Line #7 Creator/IdaLupino


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3	Ida Lupino (4 February 1918 – 3 August 1995) was a British actor, writer, director, and producer who rose to moderate stardom during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood and was the only female director working in the business during TheFifties.
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5	Ida grew up in London, born into English show business royalty; her mother was an actor and her father a famous vaudevillian, and the Lupinos had a rich family tree of entertainers spanning back to the Victorian era. UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria called them “The Royal Family of Greasepaint," and they were friends with the likes of Creator/CharlesDickens and the writer of ''Literature/PeterPan'', J. M. Barrie.
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7	Starting the family trade at an early age, she enrolled in London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and although only thirteen, she was named the "British Creator/JeanHarlow" due to her remarkable sensuality on screen. In 1934, she came to Hollywood (Creator/{{Paramount}} studios) at sixteen to play Alice in the 1933 version of ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', but she proved to be too “old” for the part. Nevertheless, she signed a 5-year contract with them. For several years, she played ingénues and quickly became dissatisfied with these roles. In 1940, she signed with Creator/WarnerBrothers and starred in a slew of great films including Creator/RaoulWalsh’s ''Film/HighSierra'' (alongside Creator/HumphreyBogart) and ''Film/TheyDriveByNight'' as embittered gun molls or {{femme fatale}}s.
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9	During her Warner years, she was constantly suspended for refusing roles she believed beneath her. However, her suspensions enabled her to observe the behind-the-scenes of film-making and piqued her interest in directing. In 1949, Ida, alongside her husband Collier Young, created their own production company called The Filmakers. Here she produced, wrote, and directed many of her films and had the distinction of being the only female director of her era. Her films tackled RippedFromTheHeadlines stories that dealt with unwanted pregnancies, rape, and grisly murder. She would act on the side to help keep her company afloat, but unfortunately, although her films were profitable, the company failed, and she would move to producing and directing TV shows during TheSixties and continued well into TheSeventies.
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11	She died in 1995 from heart failure, having paved the way for other female directors in Hollywood, but with no proper recognition until after her death.
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13	!!Select Filmography (appeared in)
14	* ''Film/TheLightThatFailed'' (1939)
15	* ''Film/{{The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes\|1939}}'' (1939)
16	* ''Film/TheyDriveByNight'' (1940)
17	* ''Film/OutOfTheFog'' (1941)
18	* ''Literature/TheSeaWolf'' (1941)
19	* ''Film/HighSierra'' (1942)
20	* ''Film/{{Moontide}}'' (1942)
21	* ''Film/{{The Hard Way\|1943}}'' (1943)
22	* ''Film/ThankYourLuckyStars'' (1943)
23	* ''Film/EscapeMeNever'' (1947)
24	* ''Film/{{Road House\|1948}}'' (1948)
25	* ''Film/LustForGold'' (1949)
26	* ''Film/OnDangerousGround'' (1951) -- Lupino may have shot some scenes but went uncredited.
27	* ''Film/WhileTheCitySleeps'' (1956)
28	* ''Film/TheDevilsRain'' (1975)
29	* ''Film/TheFoodOfTheGods'' (1976)
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31	!!Select Filmography (directed)
32	* ''Film/NeverFear'' (1949)
33	* ''Film/NotWanted'' (1949)
34	* ''Film/{{Outrage\|1950}}'' (1950) - Added to the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry in 2020.
35	* ''Hard Fast and Beautiful'' (1951)
36	* ''Film/TheHitchHiker'' (1953)
37	* ''Film/TheBigamist'' (1953) - she also co-starred in the film
38	* ''Film/TheTroubleWithAngels'' (1966)
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40	!! Select TV shows (directed and/or appeared in)
41	* ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' –- directed only
42	* ''Series/Batman1966'' -- appeared in
43	* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' -- directed only
44	* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' -- appeared in [[Recap/ColumboS01E06 two]] different [[Recap/ColumboS03E07 episodes]]
45	* ''Series/TheFugitive'' -- directed only
46	* ''Series/GilligansIsland'' -- directed only
47	* ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'' -- directed only
48	* ''Series/TheRifleman'' -- directed only
49	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' -- the only person to direct ''and'' star in the show.
50	** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E4TheSixteenMillimeterShrine The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine]]" -- appeared in
51	** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E25TheMasks The Masks]]" -- directed only
52	* ''Series/TheUntouchables'' -- directed only

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