The Sparkle of A Star...

Hannah. Pennsylvania. Your local redheaded witch enthusiast.

[damejudithanderson]

Judith Anderson, unidentifed man and Maurice Evans during the overseas stage production of Macbeth in 1943. (Source: New York Public Library digital collections)

[fannyminafers]

Just popping on here to say that I devote all my energy now to an Aggie instagram @agnes.moorehead, and twitter @agnesmooreheads.

[larinah]

This is me when I know a spider is in my bedroom, but I can’t figure out where it went.

[absencesrepetees]

the lady from shanghai (orson welles, 1947)

[lesbianavagardner]

Lauren Bacall, 1945

[sparklejamesysparkle]

“Even when I was carrying a gun, she scared the bejesus out of me.” -Humphrey Bogart on working with Bette Davis in the Warner Bros. crime drama Marked Woman, 1937.

[novice-at-play]

“The gull sees farthest who flies highest” ~Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

[kitschykatvintage]

“I’ll make him suffer, body and soul!”

Veronica Lake- “I Married a Witch” 1942

[firebirdjudith]

‘One of my little nieces once asked me: “Auntie Judy, why are you always smiling when you’re working in the garden?” I guess it’s because I’m happiest when I’m in my garden.’ - Judith Anderson speaking in 1960

Here’s Judith in her happy place, the garden of her avocado and lemon ranch in Carpinteria, California, with (I believe) her nephew and nieces. The photo comes from a book about the local area, which looks like it’s a world away from the hustle and bustle (and stress) of Hollywood and Broadway.

Judith’s impressive Palladian-style house and 14-acre grounds still exist and are worth millions of dollars. So, if we want to live like a Dame, we’d better start saving up…

[olive-thomas]

Billie Burke by Charlotte Fairchild, 1918

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Billie Burke

[mylittlevintageworld]

Erin Murphy, Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Maurice Evans and Agnes Moorehead Bewitched

[fannyminafers]

Maurice Evans as Romeo, 1936.

[sweetheartsandcharacters]

Maurice Evans, Ethel Barrymore, Keenan Wynn and Angela Lansbury in “Kind Lady” (John Sturges, 1951).

[lanaturnerhascollapsed]

The New Movie, April 1930

[bettybacallbeauty]

Lauren Bacall circa 1945

[wehadfacesthen]

Teen model Lauren Bacall, 1943, a fashion shoot for Vogue