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Ida Lupino (1918–1995)


Ida was born in London to a show business family. In 1933, her mother brought Ida with her to an audition and Ida got the part her mother wanted. The picture was Her First Affaire. Ida, a bleached blonde, came to Hollywood in 1934 and played small and insignificant parts. Peter Ibbetson was one of her... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (104 titles)
1978 My Boys Are Good Boys
Mrs. Morton
 
1977 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Gloria Gibson
I Will Be Remembered (1977) … Gloria Gibson
 
1976 The Food of the Gods
Mrs. Skinner
 
1975 Police Woman (TV series)
Hilda Morris
The Chasers (1975) … Hilda Morris
 
1975 Switch (TV series)
Mrs. Simon
Stung from Beyond (1975) … Mrs. Simon
 
1975 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Stephanie Talbott Kendrick
The Adventure of the Lover's Leap (1975) … Stephanie Talbott Kendrick
 
1975 The Devil's Rain
Mrs. Preston
 
1974 The Manhunter (TV series)
Ma Gantry
The Ma Gantry Gang (1974) … Ma Gantry
 
1972-1974 Columbo (TV series)
Doris Buckner / Edna Basket Brown
Swan Song (1974) … Edna Basket Brown
Short Fuse (1972) … Doris Buckner
 
1974 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Wilma Jamison
Blockade (1974) … Wilma Jamison
 
1974 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Kathy Revere
The Deadly Jinx (1974) … Kathy Revere
 
1973 The Letters (TV movie)
Mrs. Forrester
 
1973 I Love a Mystery (TV movie)
Randolph Cheyne
 
1973 Female Artillery (TV movie)
Martha Lindstrom
 
1973 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
Dr. Marie Menzies
A Terminal Career (1973) … Dr. Marie Menzies
 
1972 The Strangers in 7A (TV movie)
Iris Sawyer
 
1972 Junior Bonner
Elvira Bonner
 
1972 Medical Center (TV series)
Marion McKinnon
Conflict (1972) … Marion McKinnon
 
1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Mia Bronson
What's in It for Mia? (1972) … Mia Bronson
 
1972 Women in Chains (TV movie)
Claire Tyson
 
1971 Nanny and the Professor (TV series)
Aunt Justine
The Balloon Ladies (1971) … Aunt Justine
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Jill Symington
The Anonymous Star (1970) … Jill Symington
 
1969-1970 Family Affair (TV series)
Lady Marchwood / Lady Maudie Marshwood
The Return of Maudie (1970) … Lady Maudie Marshwood
Maudie (1969) … Lady Marchwood
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Monique Madison
The Perfect Image (1969) … Monique Madison
 
1969 Mod Squad (TV series)
Iris Potter
Child of Sorrow, Child of Light (1969) … Iris Potter
 
1969 The Outcasts (TV series)
Mrs. Blake
The Thin Edge (1969) … Mrs. Blake
 
1968 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Dr. Schneider
Turnabout (1968) … Dr. Schneider
 
1968 Batman (TV series)
Dr. Cassandra / Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft
The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra (1968) … Dr. Cassandra
The Joker's Flying Saucer (1968) … Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft (uncredited)
 
1968 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Elaine Bennett
Kingdom of the Blind (1968) … Elaine Bennett
 
1967 Insight (TV series)
Paula
The Highest Bidder (1967) … Paula
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Dr. Faustina
The Night of the Big Blast (1966) … Dr. Faustina
 
1963-1965 The Virginian (TV series)
Helen Blaine / Mama Dolores
We've Lost a Train (1965) … Mama Dolores
A Distant Fury (1963) … Helen Blaine
 
1964 The Rogues (TV series)
Arlene
Two of a Kind (1964) … Arlene
 
1963-1964 Burke's Law (TV series)
Lynn Dexter / Meniletha Calhoun
Who Killed Lenore Wingfield? (1964) … Meniletha Calhoun
Who Killed Billy Jo? (1963) … Lynn Dexter
 
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Harriet Whitney
One Step Down (1963) … Harriet Whitney
 
1963 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Ruth Tyler
Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep (1963) … Ruth Tyler
 
1961 The Investigators (TV series)
Charity Kittridge
Something for Charity (1961) … Charity Kittridge
 
1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Dr. Mollie Gilbert
Image of a Doctor (1961) … Dr. Mollie Gilbert
 
1960 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Pamela Mann
Pamela's Oxen (1960) … Pamela Mann
 
1959 Bonanza (TV series)
Annie O'Toole
The Saga of Annie O'Toole (1959) … Annie O'Toole
 
1959 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Barbara Trenton
The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (1959) … Barbara Trenton
 
1959 Lux Playhouse (TV series)
Clara Brown
Various Temptations (1959) … Clara Brown
 
1958 Teenage Idol (TV movie)
 
1957-1958 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
Eve Drake
Teenage Idol (1958) … Eve Drake
Planes That Pass in the Night (1958) … Eve Drake
Steve's Girl Friend (1958) … Eve Drake
Dear Variety (1958) … Eve Drake
The Chowder Cup (1958) … Eve Drake
 
1956 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Louise Brandon
 
1956 Strange Intruder
Alice Carmichael
 
1952-1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Ellen / Ann / Anna / …
The Stand-In (1956) … Grace Markham
Woman Afraid (1956) … Nina Barton
Beneath the Surface (1956) … Meg
That Woman (1956) … Flo Watson
The Case of Emily Cameron (1956) … Emily Cameron
 
1956 While the City Sleeps
Mildred Donner
 
1955 Women's Prison
Amelia van Zandt
 
1954 Private Hell 36
Lilli Marlowe
 
1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Lotti Weston / Petra Manning
A Season to Love (1954) … Lotti Weston
Marriageable Male (1954) … Petra Manning
 
1953 The Bigamist
Phyllis Martin
 
1953 Jennifer
Agnes Langley
 
1952 Beware, My Lovely
Mrs. Helen Gordon
 
1952 On Dangerous Ground
Mary Malden
 
1951 On the Loose
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1951 Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Seabright Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited)
 
1950 Outrage
Country Dance Attendee (uncredited)
 
1950 Woman in Hiding
Deborah Chandler Clark
 
1949 Lust for Gold
Julia Thomas
 
1948 Road House
Lily Stevens
 
1947 Escape Me Never
Gemma Smith
 
1947 Deep Valley
Libby Saul
 
1947 The Man I Love
Petey Brown
 
1945 Pillow to Post
Jean Howard
 
1944 Hollywood Canteen
Ida Lupino
 
1944 In Our Time
Jennifer Whittredge
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
Ida Lupino
 
1943 The Hard Way
Mrs. Helen Chernen
 
1943 Forever and a Day
Jenny Jones
 
1942 Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Kathy Thomas
 
1942 Moontide
Anna
 
1941 Ladies in Retirement
Ellen Creed
 
1941 Out of the Fog
Stella Goodwin
 
1941 High Sierra
Marie
 
1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Ann Brandon
 
1939 The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Val Carson
 
1937 Fight for Your Lady
Marietta
 
1937 Artists & Models
Paula Sewell/Paula Monterey
 
1937 Let's Get Married
Paula Quinn
 
1937 Sea Devils
Doris Malone
 
1936 The Gay Desperado
Jane
 
1936 Yours for the Asking
Gert Malloy
 
1936 One Rainy Afternoon
Monique Pelerin
 
1935 Peter Ibbetson
Agnes
 
1935 Smart Girl
Pat Reynolds
 
1935 Paris in Spring
Mignon de Charelle
 
1934 Ready for Love
Marigold Tate
 
1934 Come On, Marines!
Esther Smith-Hamilton
 
1934 Search for Beauty
Barbara Hilton
 
1933 Prince of Arcadia
The Princess
 
1933 I Lived with You
Ada Wallis
 
1933 Money for Speed
Jane
 
1933 High Finance
Jill
 
1932 Her First Affaire
Anne
 
1931 The Love Race
Minor Supporting Role (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (41 titles)
1968 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
Madeira, My Dear? (1968)
 
1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
The King's Shilling (1967)
 
1966 The Virginian (TV series)
Dead-Eye Dick (1966)
 
1964-1966 Gilligan's Island (TV series)
The Producer (1966)
Wrongway Feldman (1964)
 
1966 Honey West (TV series)
 
1963-1965 Mr. Novak (TV series)
May Day, May Day... (1965)
Day in the Year (1964)
 
1964-1965 The Rogues (TV series)
Bow to a Master (1965)
 
1965 Bewitched (TV series)
A Is for Aardvark (1965)
 
1964 Twilight Zone (TV series)
The Masks (1964)
 
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
The Threatening Eye (1964)
 
1964 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
To Walk in Grace (1964)
 
1963-1964 The Fugitive (TV series)
The Garden House (1964)
Glass Tightrope (1963)
Fatso (1963)
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
 
1962-1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
The Torpedo (1963)
A Fist of Five (1962)
 
1961-1962 Thriller (TV series)
The Lethal Ladies (1962)
La Strega (1962)
The Closed Cabinet (1961)
 
1961-1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
A Very Special Girl (1962)
The Little Hours (1962)
The Iron Silence (1961)
The Joke's on Me (1961)
 
1961 The Rifleman (TV series)
Assault (1961)
 
1959-1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
The Gold Bar (1961)
The Trial (1960)
Lady with a Gun (1960)
 
1960-1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
A Crime for Mothers (1961)
Sybilla (1960)
 
1960 Hong Kong (TV series)
The Turncoat (1960)
Clear for Action (1960)
 
1960 Dante (TV series)
Opening Night (1960)
 
1960 Tate (TV series)
Stopover (1960)
 
1959-1960 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
 
1959 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
The Jukebox Caper (1959)
 
1959 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
 
1958 Teenage Idol (TV movie)
 
1958 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
Teenage Idol (1958)
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Fury at Dawn (1956)
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
No. 5 Checked Out (1956)
 
1953 The Bigamist
 
1953 The Hitch-Hiker
 
1952 On Dangerous Ground (uncredited)
 
1950 Outrage
 
1949 Never Fear
 
1949 Not Wanted (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (8 titles)
1961 Thriller (TV series)
The Last of the Sommervilles (1961) (writer)
 
1956 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
The Stand-In (1956) (writer)
The Case of Emily Cameron (1956) (story)
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
No. 5 Checked Out (1956) (story)
 
1954 Private Hell 36 (written for the screen by)
 
1953 The Hitch-Hiker (screenplay)
 
1950 Outrage (original screenplay)
 
1949 Never Fear (writer)
 
1949 Not Wanted (screenplay)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (7 titles)
1954 Private Hell 36 (performer: "Didn't You Know?")
 
1948 Road House (performer: "One for My Baby And One More for the Road" - uncredited, "Again" - uncredited, "The Right Kind" - uncredited, "There'll Be Some Changes Made" - uncredited)
 
1947 The Man I Love (performer: "The Man I Love", "Why Was I Born?")
 
1946 Okay for Sound (documentary short) (performer: "The Man I Love" - uncredited)
 
1944 In Our Time (performer: "Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21" 1829-30 - uncredited, "Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11" 1830 - uncredited)
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars (performer: "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" 1854 / "The Dreamer" 1943 - uncredited)
 
1937 Fight for Your Lady (performer: "Blame It on the Danube" 1937)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1949 Never Fear (producer)
 
1949 Not Wanted (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
1974 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 16 August 1974 (1974) … Herself
 
1973 Deadhead Miles
Herself
 
1972 Tribute to Bogart (TV documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
 
1970 Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (TV movie)
Herself
 
1970 The Movie Game (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 1 February 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1968 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 June 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 13 June 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 12 June 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 11 June 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 10 June 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 Gypsy (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 March 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1964 You Don't Say (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 20 January 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1958-1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.15 (1960) … Herself
Episode #2.29 (1958) … Herself
 
1959 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Lucy's Summer Vacation (1959) … Herself
 
1959 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 March 1959 (1959) … Herself
 
1958 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 11 March 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #11.2 (1957) … Herself
 
1957 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 2 January 1957 (1957) … Herself
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Herself
The Louella Parsons Story (1956) … Herself
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Herself
No. 5 Checked Out (1956) … Herself
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 6 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1935 La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2008 Crawford at Warners (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2001 I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
 
2001 Pulp Cinema (video documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1969 Backtrack!
Mama Dolores
 
1958-1961 Frontier Justice (TV series)
 
1951 The Screen Director (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Unsold pilot: In 1961 she produced a pilot for a proposed TV anthology series called "Ida Lupino Presents", which was to be similar to Alfred Hitchcock Presents. See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Print Biographies  | 4 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site (CMG Worldwide) | See more »

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[To a method actor] Darling, we have a three day schedule. There's no time to do anything but to do it. See more »

Trivia:

Richard Boone told columnist Erskine Johnson in 1961 about her skills as a director, "Ida stimulates me as an actor because she knows acting. In a weekly show, you get into acting patterns. Ida gets you out of them". See more »

Trademark:

Calling everyone "Darling." See more »

Nickname:

Little Scout See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius