Star Bios
38 stars who shaped the era — each in a heritage engraving.
Alan Ladd
Film & Screen · 1940s
Barbara Stanwyck
Film & Screen · 1940s
Bette Davis
Film & Screen · 1940s
Betty Grable
Film & Screen · 1940s
Bing Crosby
Music · 1940s
Cary Grant
Film & Screen · 1940s
Charlie Parker
Music · 1940s
Ella Fitzgerald
Music · 1940s
Frank Sinatra
Music · 1940s
Gene Kelly
Film & Screen · 1940s
Greer Garson
Film & Screen · 1940s
Gregory Peck
Film & Screen · 1940s
Henry Fonda
Film & Screen · 1940s
Humphrey Bogart
Film & Screen · 1940s
Ingrid Bergman
Film & Screen · 1940s
Jackie Robinson
Sports · 1940s
James Stewart
Film & Screen · 1940s
Jane Russell
Film & Screen · 1940s
Joan Crawford
Film & Screen · 1940s
Joan Fontaine
Film & Screen · 1940s
Joe DiMaggio
Sports · 1940s
Judy Garland
Music · 1940s
Katharine Hepburn
Film & Screen · 1940s
Lana Turner
Film & Screen · 1940s
Lauren Bacall
Film & Screen · 1940s
Lena Horne
Music · 1940s
Mahalia Jackson
Voices & Culture · 1940s
Mickey Rooney
Film & Screen · 1940s
Nat King Cole
Music · 1940s
Olivia De Havilland
Film & Screen · 1940s
Orson Welles
Film & Screen · 1940s
Rita Hayworth
Film & Screen · 1940s
Robert Mitchum
Film & Screen · 1940s
Rosalind Russell
Film & Screen · 1940s
Sarah Vaughan
Music · 1940s
Spencer Tracy
Film & Screen · 1940s
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sports · 1940s
Susan Hayward
Film & Screen · 1940s