Miriam Hopkins, American actress, was born on October 18, 1902. Little Miriam spent his childhood in Bainbridge, Georgia, USA. The daughter of intelligent and wealthy parents received a good education. Being still a very young girl, Miriam was seriously engaged in dancing, but traveling on a student tour, she accidentally suffered a leg injury and her career as a dancer was over.
In 1921, Miriam Hopkins decides to conquer New York and begins his performances on Broadway, but in the mid-twenties
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Miriam Hopkins, American actress, was born on October 18, 1902. Little Miriam spent his childhood in Bainbridge, Georgia, USA.
The daughter of intelligent and wealthy parents received a good education. Being still a very young girl, Miriam was seriously engaged in dancing, but traveling on a student tour, she accidentally suffered a leg injury and her career as a dancer was over.
In 1921, Miriam Hopkins decides to conquer New York and begins his performances on Broadway, but in the mid-twenties makes a good theater career.
Madly in love Miriam married in 1926 to the talented actor Brandon Peters, and, in 1928, for the first time appears on the wide screen in the film “Home Girl”. Two years after the release of this film, the film company Paramount Pictures signed a contract with Hopkins and in the same 1930 she made a brilliant debut in cinema, successfully coping with her main role in the film “Inconstant”. She successfully bypassed the usual way for many aspiring actresses to play episodic roles in serious films and in 1931 starred in three resonant films at once. The first was a musical comedy filled with romance and love, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
Smiling Lieutenant . This film was followed by the dramatic film 24 Hours and the thriller Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, directed by Ruben Mamulian.
In 1931, Miriam ends his marriage to Peters and decides to marry screenwriter Austin Parker. However, this union failed a year later. The first real recognition and world fame came to Miriam in 1932, after the screens were released.
comedy film Trouble in Paradise Director Lubich, in which the actress played the role of a pickpocket thief.
In 1933, Lubitsch again invites Miriam to the comedy The Decision to Live, and she again delightfully copes with her role. The development of the acting career of Miriam Hopkins reached its peak in 1935, when the actress with a worldwide reputation played a major role in the drama film “Becky Sharp” and received her first and last nomination for the Oscar.
Quite harmonious and attractive on stage, in the life of everyday Miriam was quite selfish, wayward woman. Very often on the set, the actress behaved not very decently in relation to her colleagues on the stage, trying to pull the blanket over herself, stubbornly demanding more profitable options in roles for herself. Family life did not work out, new marriages completely devastated her soul.
Miriam Hopkins died on October 9, 1972. /