Ida Lupino - biography

“Today it’s almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power...  I wouldn’t hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.”

“Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.”

“I knew it would break his heart if I didn’t go into the business.”

“I had no desire to crash a man’s world.”

“Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females.”

“I’d love to see more women working as directors and producers.”

“Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn’t very feminine.”

“I didn’t see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.”

“Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did.  That way I got more cooperation.”

Ida Lupino has appeared in the following films:
I Lived with You (1933)
The Ghost Camera (1933)
Come on Marines (1934)
Paris in Spring (1935)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Anything Goes (1936)
Yours for the Asking (1936)
Artists and Models (1937)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The Light That Failed (1939)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
They Drive by Night (1940)
High Sierra (1941)
Ladies in Retirement (1941)
The Sea Wolf (1941)
Moontide (1942)
Escape Me Never (1947)
The Man I Love (1947)
Road House (1948)
Lust for Gold (1949)
Woman in Hiding (1950)
Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951)
Beware, My Lovely (1952)
On Dangerous Ground (1952)
Private Hell 36 (1954)
The Big Knife (1955)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Backtrack! (1969)
Junior Bonner (1972)
The Devil’s Rain (1975)


Ida Lupino directed the following films:
Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951)
On Dangerous Ground (1952)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
The Trouble with Angels (1966)


Ida Lupino contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)