WAMPAS Baby Stars

1. Marion Aye

Marion Aye was born Maryon Eloise Aye on April 5, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was a lawyer who moved the family to California. She was discovered by Fatty Arbuckle and started her career at Balboa Studios. When she was fifteen Marion lied about her age to elope with cameraman Sherman ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1903 - Died 1951 aged 48

2. Helen Ferguson

Actress | The Fire Fighters

Illinois-born Helen Ferguson is thought to have made her film debut at age 13 in 1914, although her first recorded credits are in 1917. She played opposite such action stars as Hoot Gibson and Harry Carey, and when she went to Fox in the early 1920s to star opposite Buck Jones, her career really ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1900 - Died 1977 aged 76

3. Lila Lee

Actress | The Unholy Three

A performer since childhood (she was widely known then as "Cuddles"), pert and pretty, raven-haired Lila Lee was brought to Hollywood by Paramount mogul Jesse L. Lasky and debuted in a starring role with The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918) as a poor girl supported by a rich admirer. Following ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1901 - Died 1973 aged 72

4. Jacqueline Logan

Actress | The King of Kings

Beautiful auburn-haired, green-eyed leading lady of the silent screen, a "hand-picked" (by the great Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. himself) Ziegfeld Follies girl of 1920. "Jackie" was the daughter of architect Charles A. Logan and the Boston Conservatory opera singer and music teacher Marion Logan. She had ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1901 - Died 1983 aged 82

*Performed as a 1920 Ziegfeld Girl with Doris Eaton

5. Louise Lorraine

Actress | Exit Smiling

Louise Lorraine's small stature and delicate beauty seemed hardly the qualities to be desired in a serial heroine, but she starred in 11 of the physically demanding, action-filled cliffhangers, and showed as much spirit as, and in some cases more than, many of her colleagues in that genre. Louise's...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1901 - Died 1981 aged 80

6. Bessie Love

Actress | The Broadway Melody

Bessie Love was born in Texas. Her cowboy father moved the family to Hollywood, where he became a chiropractor. As the family needed money, Bessie's mother sent her to Biograph Studios, hoping she would become an actress. D.W. Griffith saw she was pretty and had some acting talent, and put her in ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1898 - Died 1986 aged 87

*Nominated for an Oscar in 1930 *Appeared in the James Bond movie, On Her Majesty's Secret Service

7. Kathryn McGuire

Actress | The Navigator

Kathryn McGuire was born on December 6, 1903 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Navigator (1924), Sherlock Jr. (1924) and The Big Diamond Robbery (1929). She was married to George Landy. She died on October 10, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1903 - Died 1978 aged 74

8. Patsy Ruth Miller

Actress | The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Patsy Ruth Miller was born on January 17, 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Daughters of Today (1924) and Fools in the Dark (1924). She was married to Effingham Smith Deans, John Lee Mahin and Tay Garnett. She died on July 16, 1995 ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1904 - Died 1995 aged 91

*Had the lead female role opposite Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

9. Colleen Moore

Actress | So Big

Colleen Moore was born Kathleen Morrison in Port Huron, Michigan. Her father was an irrigation engineer and his job was good enough to provide the family a middle-class environment. She was educated in parochial schools and studied at the famed Detroit Conservatory. Colleen's family moved to ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1899 - Died 1988 aged 88

10. Mary Philbin

Actress | The Man Who Laughs

Mary Philbin's life should be a lesson to domineering parents. Mary was born on July 16, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois, to John Philbin and his first wife and namesake, Mary. The child was regarded as a little beauty from an early age and her mother was exceedingly proud of her and loved to show her ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1902 - Died 1993 aged 90

*Appeared opposite Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera *Lifelong friends with Carla Laemmle

11. Pauline Starke

Actress | Captain Salvation

Pauline Starke was born on January 10, 1901 in Joplin, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Captain Salvation (1927), A Royal Romance (1930) and Salvation Nell (1921). She was married to Jack White and George Sherwood. She died on February 3, 1977 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1901 - Died 1977 aged 76

12. Lois Wilson

Actress | The Covered Wagon

A schoolteacher who became a stage actress (briefly), Lois Wilson entered films in 1916 at Paramount (her sisters, Diana Kane and Connie Lewis, also worked as actresses). Wilson played leading roles well into the sound era, and after she retired from the screen she worked sporadically in television...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1894 - Died 1988 aged 93

*Best friends with Gloria Swanson

13. Claire Windsor

Actress | The Acquittal

Silent-era star Claire Windsor was born Clara Viola Cronk in Cawker City, Kansas, the daughter of Ella and G.E. Cronk. She was educated at Broadway High School in Seattle, Washington, and Washburn Preperatory Academy in Topeka, Kansas. She studied voice and piano at Cohn's Conservatory of Music in ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1922 Born 1892 - Died 1972 aged 80

*Had dinner with William Desmond Taylor the night before he was murdered.

14. Eleanor Boardman

Actress | Souls for Sale

Philadelphia-born Eleanor Boardman had always wanted to be an actress, and as soon as she graduated high school she headed for New York to conquer Broadway. When Broadway proved not quite ready to be conquered yet, she took whatever jobs she could find, including one as an artist's model. In that ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1898 - Died 1991 aged 93

15. Evelyn Brent

Actress | The Silver Horde

Petite, sultry leading lady of the 1920's and 30's who was born and schooled in Tampa, Florida, until the age of ten when she lost her mother. She moved to New York with her dad and started modelling while still in her teens. Her original intention was to go into the teaching profession. Instead, ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1899 - Died 1975 aged 75

16. Dorothy Devore

Actress | The Gilded Highway

Diminutive, brown-haired Dorothy Devore was born Inez Williams in Ft. Worth, TX. She completed her schooling in Los Angeles when her family moved to California. She first acted in amateur revues, which she also produced and for which she contributed the music. While still in her mid-teens she ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1899 - Died 1976 aged 76

17. Virginia Brown Faire

Actress | Broadway Billy

Virginia Brown Faire was born on June 26, 1904 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Broadway Billy (1926), Handcuffed (1929) and The Calgary Stampede (1925). She was married to William Bayer, Duke Worne, Jack Dougherty and Dick Durham. She died on June 30, 1980 ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1904 - Died 1980 aged 76

18. Betty Francisco

Actress | Seven Keys to Baldpate

Betty Francisco was born Elizabeth Barton on September 26, 1900 in Little Rock, Arkansas. When she was a child she started acting in stock companies. She and her younger sister Evelyn Francisco performed in vaudeville as "The Dancing Franciscos". Betty worked as an artists model and starred in the ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1900 - Died 1950 aged 50

19. Pauline Garon

Actress | Christine of the Big Tops

Born in Montreal, the youngest of 11 children, Pauline Garon spent seven years at one of the most prestigious convent schools in Montreal, le Sacre-Coeur. She wasn't yet 20 when she ran away to New York to become an actress. After some success on Broadway in plays such as "Buddies" and "Sonny," she...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1901 - Died 1965 aged 63

Of all the WAMPAS Baby Stars, only thirteen were born outside the USA. Pauline Garon was born in Canada.

20. Kathleen Key

Actress | Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

Kathleen Key was born Kitty Lanahan. Her great-great grandfather was Francis Scott Key who composed The Star Spangled Banner. When she was a baby her family moved to ranch in Southern California. In 1920 she made her acting debut opposite Snowy Baker in the Australian film The Jackeroo of Coolabong...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1903 - Died 1954 aged 51

21. Laura La Plante

Actress | God's Gift to Women

Laura La Plante was 15 years old when she entered films as a Christie Comedy Bathing Beauty. By 1921, she had played a number of roles including a Tom Mix Western called The Big Town Round-Up (1921) for Fox and The Old Swimmin' Hole (1921) for First National. Laura, now 17, next signed with ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1904 - Died 1996 aged 91

22. Margaret Leahy

Actress | Three Ages

Margaret Leahy was born on August 17, 1902 in London, England. Her father, William Leahy, was a garage mechanic. Margaret's family nicknamed her "Bubbles". When she was eighteen she opened a costume shop where she designed her own clothes. In 1922 she beat out 80,000 other girls to win a beauty ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1902 - Died 1967 aged 64

Of all the WAMPAS Baby Stars, only thirteen were born outside the USA. Margaret Leahy was born in England.

23. Helen Lynch

Actress | Romance of the Underworld

Helen Lynch was born on April 6, 1900 in Billings, Montana, USA. She was an actress, known for Romance of the Underworld (1928), Minnie (1922) and Bustin' Thru (1925). She was married to Carroll Nye. She died on March 2, 1965 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1900 - Died 1965 aged 64

24. Derelys Perdue

Actress | Quick Triggers

Derelys Perdue was born on March 22, 1902 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Quick Triggers (1928), Untamed Youth (1924) and The Last Man on Earth (1924). She died on September 30, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1902 - Died 1989 aged 87

25. Jobyna Ralston

Actress | Lightning

Curly-locked, cherubic knockabout comedienne of the silent cinema. Her mother, portrait photographer Mrs. Kemp Raulston, named her after her favorite actress, Jobyna Howland. She harbored ambitions for her daughter to achieve similar fame and trained her to that end. After a failed teenage marriage...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1899 - Died 1967 aged 67

26. Ethel Shannon

Actress | The Phantom Express

Ethel May Shannon's parents divorced when she was a child and her mother Agnes got a job as a housekeeper. After high school she moved to Los Angeles, California. A friend suggested that they should start working as film extras. In 1919 the lovely redhead co-starred with Bert Lytell in the comedy "...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1923 Born 1898 - Died 1951 aged 53

27. Clara Bow

Actress | Wings

Clara Gordon Bow, destined to become "The It Girl", was born on July 29, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in poverty and violence. Her often absentee and brutish father could not or did not provide and her schizophrenic mother tried to slit Clara's throat when the girl spoke of becoming ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1905 - Died 1965 aged 65

28. Elinor Fair

Actress | Driven

Elinor Fair was born Elinor Virginia Crowe on December 21, 1903 in Richmond, Virginia. Sadly her only brother died in 1904 shortly before his third birthday. The family moved to Seattle, Washington where her father was the manager of a credit card company. After her parents divorced Elinor and her ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1903 - Died 1957 aged 53

29. Carmelita Geraghty

Actress | The Pleasure Garden

The daughter of screenwriter Tom Geraghty and sister of writers Maurice Geraghty and Gerald Geraghty, Carmelita Geraghty was a graduate of Hollywood High School, where she was in charge of the school calendar. Voted a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1924, she spent most of her career as a leading lady, playing ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1901 - Died 1966 aged 65

30. Gloria Grey

Actress | Blake of Scotland Yard

Gloria Grey was born on October 23, 1909 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for Blake of Scotland Yard (1927), A Girl of the Limberlost (1924) and Bag and Baggage (1923). She was married to Ramon Romero. She died on November 22, 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1909 - Died 1947 aged 38

31. Ruth Hiatt

Actress | Sunset Trail

Pert, curly-haired Ruth Hiatt was born Ruth Redfern, a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1924, former child actress, dancer and comedienne. She had moved with her family from San Diego and made her screen bow at age eleven. Ruth was briefly under contract with the Lubin company in 1915, later moving on to ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1906 - Died 1994 aged 88

32. Julanne Johnston

Actress | The Thief of Bagdad

Julanne was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, but she and her family briefly lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then settled in Los Angeles, California, where she attended the Hollywood School for Girls. She also studied dancing and went on tour with the Ruth St. Denis Dancers, which led to her first ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1900 - Died 1988 aged 88

33. Hazel Keener

Actress | Murder by Invitation

Hazel Keener was born on October 22, 1904 in Fairbury, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Murder by Invitation (1941), Ten Days (1925) and North of Nevada (1924). She died on August 7, 1979 in Pacific Grove, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1904 - Died 1979 aged 74

34. Dorothy Mackaill

Actress | Chickie

Dorothy Mackaill was 11 when her parents separated; she then lived with her father. A rebellious teenager, Dorothy -- who had long wanted a career in the theater -- ran away to London and finally persuaded her father to pay for her board and lessons. Her first job was in the chorus; she then ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1903 - Died 1990 aged 87

35. Blanche Mehaffey

Actress | Soul of the Slums

Blanche Mehaffey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1907. She began as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies before coming to Hollywood. She starred in many comedies, westerns and drama films starting in 1923, initially for the Hal Roach Film Company often playing opposite Charley Chase and later Glenn ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1907 - Died 1968 aged 60

36. Margaret Morris

Actress | Born to the West

Margaret Morris was born on November 7, 1898 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Born to the West (1926), Beasts of Paradise (1923) and The Woman I Love (1929). She died on June 7, 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1898- Died 1968 aged 69

37. Marian Nixon

Actress | Captain Calamity

Marian Nixon was born on October 20, 1904, in Superior, Wisconsin. Her career started in 1923 when she played Agnes Evans in Cupid's Fireman (1923). She was nineteen. Marian always gave a good account for herself when she appeared in films and was much in demand throughout the 1920s. Marian was one...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1904 - Died 1983 aged 78

38. Lucille Ricksen

Actress | Behind the Curtain

Lucille Ricksen was born Ingeborg Erickson in Chicago, Illinois on August 22, 1910. She worked a child model and made her film debut at age 5. Her parents separated and her mother took her to Hollywood in 1920, and 10-year-old Lucille was offered a contract with Samuel Goldwyn and starred in a ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1910 - Died 1925 aged 14

The shortest lived WAMPAS Baby Star.

One of the first children to be exploited by parents in Hollywood. Her parents pushing her to work so much was the reason for her illness and subsequent death.

39. Betty Arlen

Actress | Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson

Betty Arlen was born on November 9, 1909 in Providence, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1952). She died on August 4, 1966 in the USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1904 - Died 1966 aged 61

40. Alberta Vaughn

Actress | Randy Rides Alone

Alberta Vaughn was born on June 27, 1904 in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for Randy Rides Alone (1934), The Adorable Deceiver (1926) and The Live Wire (1935). She was married to John Robert Thomas (contractor) and Joe Egli. She died on April 26, 1992 in Studio City, California, ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1924 Born 1904 - Died 1992 aged 87

41. Violet La Plante

Actress | Battling Buddy

Violet La Plante was born on January 17, 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Battling Buddy (1924), The Clean Heart (1924) and My Home Town (1928). She was married to Charles Sorrell Benson. She died on June 1, 1984 in La Jolla, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1908- Died 1984 aged 76

42. Olive Borden

Actress | Gang War

Considered one of the most beautiful actresses of the silent era, Olive Borden was a Mack Sennett bathing beauty at 15 and reached the peak of her career in 1926 when she made 11 films for Fox Studios and was earning $1,500 a week. Refusing to take a salary cut, Borden abruptly left Fox in 1928 and...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1906 - Died 1947 aged 41

43. Anne Cornwall

Actress | College

Anne Cornwall was born on January 17, 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for College (1927), Dulcy (1923) and The Roughneck (1924). She was married to Ellis Wing Taylor and Charles Maigne. She died on March 2, 1980 in Van Nuys, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1897 - Died 1980 aged 83

44. Ena Gregory

Actress | Grinning Guns

Ena Gregory was born on April 18, 1907 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Grinning Guns (1927), In the Palace of the King (1923) and The Rose of Kildare (1927). She was married to Dr. Frank G. Nolan, Albert S. Rogell and Abe Steinberg. She died on June 13, 1993 in ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1906 - Died 1993 aged 87

Of all the WAMPAS Baby Stars, only thirteen were born outside the USA. Ena Gregory was born in Australia.

45. Madeline Hurlock

Actress | Don Juan's 3 Nights

Sophisticated, dark-haired star of silent screen comedy. Of English and Italian ancestry, Madeline was the daughter of engineer John W. Hurlock and his Italian wife Sallie. She was educated in Philadelphia and first appeared on stage there with the Little Theatre. Moving on to New York, Madeline ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1899 - Died 1989 aged 89

46. Natalie Joyce

Actress | A Girl in Every Port

Natalie Joyce was born Natalie Marie Johnson in Virginia. She was one of eight children and her family moved to Pennsylvania when she was young. At the age of eighteen Natalie moved to New York to be an actress. She danced in the Ziegfeld Follies and was offered a movie contract at Christie Studios...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1902 - Died 1992 aged 90

47. June Marlowe

Actress | Pardon Us

June Marlowe was born on November 6, 1903 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Pardon Us (1931), The Life of Riley (1927) and Code of the Air (1928). She was married to Rodney Sprigg. She died on March 10, 1984 in Burbank, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1903 - Died 1984 aged 80

48. Joan Meredith

Actress | The Count of Luxembourg

Joan Meredith was born on January 28, 1907 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Count of Luxembourg (1926), The Truthful Sex (1926) and Blue Blood (1925). She died on October 13, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1907 - Died 1980 aged 73

49. Evelyn Pierce

Actress | Don't

Evelyn Pierce was born on February 5, 1907 in Del Rio, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Don't (1925), Once a Gentleman (1930) and Sonia (1928). She was married to Robert Allen. She died on August 9, 1960 in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1908 - Died 1960 aged 52

50. Dorothy Revier

Actress | Call of the West

Silent screen vamp Dorothy Revier (nee Velegra) was born in San Francisco, California on April 18, 1904, the daughter of a musician. As a result, Dorothy found herself leaning towards a career in music, finding work as a chorine and nightclub dancer in her teens. She broke into films at age 17 with ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1904 - Died 1993 aged 89

51. Duane Thompson

Actress | Husband Hunters

Duane Thompson was born on July 28, 1903 in Red Oak, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Husband Hunters (1927), April Fool (1926) and The Lodge in the Wilderness (1926). She died on August 15, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1903 - Died 1970 aged 67

52. Lola Todd

Actress | The Bells

Lola Todd was born on May 14, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Bells (1926), The Tough Guy (1926) and Pocahontas and John Smith (1924). She died on July 31, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1925 Born 1904 - Died 1995 aged 91

53. Mary Astor

Actress | The Maltese Falcon

Mary Astor was born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke on May 3, 1906 in Quincy, Illinois to Helen Marie Vasconcellos, an American of Portuguese and Irish ancestry from Illinois, and Otto Ludwig Langhanke, a German immigrant. Mary's parents were very ambitious for her and wanted something better for her...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1906 - Died 1987 aged 81

Won an Oscar in 1942

54. Mary Brian

Actress | Peter Pan

Dubbed "The Sweetest Girl in Pictures", Mary Brian started life as Louise Byrdie Datzler. She was born in Corsicana, Texas, and went to high school in Dallas. Her widowed mother had big plans for young Louise and took her to California in 1923, with the intention of getting her into the film ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1906 - Died 2002 aged 96

55. Joyce Compton

Actress | The Awful Truth

Joyce Compton was born on January 27, 1907 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for The Awful Truth (1937), Christmas in Connecticut (1945) and Bedtime Story (1941). She was married to William Francis Kaliher. She died on October 13, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1907 - Died 1997 aged 90

56. Dolores Costello

Actress | The Sea Beast

Dolores Costello was once known as the Goddess of the Silent Screen but is probably best remembered today as Drew Barrymore's grandmother. She was born in 1905 to actors Maurice Costello and Mae Costello. Her father began his film career in 1908 and soon became the most popular matinée idol of his ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1903 - Died 1979 aged 75

Only sisters to be WAMPAS Baby Stars were Delores and Helene Costello

Known as the Goddess of the Silent Screen

57. Joan Crawford

Actress | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1906, in San Antonio, Texas, to Anna Belle (Johnson) and Thomas E. LeSueur, a laundry laborer. By the time she was born, her parents had separated, and by the time she was a teenager, she'd had three stepfathers. It wasn't an easy life; ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1906 - Died 1977 aged 71

Won an Oscar in 1945 and was nominated in 1947 and 1953

58. Marceline Day

Actress | The Cameraman

The younger sister of actress Alice Day, Marceline achieved stardom in the mid-1920s, appearing opposite such stars as John Barrymore and Lon Chaney. Adept at comedy, she also starred with such top comics as Buster Keaton and Harry Langdon. Her career faltered in the early 1930s, however, and she ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1908 - Died 2000 aged 91

59. Dolores Del Río

Actress | Las abandonadas

Dolores del Rio was the one of the first Mexican movie stars with international appeal and who had meteoric career in the 1920s/1930s Hollywood. Del Rio came from an aristocratic family in Durango. In the Mexican revolution of 1916, however, the family lost everything and emigrated to Mexico City, ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1904 - Died 1983 aged 78

Cousin of Ramon Novarro

Of all the WAMPAS Baby Stars, only thirteen were born outside the USA. Delores del Rio was born in Mexico.

60. Janet Gaynor

Actress | A Star Is Born

Janet Gaynor was born Laura Gainor on October 6, 1906, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child, she & her parents moved to San Francisco, California, where she graduated from high school in 1923. She then moved to Los Angeles where she enrolled in a secretarial school. She got a job at a shoe ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1906 - Died 1984 aged 77

Won an Oscar in 1929 and was nominated in 1938

61. Sally Long

Actress | The Kid Sister

Sally Long was born on December 5, 1901 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Kid Sister (1927), The King of the Jungle (1927) and Cock o' the Walk (1930). She was married to Leo Bovette Toohey and Jean Schwartz (I). She died on August 12, 1987 in Newport Beach, ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1901 - Died 1987 aged 85

62. Edna Marion

Actress | The Still Alarm

Edna Marion was born on December 12, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Still Alarm (1926), Readin', 'Ritin', 'Rithmetic (1926) and The Call of the Wilderness (1926). She was married to William E. Paxson and Herbert P. Naisbitt. She died on December 2, 1957 in ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1906 - Died 1957 aged 50

63. Sally O'Neil

Actress | Sally, Irene and Mary

Cute-as-a-button, diminutive (5'2"), green-eyed brunette Sally O'Neil (sometimes billed as Sally O'Neill was a silent and early sound leading lady who maintained her leading status throughout her movie career. Born on October 23, 1908, in Bayonne, New Jersey, her father, Thomas Francis Patrick ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1908 - Died 1968 aged 59

64. Vera Reynolds

Actress | Golf Widows

Vera Reynolds was born on November 25, 1899 in Nebraska, USA. She was an actress, known for Golf Widows (1928), The Monster Walks (1932) and Silence (1926). She was married to Robert Ellis and Earl Montgomery. She died on April 22, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1899 - Died 1962 aged 62

65. Fay Wray

Actress | King Kong

Canadian-born Fay Wray was brought up in Los Angeles and entered films at an early age. She was barely in her teens when she started working as an extra. She began her career as a heroine in westerns at Universal during the silent era. In 1926 the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1926 Born 1907 - Died 2004 aged 96

Of all the WAMPAS Baby Stars, only thirteen were born outside the USA. Fay Wray was born in Canada.

66. Patricia Avery

Actress | Annie Laurie

Patricia Avery was born on November 19, 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Annie Laurie (1927), Night Life (1927) and A Light in the Window (1927). She was married to Merrill Pye. She died on August 21, 1973 in La Crescenta, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1902 - Died 1973 aged 70

67. Rita Carewe

Actress | Revenge

Rita Carewe was born Violette Fox on September 9, 1909 in New York City. Her father was Native American director Edwin Carewe. The family moved to Hollywood in 1914 after he was hired by United Artists. When Rita was a teenager her father helped her get contract at First National. She made her film...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1909 - Died 1955 aged 46

68. Helene Costello

Actress | The Fatal Warning

Some of Helene Costello's films available on video are Her Crowning Glory (1911), Lulu's Doctor (1912) and Lights of New York (1928), the first all-talking feature. She worked for a time as a reader for 20th Century Fox in the early 1940s. Miss Costello died on January 26, 1957, in California's ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1906 - Died 1957 aged 50

Only sisters to be WAMPAS Baby Stars were Delores and Helene Costello

69. Barbara Kent

Actress | Lonesome

A pretty, diminutive (4'11") actress of the silent and early sound era, Barbara Cloutman (later Kent) was born in Gadsby, Alberta, Canada on December 16, 1907. Upon graduating from Hollywood High School in 1925, Kent won the Miss Hollywood Pageant, and set her sights on a career in the movies. She ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1907 - Died 2011 aged 103

Of all the WAMPAS Baby Stars, only thirteen were born outside the USA. Barbara Kent was born in Canada.

Longest lived of all the WAMPAS Baby Stars

70. Natalie Kingston

Actress | Tarzan the Tiger

She traced her lineage back to the first Spanish governor of California. Her great-grandfather on her mother's side was Hungarian-born Agoston Haraszthy, dubbed the father of Californian viticulture. Leggy, olive-complexioned Natalia Ringstrom grew up and was educated in the San Francisco Bay area....

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1905 - Died 1991 aged 85

71. Frances Lee

Actress | Her Splendid Folly

Frances Lee was born on May 5, 1906 in Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for Her Splendid Folly (1933), Divorce Made Easy (1929) and The Carnation Kid (1929). She died on October 10, 1999 in Cardiff-by-the Sea, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1906 - Died 2000 aged 94

72. Mary McAllister

Actress | On Trial

Mary McAllister was born on May 27, 1909 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for On Trial (1917), The Devil's Skipper (1928) and The Midnight Watch (1927). She died on May 1, 1991 in Del Mar, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1909 - Died 1991 aged 81

73. Gladys McConnell

Actress | The Glorious Trail

Gladys McConnell was born on October 22, 1905 in Oklahoma City, Indian Territory, USA [now Oklahoma, USA]. She was an actress, known for The Glorious Trail (1928), The Tiger's Shadow (1928) and The Fire Detective (1929). She was married to A. Ronald Button and Arthur Q. Hagerman. She died on March ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1905 - Died 1979 aged 73

74. Sally Phipps

Actress | Why Sailors Go Wrong

Sally Phipps was born on May 25, 1911 in Oakland, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Why Sailors Go Wrong (1928), Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926) and Joy Street (1929). She was married to Alfred Marion Harned and Benedict Gimbel Jr. She died on March 17, 1978 in Brooklyn, New ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1909 - Died 1978 aged 68

75. Sally Rand

Actress | Sunset Murder Case

She's considered an American icon in the world of entertainment although most contemporaries have no idea who she is until her legendary risqué "fan dance" is brought up. Then they put two and two together. Burlesque star Sally Rand was born in the Ozark region (Missouri) in 1904, her father a ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1904 - Died 1979 aged 75

76. Martha Sleeper

Actress | Penthouse

On stage from the age of seven, Martha Sleeper began on screen in her early teens as a comic actress for Hal Roach. After her successful debut in the independently produced farce The Mailman (1923), she found herself cast in a series of child comedies with Buddy Messinger and a brace of one- and ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1907 - Died 1983 aged 75

77. Iris Stuart

Actress | Casey at the Bat

Iris Stuart was born Frances McCann on February 2, 1903 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents, Thomas and Mary McCann, had both been born in Ireland. After graduating from high school Iris briefly attended secretarial college. The beautiful brunette dropped out to become an artist's model. Soon she ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1903 - Died 1936 aged 33

78. Ada Mae Vaughn

Actress | The Last Edition

Adamae Vaughn was born on November 8, 1905 in Ashland, Kentucky. Her older sister Alberta had been born in 1904. After their parents divorced their mother remarried and the family moved to California. Both sisters decided to pursue show business careers. Adamae made her film debut in the 1921 ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1927 Born 1905 - Died 1943 aged 37

79. Lina Basquette

Actress | The Buccaneer

Journalist Adela Rogers St. Johns once dubbed Lina Basquette "The Screen Tragedy Girl." In retrospect, Lina's private life bore a similar description. While six of her eight marriages ended up "I Don'ts" (she was widowed twice), she would also have to contend with a flurry of legal confrontations, ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928

80. Flora Bramley

Actress | The Flirting Widow

Jane (Flora) Bramley was born in Ashford Kent, England to Thomas, a professional classical musician, and Ethel Pridmore Bramley. After appearing on stage in musical revues, Flora visited America with her family where she and her sister Alma attempted to start careers in Hollywood. Her paternal aunt...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1904 - Died 1993 aged 88

Of all the WAMPAS Baby Stars, only thirteen were born outside the USA. Flora Bramley was born in England.

81. Sue Carol

Actress | In Line of Duty

Sue Carol was born Evelyn Jeannette Lederer on October 30, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, to Caroline (Schmidt) and Samuel Lederer. Her parents were Jewish immigrants (from Bohemia and Germany). She was 20 years old when she entered film work. Her first role was a bit part in Soft Cushions (1927) in ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1906 - Died 1982 aged 75

82. Ann Christy

Actress | Speedy

Tiny, blue-eyed Ann Christy started in films with a bit part in Long Pants (1927) with Harry Langdon. She was then signed by one of the three major producers of silent comedy, Al Christie, to appear in a series of short comedies filmed at Paramount. It was there that she was spotted by Harold Lloyd...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1905 - Died 1987 aged 82

83. June Collyer

Actress | The Ghost Walks

June Collyer was born Dorothea Heermance in New York City on August 19, 1906. She began her career in the film East Side, West Side (1927). After making the successful change to the sound era, June continued to work, something some of her counterparts couldn't do. She appeared on the silver screen ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1904 - Died 1968 aged 63

84. Alice Day

Actress | Two-Fisted Law

Alice Day began her film career as a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty in her mid-teens, and by age 18 was starring in features. Her younger sister, Marceline Day, was also an actress, but Alice never managed to eclipse her sister's career. She was soon working mainly in B pictures and shorts, and ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1905 - Died 1995 aged 89

85. Sally Eilers

Actress | They Made Her a Spy

Sally Eilers enjoyed lunch with a classmate from drama school, Jane Peters (who would later become known as Carole Lombard), at the Sennett Studios cafeteria. There she was spotted by Mack Sennett and instantly became one of his "discoveries". Having already appeared in several bit parts, beginning...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1908 - Died 1978 aged 69

86. Audrey Ferris

Actress | Fancy Baggage

Audrey Ferris was born on August 30, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Fancy Baggage (1929), The Little Wildcat (1928) and Beware of Bachelors (1928). She was married to Archie Huntington (Archer H. Saki). She died on May 3, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1909 - Died 1990 aged 80

87. Dorothy Gulliver

Actress | Troopers Three

As an avid movie fan, Dorothy got her chance to go to Hollywood when she won a Salt Lake City beauty contest sponsored by Universal Pictures. Signed by Universal after her successful screen test, Dorothy became one of the many contract actors working in small bit parts. She became well known due to...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1908 - Died 1997 aged 88

88. Gwen Lee

Actress | A Lady of Chance

She was one of the archetypal flappers of the Jazz Age. Blonde, blue-eyed and impeccably coiffured, we recall Gwen Lee as tall, blonde flibbertigibbets and gold-digging vamps in films of the late 1920s and early '30s. Gwen was born in Nebraska and attended school in Omaha. Having suitably shortened...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1904 - Died 1961 aged 56

89. Molly O'Day

Actress | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

Molly O'Day was born on October 16, 1911 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928), The Patent Leather Kid (1927) and Bars of Hate (1935). She was married to James Kenaston and Jack Durant. She died on October 22, 1998 in Avila Beach, ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1911 - Died 1998 aged 87

90. Ruth Taylor

Actress | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Ruth Alice Taylor was born on January 13, 1905 (some sources say 1908) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. When she was a child her family moved to Oregon. At the age of nineteen Ruth went to Hollywood and started her career as an extra at Universal Studios. In 1925 she signed a two year contract with Mack ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1908 - Died 1984 aged 76

91. Lupe Velez

Actress | The Girl from Mexico

Lupe Velez was born on July 18, 1908, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, as Maria Guadalupe Villalobos Velez. She was sent to Texas at the age of 13 to live in a convent. She later admitted that she wasn't much of a student because she was so rambunctious. She had planned to become a champion roller ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1928 Born 1908 - Died 1944 aged 36

Of all the WAMPAS Baby Stars, only thirteen were born outside the USA. Lupe Velez was born in Mexico.

92. Jean Arthur

Actress | You Can't Take It with You

This marvelous screen comedienne's best asset was only muffled during her seven years' stint in silent films. That asset? It was, of course, her squeaky, frog-like voice, which silent-era cinema audiences had simply no way of perceiving, much less appreciating. Jean Arthur, born Gladys Georgianna ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1929 Born 1900 - Died 1991 aged 90

Nominated for an Oscar in 1944

93. Sally Blane

Actress | Forbidden Company

Although this lovely, light brown-haired leading lady would wind up better known as one of Loretta Young's two elder acting sisters, Sally Blane nevertheless enjoyed a lively albeit modest "B" film career during the late 1920s and 1930s. The resemblance to her "A"-level sister was very strong -- ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1929 Born 1910 - Died 1997 aged 87

94. Betty Boyd

Actress | Paradise Island

Betty Boyd was born on May 11, 1908 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Paradise Island (1930), A Royal Romance (1930) and Along Came Youth (1930). She was married to Mason Browne Olmstead and Charles Henry Over, Jr.. She died on September 16, 1971 in Los Angeles, ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1929 Born 1908 - Died 1971 aged 63

95. Ethlyne Clair

Actress | Jane's Sleuth

Ms. Clair, a natural happy extrovert, starred in silent comedies, Westerns, and serials. She was most popular in Westerns opposite cowboy stars such as Hoot Gibson although her career was less than a decade long. She made her Hollywood debut in a series of comedies called 'The Newlyweds and Their ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1929 Born 1904 - Died 1996 aged 91

96. Doris Dawson

Actress | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

Doris Dawson was born on April 16, 1909 in Goldfield, Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928), His Captive Woman (1929) and Broadway Scandals (1929). She was married to Robert Davis Levy. She died on April 20, 1986 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1929 Born 1909 - Died 1986 aged 77

97. Josephine Dunn

Actress | Murder at Dawn

Convent-educated Mary Josephine Dunn got her start in the chorus line of 'Good Morning, Dearie' at the age of 15. She was briefly in the Ziegfeld Follies and, in 1924, had a walk-on in 'Dear Sir' on Broadway. Two years later, she was picked by a talent scout to join the Paramount acting school for ...

WAMPAS Baby Star 1929 Born 1906 - Died 1983 aged 76

98. Helen Foster

Actress | The Road to Ruin

Helen Foster was born on May 23, 1906 in Independence, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Road to Ruin (1928), The Primrose Path (1931) and Is There Justice? (1931). She died on December 25, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1929 Born 1906 - Died 1982 aged 76

99. Doris Hill

Actress | Men Are Like That

Doris Hill was born on March 21, 1905 in Roswell, New Mexico, USA. She was an actress, known for Men Are Like That (1930), Galloping Romeo (1933) and Code of Honor (1930). She was married to Monte Brice and George L. Derrick. She died on March 3, 1976 in Kingman, Arizona, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1929 Born 1905 - Died 1976 aged 70

100. Caryl Lincoln

Actress | The Lost Special

Caryl Lincoln was born on November 16, 1903 in Oakland, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Lost Special (1932), Wolf Fangs (1927) and Charlie Chan's Courage (1934). She was married to Bert Stevens. She died on February 20, 1983 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

WAMPAS Baby Star 1929 Born 1903 - Died 1983 aged 79