Miriam Hopkins
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.
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Movies (42)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 · Ivy Pearson (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Savage Intruder
1970 · Katherine Parker
The Chase
1966 · Mrs. Reeves
Fanny Hill
1964 · Maude Brown
The Children's Hour
1961 · Lily Mortar
Summer Pavilion
1955 · Theresa Durand
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1952 · Mrs. Shipton aka 'The Duchess'
Carrie
1952 · Julie Hurstwood
The Mating Season
1951 · Fran Carleton
The Heiress
1949 · Lavinia Penniman
Old Acquaintance
1943 · Millie Drake
A Gentleman After Dark
1942 · Flo Melton
Breakdowns of 1940
1940 · Self
Lady with Red Hair
1940 · Mrs. Leslie Carter
Virginia City
1940 · Julia Hayne
The Old Maid
1939 · Delia Lovell Ralston
Wise Girl
1937 · Susan Fletcher
Woman Chases Man
1937 · Virginia Travis
The Woman I Love
1937 · Mme. Helene Maury
Men Are Not Gods
1936 · Ann Williams
These Three
1936 · Martha Dobie
Splendor
1935 · Phyllis Manning Lorrimore
Barbary Coast
1935 · Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
Becky Sharp
1935 · Becky Sharp
The Richest Girl in the World
1934 · Dorothy Hunter
She Loves Me Not
1934 · Curly Flagg
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
All of Me
1934 · Lydia Darrow
Design for Living
1933 · Gilda Farrell
The Stranger's Return
1933 · Louise
The Story of Temple Drake
1933 · Temple Drake
Trouble in Paradise
1932 · Lily
The World and the Flesh
1932 · Maria Yaskaya
Dancers in the Dark
1932 · Gloria Bishop
Two Kinds of Women
1932 · Emma Krull
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 · Ivy Pearson
24 Hours
1931 · Rosie Dugan
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931 · Princess Anna
The House That Shadows Built
1931 · (archive footage)
Fast and Loose
1930 · Marion Lenox
The Home Girl
1928
TV shows (9)
The Outer Limits
1963 · Mary Kry
The Investigators
1961 · Minna Carter
Route 66
1960
Matinee Theater
1955
Climax!
1954 · Amanda Hale
The Whistler
1954
General Electric Theater
1953 · Mrs. Cynthia Lockman
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Bertha Jacks, Julie Arden, Margaret, Norma Desmond
Studio One
1948 · Theresa Durand