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| 3 | Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an American actress. Although her 50-year career was versatile in both film and television, today's audiences might know her more from her many iconic appearances in UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra, such as the innuendo-laden ''Film/TroubleInParadise'' (which was said to have been banned from cinema syndication until 1968) the controversial ''Film/DesignForLiving'', and her StarMakingRole as a prostitute in ''Film/DrJekyllAndMrHyde1931'', which reportedly had to be heavily edited because of it. She was also nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award three times but never won any of them. |
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| 5 | Hopkins was also known for her very conspicuous tension and rivalry with Creator/BetteDavis (perhaps surpassed only by the one Davis had with Creator/JoanCrawford), which was said to have been due to a rumoured affair that Davis had with one of her husbands, Anatole Litvak. Publicity photos for the two movies they appeared together in, ''Theatre/TheOldMaid'' (1939) and ''Film/OldAcquaintance'' (1943), apparently capitalised with it -- one picture from the latter featured [[https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f9pvdIisA48/TB7IKE8es_I/AAAAAAAAA5o/31CxiZEBp9I/s1600/hopkins-davis-gloves.jpg the two actresses in boxing gloves with the director as the referee]]. Hopkins was also known by many fellow Hollywood staff of throwing parties with many high-brow and sophisticated people. She also made many television appearances throughout the 1940s to the 1960s, earning two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for film and television. |
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| 7 | !!Miriam Hopkins on TV Tropes: |
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| 9 | * ''Film/{{Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde|1931}}'' (1931) |
| 10 | * ''Film/TheSmilingLieutenant'' (1931) |
| 11 | * ''Film/TroubleInParadise'' (1932) |
| 12 | * ''Film/TheStoryOfTempleDrake'' (1933) |
| 13 | * ''Film/DesignForLiving'' (1933) |
| 14 | * ''Film/BeckySharp'' (1935) |
| 15 | * ''These Three'' (1936) - an early adaptation of ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'' |
| 16 | * ''Theatre/TheOldMaid'' (1939) |
| 17 | * ''Film/VirginiaCity'' (1940) |
| 18 | * ''Film/OldAcquaintance'' (1943) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheHeiress'' (1949) |
| 20 | * ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' episode "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E17DontOpenTillDoomsday Don't Open Till Doomsday]]" (1963) |
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