Ellen Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902 – October 9, 1972) was an American actress known for her versatility. She signed with Paramount Pictures in 1930. She portrayed a pickpocket in Ernst Lubitsch's romantic comedy Trouble in Paradise, a bar singer named Ivy in Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the titular character in the controversial drama The Story of Temple Drake. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1935 film Becky Sharp, becoming the first performer nominated for a color picture. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Heiress. She co-starred with Joel McCrea in five films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miriam Hopkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

• 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood — Ivy Pearson (archive footage)
• 1970Savage Intruder — Katherine Parker
• 1966The Chase — Mrs. Reeves
• 1964Fanny Hill — Maude Brown
• The Outer Limits — Mary Kry
• 1961The Children's Hour — Lily Mortar
• The Investigators — Minna Carter
• Route 66
• Matinee Theater
• 1955Summer Pavilion — Theresa Durand
• Climax! — Amanda Hale
• The Whistler
• General Electric Theater — Mrs. Cynthia Lockman
• 1952Carrie — Julie Hurstwood
• 1952The Outcasts of Poker Flat — Mrs. Shipton aka 'The Duchess'
• 1951The Mating Season — Fran Carleton
• Lux Video Theatre — Bertha Jacks, Julie Arden, Margaret, Norma Desmond
• 1949The Heiress — Lavinia Penniman
• Studio One — Theresa Durand
• 1943Old Acquaintance — Millie Drake
• 1942A Gentleman After Dark — Flo Melton
• 1940Lady with Red Hair — Mrs. Leslie Carter
• 1940Virginia City — Julia Hayne
• 1939The Old Maid — Delia Lovell Ralston
• 1937The Woman I Love — Mme. Helene Maury
• 1937Wise Girl — Susan Fletcher
• 1937Woman Chases Man — Virginia Travis
• 1936Men Are Not Gods — Ann Williams
• 1936These Three — Martha Dobie
• 1935Barbary Coast — Mary 'Swan' Rutledge
• 1935Becky Sharp — Becky Sharp
• 1935Splendor — Phyllis Manning Lorrimore
• 1934All of Me — Lydia Darrow
• 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
• 1934She Loves Me Not — Curly Flagg
• 1934The Richest Girl in the World — Dorothy Hunter
• 1933Design for Living — Gilda Farrell
• 1933The Story of Temple Drake — Temple Drake
• 1933The Stranger's Return — Louise
• 1932Dancers in the Dark — Gloria Bishop
• 1932The World and the Flesh — Maria Yaskaya
• 1932Trouble in Paradise — Lily
• 1932Two Kinds of Women — Emma Krull
• 193124 Hours — Rosie Dugan
• 1931Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Ivy Pearson
• 1931The House That Shadows Built — (archive footage)
• 1931The Smiling Lieutenant — Princess Anna
• 1930Fast and Loose — Marion Lenox
• 1928The Home Girl

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2003Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)
• 1940Breakdowns of 1940 — Self