Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino (February 4, 1918 – August 3, 1995) was an English-American author, director and actress. She appeared in almost sixty movies and directed seven others. She was also in television series, including The Donna Reed Show and Gilligan's Island. She retired from acting at sixty. Ida died in Los Angeles when she suffered a stroke at age seventy-seven.
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Lupino (left) directing The Hitch-Hiker, 1953
Cinematographer Ted McCord, Lupino and Dane Clark in Deep Valley (1947)
Lupino in It Takes a Thief in 1968
Ida Lupino's The Hitch-Hiker (1953) was the first American film noir directed by a woman.
The Hard Way (1943)