Miriam Hopkins is remembered in film for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Miriam Hopkins as American actress (1902-1972).
Miriam Hopkins was born in 1902. Her recorded nationality is the United States.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
The record gives her occupations as film actor, actor and screenwriter.
The work that carried her reputation furthest concerned versatility. The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
Her work was formally recognised with the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Working from the United States shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have her, the language the work first appeared in.
Miriam Hopkins died in 1972 at the age of 70. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Worked as film actor, actor and screenwriter
