Name the Actress

That looks like Ruth Chatterton?

Good guess, but this lady was much more famous.

I don't have a clue and yet she looks familiar. That photo looks like from the 1930s, perhaps early to mid 30s.

Janet Gaynor?

Good guess, but no.

She was the first actress to sign a million dollar contract.

Is she a foreign actress? I did my Top Favorite Actors and Actresses from the 1930s and I just looked at that thread and no one seems to match that photo. Take a look:
https://www.movieforums.com/communit...ad.php?t=51875

Mary Pickford. The 1930s styling really threw me off but I knew I'd seen those eyes before.

Believe it or not, while I was watching TV, I thought about what early 20th century actress was the first to sign a million dollar contract...then I remembered it was Mary Pickford, who was described as a very astute business person. To late with my answer though

Not sure who the last pic is.

I believe ya. Pretty cool stat for her to have as well, I mean considering the value in those days.

Is that a young Dorothy McGuire? Her hair looks like it's a style from the mid 1940s and I think she was mostly popular in the 1950s, hence I think she's quite young in this photo. Or maybe I'm plum wrong

Excellent! Yes, it is "America's sweetheart", the first actress to sign a million dollar contract for a motion picture.

I don't believe it's Dorothy. She strongly resembles Celia Johnson (Brief Encounter) but I don't believe it's she. Pretty sure she's a Brit though.

Excellent guess but not Dorothy McGuire, certainly a strong resemblance. Had a long and diverse career in stage, film and television with the most recognisable film roles being from the 40s and 50s.

Not Celia Johnson but definitely British.

She's pretty and I'm pretty sure I've seen her in some films, but gosh I can't place a name.

I suppose I should know this, but I don’t.

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She worked with several famous directors including Laurence Olivier, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and Robert Donat.

Moira Shearer?

An excellent guess but afraid not. I think I might go ahead and do a reveal here as it's been a while and I suspect no one knows:

Renée Asherson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Asherson

Here's a short and pleasant clip of her getting her portrait painted in 1940s London.



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