Biography
London-born actress/director/screenwriter Ida Lupino came from a family of performers. She played small parts in Hollywood films through the 1930s until she starred opposite
Humphrey Bogart in
High Sierra (1941), which led to bigger roles in films of the '40s. Early on, she appeared in
Peter Ibbetson (1935),
Anything Goes (1936),
Artists and Models (1937),
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), and
The Light That Failed (1939), among others. Later, she appeared in
Ladies in Retirement (1941),
The Sea Wolf (1941), Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942), and
Forever and a Day (1943), and continued performing on into the 1960s, but not in major films. Starting with
Not Wanted (1949), which she also co-wrote, she became the only female movie director of her time. She specialized in dramatic and suspense films, including
Never Fear (1949),
The Hitch-Hiker (1953),
The Bigamist (1953), and the comedy
The Trouble with Angels (1966). She also directed episodes of many television series, including
The Untouchables and The Fugitive. ~ All Movie Guide