Here is an index to the biographies I’ve written up of many of the most famous pre-Code actresses, with links, filmographies, pictures, and videos.
Here’s a text listing of the actresses:
- Mary Astor
- Joan Bennett
- Constance Bennett
- Joan Blondell
- Clara Bow
- Ruth Chatterton
- Mae Clarke
- Claudette Colbert
- Joan Crawford
- Marion Davies
- Bette Davis
- Delores Del Rio
- Marlene Dietrich
- Claire Dodd
- Ruth Donnelly
- Marie Dressler
- Irene Dunne
- Ann Dvorak
- Glenda Farrell
- Kay Francis
- Greta Garbo
- Janet Gaynor
- Ann Harding
- Jean Harlow
- Helen Hayes
- Katharine Hepburn
- Miriam Hopkins
- Carole Lombard
- Myrna Loy
- Dorothy Mackaill
- Jeanette MacDonald
- Marian Marsh
- Una Merkel
- Edna May Oliver
- Maureen O’Sullivan
- Anita Page
- Zasu Pitts
- Ginger Rogers
- Norma Shearer
- Sylvia Sidney
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Shirley Temple
- Genevieve Tobin
- Thelma Todd
- Helen Twelvetrees
- Mae West
- Fay Wray
- Loretta Young
