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Feb 04, 1918 London Died on 03 Aug 1995 (aged 77)
American film director and actress
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About Ida Lupino
- Ida Lupino (4 February 1918 – 3 August 1995) was an English-American actress, singer, director, and producer.
- She is widely regarded as one of the most prominent, and one of the only, female filmmakers working during the 1950s in the Hollywood studio system.
- With her independent production company, she co-wrote and co-produced several social-message films and became the first woman to direct a film noir with The Hitch-Hiker in 1953. Throughout her 48-year career, she made acting appearances in 59 films and directed eight others, working primarily in the United States, where she became a citizen in 1948.
- She also directed more than 100 episodes of television productions in a variety of genres including westerns, supernatural tales, situation comedies, murder mysteries, and gangster stories.
- She was the only woman to direct episodes of the original The Twilight Zone series (most notably "The Masks"), as well as the only director to have starred in the show.
