From the start of the 20th century up until the 1960s, Hollywood and cinema went through a massive change. This era is known as Hollywood’s Golden Age, Old Hollywood or Classical Hollywood Cinema. The birth of this time began after World War I and gave way to some of the most legendary film stars of all time. We’ve curated some of our favorite tattoos of Old Hollywood’s finest in the gallery below, take a peek at these big screen heavy hitters and let us know your favorite performer from this era in the comments section on social media.
Audrey Hepburn
Birth: 5/4/1929
Death: 1/20/1993
Origin: Brussels, Belgium
Most Famous Film(s): “Sabrina” (1954)
“Funny Face” (1957)
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961)
“My Fair Lady” (1964)
James Dean
Birth: 2/8/1931
Death: 9/30/1955
Origin: Marion, Indiana
Most Famous Film(s): “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955)
Marilyn Monroe
Birth: 6/1/1926
Death: 8/4/1962
Origin: Los Angeles, California
Most Famous Film(s): “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
“How to Marry a Millionaire” (1953)
“The Seven Year Itch” (1955)
“Some Like It Hot” (1959)
Bette Davis
Birth: 4/5/1908
Death: 10/6/1989
Origin: Lowell, Massachusetts
Most Famous Film(s): “Of Human Bondage” (1934)
“Jezebel” (1938)
“Dark Victory” (1939)
“All About Eve” (1950)
John Wayne
Birth: 5/26/1907
Death: 6/11/1979
Origin: Winterset, Iowa
Most Famous Film(s): “Stagecoach” (1939)
“True Grit” (1969)
Clark Gable
Birth: 2/1/1901
Death: 11/16/1960
Origin: Cadiz, Ohio
Most Famous Film(s): “It Happened One Night” (1934)
“Mutiny on the Bounty” (1935)
“Gone with the Wind” (1939)
Marlene Dietrich
Birth: 12/27/1901
Death: 5/6/1992
Origin: Berlin, Germany
Most Famous Film(s): “Blue Angel” (1930)
“Morocco” (1930)
“Blonde Venus” (1932)
“Desire” (1936)
Rita Hayworth
Birth: 10/17/1918
Death: 5/14/1987
Origin: New York City, New York
Most Famous Film(s): “Cover Girl” (1944)
“Gilda” (1946)
“The Lady from Shanghai” (1947)
Elizabeth Taylor
Birth: 2/27/1932
Death: 3/23/2011
Origin: London, England
Most Famous Film(s): “A Place in the Sun” (1951)
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958)
“Cleopatra” (1961)
Doris Day
Birth: 4/3/1922
Death: 5/13/2019
Origin: Cincinnati, Ohio
Most Famous Film(s): “Pillow Talk” (1959)
“Move Over, Darling” (1963)
“The Thrill of It All” (1963)
Lucille Ball
Birth: 8/6/1911
Death: 4/26/1989
Origin: Jamestown, New York
Most Famous Work: “I Love Lucy” (1951-1957)
Gene Kelly
Birth: 8/23/1912
Death: 2/2/1996
Origin: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Most Famous Film(s): “Anchors Aweigh” (1945)
“An American in Paris” (1951)
“Singin’ in the Rain” (1952)
Vivien Leigh
Birth: 11/5/1913
Death: 7/8/1957
Origin: Darjeeling, India
Most Famous Film(s): “Gone with the Wind” (1939)
“A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951)
Sophia Loren
Birth: 9/20/1934
Origin: Rome, Italy
Most Famous Film(s): “Two Women” (1961)
“Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” (1963)
“Marriage Italian Style” (1964)
Judy Garland
Birth: 6/10/1922
Death: 6/22/1969
Origin: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Most Famous Film(s): “The Wizard of Oz” (1939)
“Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944)
“A Star is Born” (1954)
Marlon Brando
Birth: 4/3/1924
Death: 7/1/2004
Origin: Omaha, Nebraska
Most Famous Film(s): “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951)
“On the Waterfront” (1954)
“The Godfather” (1972)
Mae West
Birth: 8/17/1893
Death: 11/22/1980
Origin: Brooklyn, New York
Most Famous Film(s): “I’m No Angel” (1933)
“Go West Young Man” (1936)
“My Little Chickadee” (1940)
Lauren Bacall
Birth: 9/16/1924
Death: 8/12/2014
Origin: New York City, New York
Most Famous Film(s): “To Have and Have Not” (1944)
“How to Marry a Millionaire” (1953)
“Designing Women” (1957)
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