Miriam Hopkins

Birth Name:

Ellen Miriam Hopkins

Birth Place:

Savannah , Georgia, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Served as the vice-president of the Hollywood Democratic Committee in the 1930s and 1940s
Started in show business as a chorus girl in New York City
A trained ballerina, she started pursuing acting after breaking her ankle before touring with a ballet troupe
Quote: "It makes a good story when women have feuds on their pictures ․ ․ ․ Somebody thought it would be good publicity for Bette [Davis] and me to have a feud․"
Quote: "Me temperamental? I never was․ Proof of that is that I made four pictures with Willie Wyler, who is a very demanding director․ I made two with Rouben Mamoulian who is the same․ Two with Ernst Lubitsch, such a dear man․"
Often takes on the role of Southern belles in films
Was the first choice to portray the character Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind․"
Was offered the eventual Oscar-winning role of Ellie Andrews in "It Happened One Night," but turned the part down

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