{"id":2595,"date":"2023-04-18T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losangeleska.com\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2023-04-18T08:40:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:40:01","slug":"ida-lupino-as-the-mother-of-independent-cinema-actress-and-one-of-the-first-female-directors-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losangeleska.com\/en\/eternal\/ida-lupino-as-the-mother-of-independent-cinema-actress-and-one-of-the-first-female-directors-in-los-angeles","title":{"rendered":"Ida Lupino as the mother of independent cinema, actress and one of the first female directors in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>She was born into a family of famous performers in Great Britain. Ida Lupino began acting in movies as a teenager and later decided to move to Los Angeles. She was destined to become the mother of independent cinema, a pioneer with a rather fruitful career that lasted from the 1930s to the 1970s. <a href=\"https:\/\/losangeleska.com\/uk\/\">Losangeleska<\/a> tells more about the impressive story of a great and talented woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0d7c238e608\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0d7c238e608\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/losangeleska.com\/en\/eternal\/ida-lupino-as-the-mother-of-independent-cinema-actress-and-one-of-the-first-female-directors-in-los-angeles\/#First_acting_attempts\" >First acting attempts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/losangeleska.com\/en\/eternal\/ida-lupino-as-the-mother-of-independent-cinema-actress-and-one-of-the-first-female-directors-in-los-angeles\/#Popular_movie_star\" >Popular movie star<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/losangeleska.com\/en\/eternal\/ida-lupino-as-the-mother-of-independent-cinema-actress-and-one-of-the-first-female-directors-in-los-angeles\/#Time_of_change\" >Time of change<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/losangeleska.com\/en\/eternal\/ida-lupino-as-the-mother-of-independent-cinema-actress-and-one-of-the-first-female-directors-in-los-angeles\/#A_female_legend_and_Hollywood_star\" >A female legend and Hollywood star&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First_acting_attempts\"><\/span>First acting attempts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>She starred for the first time at the age of 15 in Her First Affaire. Mother went to the audition with her but the girl immediately attracted the director&#8217;s attention due to her bright appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She auditioned for a role in Alice in Wonderland. Feeling the rebellious spirit of adolescence together with her own vision of Hollywood glamor, Ida lightened her hair and applied too much makeup. The director did not appreciate it, so she lost the role of Alice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, such a change in style was only beneficial because she then got numerous roles of glamorous and frivolous girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/ida-lupino-in-the-1930s-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/ida-lupino-in-the-1930s-38.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/ida-lupino-in-the-1930s-38-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Popular_movie_star\"><\/span>Popular movie star<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Her beauty beckoned and Ida was given new and new roles. She was a celebrity in the 1930s and 1940s. Once a miniature and independent actress, who received $ 1,700 a week in 1937, refused the contract. The thing is that she got tired of frivolous roles. After that, Ida Lupino was out of work for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The period of unemployment did not last long. Later she received a successful role of a model in The Light That Failed (1939) and the role of an authoritative sister in The Hard Way (1943). New York critics even awarded her for the best female role. The next award was for work in Devotion (1946).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She combined talent, courage and steel nerves. According to many Hollywood critics, this was the secret formula for the success of the famous Ida Lupino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/f16b30f7a8e1da04403fa62efffc9d3b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/f16b30f7a8e1da04403fa62efffc9d3b.jpg 564w, https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/f16b30f7a8e1da04403fa62efffc9d3b-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Time_of_change\"><\/span>Time of change<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the early 1950s, the actress refused a lucrative contract, choosing a more risky path. She was later called a pioneer for the following decision. Ida Lupino became the first female director. It was an incredibly rare position at the time. Her debut work Not Wanted was presented in 1949. After that, many more directorial works deserved attention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Hitch-Hiker movie<\/li><li>The Trouble with Angels teen comedy<\/li><li>The Donna Reed Show classic series<\/li><li>Alfred Hitchcock Presents series<\/li><li>The Twilight Zone series and the famous Bewitched.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ida returned to acting when she got married to her third husband, Howard Duff. It was in the 1957-1958 television series Mr. Adams and Eve. She chose a plot based on their own marital experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ida Lupino was last seen as an actress in Charlie&#8217;s Angels in 1976, an episode called I Will Be Remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite lots of acting and directing work, Ida Lupino&#8217;s personal life was just as stormy and full. There were three marriages in her life. Her first husband was actor Louis Hayward. Their marriage lasted from 1938 to 1945. For the second time, the woman married film producer Collier Young (1948-1951). Then, Ida married actor Howard Duff and gave birth to a daughter. The marriage lasted from 1951 to 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/highsierra2_758_426_81_s_c1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/highsierra2_758_426_81_s_c1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/highsierra2_758_426_81_s_c1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/highsierra2_758_426_81_s_c1-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_female_legend_and_Hollywood_star\"><\/span>A female legend and Hollywood star&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ida Lupino certainly entered history as one of the most famous directors. She is the only female director of the 1950s who managed to work in an independent Hollywood production company. She was a co-author, co-producer and the only one who filmed episodes of many famous series. It is also exceptional that she was the first female director who also starred herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once she refused a lucrative contract, choosing the path of an independent female producer and director in Hollywood. Ida Lupino died in 1995 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/osn-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/osn-2.jpg 762w, https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/osn-2-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/cdn.losangeleska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/osn-2-696x877.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She was born into a family of famous performers in Great Britain. Ida Lupino began acting in movies as a teenager and later decided to move to Los Angeles. She was destined to become the mother of independent cinema, a pioneer with a rather fruitful career that lasted from the 1930s to the 1970s. 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