On the prime-time soap opera “Peyton Place,” she played one of TV’s first Black female antagonists. She was also a fixture in blaxploitation films.

Learn more about every best-supporting-actress Oscar winner over the last 87 years, from 1937—when the Academy Award was first handed out—to today.

Her career included roles in "The Slams," "Cotton Comes to Harlem," and classic TV shows like "Tarzan" and "Days of our Lives ...

In 1971, she portrayed Linda Sayers, the wife of Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers, in the hit TV movie “Brian’s Song,” which also starred James Caan and Billy Dee Williams. The movie was seen by ...

Autumn Durald Arkapaw made Oscars history as the first woman to win best cinematography. She took home the Academy Award for her work on "Sinners." ...

Judy Pace, a pathbreaking model and star of blaxploitation films who appeared in television shows through the 1960s and ’70s ...

Alfred Hitchcock was nominated for five Oscars over the course of his long career, but the Master of Suspense didn't receive ...

These famous family members have show business in their genes.

On February 29, 1940, at the 12th Academy Awards, Hattie McDaniel made history by becoming the first African American to ...

Hedy Lamarr, the raven-haired Viennese beauty who became one of the reigning temptresses in Hollywood films in the 1930’s and 40’s, especially as Delilah vamping Victor Mature’s Samson, was found dead ...

In the earliest days of movie history, women played key roles on screen and behind the scenes. Dwight Cleveland, author of ...

Before the hashtags and the brunch reservations take over this Women's Day, here is a reminder that Indian cinema was built by women whose names most people cannot even spell today.