Born: February 04, 1918
Died: August 03, 1995

London-born actress/director/screenwriter Ida Lupino came from a family of performers. She played small parts in Hollywood films through the 1930s until she starred opposite Humphrey_Bogart in High_Sierra (1941), which led to bigger roles in films of the '40s. Early on, she appeared in Peter_Ibbetson (1935), Anything_Goes (1936), Artists and Models (1937), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), and The_Light_That_Failed (1939), among others. Later, she appeared in Ladies in Retirement (1941), The Sea Wolf (1941), Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942), and Forever and a Day (1943), and continued performing on into the 1960s, but not in major films. Starting with Not_Wanted (1949), which she also co-wrote, she became the only female movie director of her time. She specialized in dramatic and suspense films, including Never_Fear (1949), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), The Bigamist (1953), and the comedy The Trouble with Angels (1966). She also directed episodes of many television series, including The_Untouchables and The Fugitive. Rovi

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