In the realm of Golden Age Hollywood, Ida Lupino may not be as well-known as other stars, but her achievements cannot be overlooked. The British actress rose to prominence in the '30s and '40s, with ...

When Ida Lupino was working as an actress under contract to Warner Bros. in the 1940s, she joked that she was “the poor man’s Bette Davis,” partly because she tended to be offered parts that Davis had ...

Had she been nominated for a Golden Globe for her 1950 indie flick “Outrage,” perhaps Ida Lupino would have worn black to the awards ceremony. For “Outrage,” one of the first films distributed by ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with commentator Murray Horwitz about the life and accomplishments of groundbreaking actress and director Ida Lupino. Lupino would have turned 100 this Sunday. Ida Lupino was a ...

The trailblazing Hollywood actress-turned-director will be remembered with a six-film retrospective Now in its third year, the Lumière Festival’s ongoing Permanent History of Women Filmmakers section ...

Born Feb. 4, 1918, Ida Lupino would have been a good fit for 2018. Describing herself as “the poor man’s Bette Davis,” the actress turned down roles she didn’t want and spent the subsequent ...

A director needs two things to become a director: the luck of opportunity, and the opportunity for luck. For most of Hollywood’s 100-plus years dominated, controlled and exploited by men (as the ...