Mary Ann Anderson was a new sub agent for The Lund Agency in California when she was ordered to deliver flowers to movie star Ida Lupino's home on her birthday. The woman was stunned by what she saw.

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 ...

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 ...

Ida Lupino’s bold, subversive films tackled social issues and still seem fresh almost 70 years later, writes Caryn James. In a daring, brilliantly executed scene in Ida Lupino’s Outrage (1950), a ...

Born in London in 1918, Ida Lupino was a movie star, writer, producer, groundbreaking filmmaker, and an all-around character. A brilliant renaissance woman, dubbed by one columnist “the last of ...

Quick question: How many women are nominated in the Best Director Oscar category this year? How many have ever been nominated? How many have won? And here are the sad answers: Not one woman nominated ...

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 ...

“I love being called Mother,” said Ida Lupino, the famed Hollywood director and star—and a bulldozer both onscreen and off when she had to be, despite her favored moniker. “I would never shout orders ...

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 ...

A new Warner Archive home release of Vincent Sherman's "The Hard Way" provides an opportunity to appreciate the singular actress at her finest. When Ida Lupino was working as an actress under contract ...

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 ...