her Aunt Lily. |
| 1964 | Fanny Hill | Mrs. Maude Brown | |
| 1966 | Template:Sortname | Mrs. Reeves | Hopkins played the mother of Robert Redford's character |
| 1970 | Savage Intruder | Katharine Parker | Hopkins's last film |
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