Classic Hollywood Starlets

Vintage black-and-white portraits of iconic Hollywood actresses posing elegantly, highlighting beauty and fashion from the mid-20th century.

Ida Lupino, English film actress and director, 1940s. Artist: Warner Brothers

LILI ST. CYR in SON OF SINBAD (1955), directed by TED TETZLAFF.

JANET LEIGH.

Anita Page, American film actress, c1938. Artist: Unknown

JANE WYMAN.

MAMIE VAN DOREN.

BETTY GRABLE.

MARILYN MONROE in THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955), directed by BILLY WILDER.

RITA HAYWORTH in MY GAL SAL (1942), directed by IRVING CUMMINGS.

Anita Ekberg, 60s.

Ida Lupino, English film actress and director, 1940s. Artist: Warner Brothers

STELLA STEVENS.

PAMELA TIFFIN.

LESLIE CARON in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951), directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.

ESTHER WILLIAMS.

Photograph of Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) an American actress and dancer.

Eleanor Holm at the New York World Fair 1939 as part of Billy Rose's Aquacade Date: 1939

JOAN COLLINS.

HAZEL COURT.

ESTHER WILLIAMS.

ANITA EKBERG in BLOOD ALLEY (1955), directed by WILLIAM A. WELLMAN.

KAREN SHARPE.

Hephzibah Menuhin. October 05, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

NATALIE WOOD in GYPSY (1962), directed by MERVYN LEROY.

SANDRA DEE. 1960.

SHARON TATE.

RITA HAYWORTH in AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD (1952), directed by VINCENT SHERMAN.

Film still of Silvana Mangano (1930-1989) from 'Ulysses'.

DOROTHY MALONE.

Prunella Stack. March 1, 1937.

MARILYN MONROE in HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953), directed by JEAN NEGULESCO.

IDA LUPINO.

ANITA PAGE.

AVA GARDNER. 1952.

DONNA REED. 1954.

MARILYN MONROE in MONKEY BUSINESS (1952), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

Grace Kelly, 1954 Palm Springs, California Paramount Pictures

DORIS DAY in ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS (1948), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

Pauline Garrick. January 1, 1951.

Mrs. Lotte Hass, wife of marine explorer Dr. Hans Hass of Vienna. Honey-blonde Lotte Hass who helps her husband with his daring photographic studies of fish-life the sharks. February 25, 1953.

GENE TIERNEY in NEVER LET ME GO (1953), directed by DELMER DAVES.

AVA GARDNER. 1952.

NATALIE WOOD.

JANE WYMAN. 1951.

Prince May Wed Rehead in Secret - Glamorous Lynn Russell, twenty-one-year-old redhead from Chelsea, left her luxury hotel at Taormina, Sicily, today for "and unknown destination" - and perhaps a secret marriage to handsome Prince Pier Francesco Borghese. The Prince drove up to the hotel in a low-slung sports car. Lynn was beaming as she stepped into the car, She was accompanied by her sister Patricia, who joined her in Sicily a few days ago. Rome society is convinced that Lynn, an ex-beauty queen whose real name is Ella Fudge, will soon be Princess Borghese of Rome a member of one of the proudest Italian aristocratic families. November 17, 1955. (Photo by Daily Mirror)

MARTHA VICKERS.

Photograph of Francoise Arnoul (1931-) a French actress.

JEAN ROGERS.

Marilyn Monroe , 1951

SUSAN HAYWARD.

Movie still with Audrey Hepburn from 'Sabrina' movie

VERA-ELLEN.

SHELLEY WINTERS in A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME (1964), directed by RUSSELL ROUSE.

Judith Somerville. May 22, 1952.

AVA GARDNER. 1952.

Mrs. Ruth Ellis, 28 Year-Old Mother of Two, has Been told of the home Secretary's Decision that he is unablre to Grant a Reprieve. Sentenced to Death for the Murder of Racing Moterist David Blakely, She will be executed at Holloway Jail Tomorrow Morning. July 12, 1955.

American actress and film producer Joanne Woodward (Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward) wearing a swimsuit and posing on the beach. 1950s.

MARILYN MONROE in LET'S MAKE LOVE (1960), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

ANN-MARGRET in THE SWINGER (1966), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.

ELKE SOMMER in THE PRIZE (1963), directed by MARK ROBSON.

SHARON TATE in DON'T MAKE WAVES (1967), directed by ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK.

Zelma White, 22 *****. December 21, 1953.

MARILYN MONROE in DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK (1952), directed by ROY WARD BAKER.

Marilyn Monroe , There's No Business Like Show Business , 1954 directed by Walter Lang 20th Century Fox

JANE SEYMOUR in SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER (1977), directed by SAM WANAMAKER.

CATHY MORIARTY in RAGING BULL (1980), directed by MARTIN SCORSESE.

SARA MONTIEL.

JANE WYMAN.

Jayne Mansfield , 1956-1957 20th Century Fox

Coral Gables, Florida: May 1, 1934 Coral Gables' "Miss Prosperity" is wearing a bathing suit made of "currency" as a feature of the state wide Henry L. Doherty Day celebration in which all of Florida will honor his leadership in returning the state to prosperity.

MARILYN MONROE.

SOPHIA LOREN. 1954.

VERONICA LAKE in THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942), directed by FRANK TUTTLE.

Dorothy Lamour, Actress, (1914-1996)

Hollywood, California: 1944 Actress Elinor Counts is a "cute trick" conjured up by Orson Welles to assist him in the film "Follow the Boys".

Photographic portrait of Eunice Gayson (1931-) an English actress best known for her role as Sylvia Trench in James Bond. Dated 20th Century

JOANNE WOODWARD in THE STRIPPER (1963), directed by FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER.

LUCILLE BALL in CRITIC'S CHOICE (1963), directed by DON WEIS.

JILL ST. JOHN in WHO'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED (1963), directed by DANIEL MANN.

DORIS DAY in THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

ANALIA GADE in THE GIRLS IN BLUE (1957) -Original title: MUCHACHAS DE AZUL-, directed by PEDRO LAZAGA.

PAMELA TIFFIN in FOR THOSE WHO THINK YOUNG (1964), directed by LESLIE H. MARTINSON.

SHIRLEY MACLAINE in ALL IN A NIGHT'S WORK (1961), directed by JOSEPH ANTHONY.

JANE RUSSELL. 1955.

Photograph of Susan Hayward (1917-1975) an American actress. Dated 20th Century

Elettra marconi. 1930.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE.

YVETTE MIMIEUX in WHERE THE BOYS ARE (1960), directed by HENRY LEVIN.

JAYNE MANSFIELD.

ANN-MARGRET in MADE IN PARIS (1966), directed by BORIS SAGAL.

JANE POWELL.

Doris Day and Steven Boyd. Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 - May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939. Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; 4 July 1931 - 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor. He appeared in some 60 films, most notably as the villainous Messala in Ben-Hur (1959).

ANN-MARGRET in R. P. M. (1970), directed by STANLEY KRAMER.

GLORIA HENRY.

ANNE BAXTER.

Leigh - Ward ... Everything's looking "Leigh" ward these days Hollywood. And when the Leigh is named Janet, is it any wonder. The youngster who zoomed to fame in her first picture, "The Romance of Rosy Ridge" opposite Van Johnson proved that she is no "flash in the pan." On the contrary, she's an actress of rare dramatic ability and proves it to the world with her performance as the poignant suicide in "If Winter Comes," M-G-M's picturization of A.S.M. Hutchinsonts famous novel. Here she is trying a few camera tricks herself. January 1, 1948.

YVETTE MIMIEUX in DIAMOND HEAD (1963), directed by GUY GREEN.

Princess Anne in the garden of Royal Lodge, Windsor.New Photographs of H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen mother, Prince Charles and Princess have been released for publication on Friday April 23rd. 1954. April 30, 1954. (Photo by Lisa, Evening Papers).

Sharon Farrell, on-set of the Film, "The Reivers" Cinema Center Films, 1969

JODIE FOSTER in TAXI DRIVER (1976), directed by MARTIN SCORSESE.

JEAN HARLOW.

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