Olive Mary Borden (July 14, 1907 – October 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actress whose rise in the 1920s was fast, bright, and ultimately bruising. With jet-black hair, a poised vampy screen presence, and a knack for playing modern, flirty heroines, she became one of the silent era’s most eye-catching names. The … Read More “Olive Borden — silent-era star, tragic downfall” »
Lili Bordán, born March 12, 1982, is a Hungarian-American actress whose career has moved fluidly between U.S. TV, Hungarian and European cinema, and major Hollywood productions. Raised in New York City by her mother, Hungarian actress Irén Bordán, she developed an early feel for performance culture on both sides of the Atlantic. She studied theater … Read More “Lili Bordán — transatlantic talent with genre range.” »
Mika Sue Boorem came in through the side door Hollywood forgets to lock: the working-child-actor route, where your résumé fills up before you get a driver’s license and your face becomes familiar long before you know what kind of adult you’re going to be. Born in Tucson in 1987, she started in local theater, then … Read More “Mika Boorem — child star to indie auteur.” »
Priscilla Bonner drifted into movies the way a lot of silent-era stories begin: a young woman with a face the camera loved, a knack for performance, and a life that kept pulling up stakes. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1899, she grew up in a military family that moved often, so she learned early how … Read More “Priscilla Bonner — silent-era innocence with steel underneath” »
Lisa Michelle Bonet, born November 16, 1967, is one of those performers whose presence feels like a mood you can’t quite pin down—part mischief, part introspection, always a little off the expected path. She grew up in Reseda in the San Fernando Valley, raised mostly by her mother after her parents split when she was … Read More “Lisa Bonet — bohemian cool with quiet fire.” »
Sheila Phyllis Bond, born Sheila Berman in New York City on March 16, 1927, belonged to that generation of performers who treated show business less like a gamble and more like a trade. You learned the steps, you learned the timing, and you showed up ready to do the job. She grew up in the … Read More “Sheila Bond — Broadway spark with dancer’s grit.” »
Amber Marie Bollinger comes from that slice of America where winter hangs around too long and people learn early how to make their own momentum. Bellevue, Ohio isn’t a place that hands you an easy mythology. It’s cornfields, gym floors, and the kind of quiet streets where you either dream loud inside your head or … Read More “Amber Marie Bollinger — high jumper turned sci-fi heartbeat.” »
There are actresses who arrive like fireworks, and actresses who arrive like weather. Anne Marie Bobby feels like weather—quietly present, the kind you don’t notice until you realize you’ve been living inside it. She’s never been the loudest name on the marquee, never the one hogging the oxygen in the gossip pages, but she keeps … Read More “Anne Marie Bobby — soft voice, sharp edges, survivor.” »
She was born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter in Los Angeles in 1893, which sounds like a name made for a dime novel and a face made for flickering light. Westlake School for Girls, a stint at USC—she came out of the kind of city that was still inventing itself, palms and dust and ambition scattered everywhere … Read More “Betty Blythe — Beads, bravado, and silent fire” »
She walked into the world in Houston in ’42, a year that still smelled like ration cards and loud radios, and she left it in West Hollywood in 2016 with the same quiet competence she carried through every room she ever worked. Margaret Blye wasn’t the kind of actress who needed to announce herself with … Read More “Margaret Blye — Cool-eyed spark in crime capers” »