The 1930s and 1940s that marked by the Great Depression and leading into World War II is remembered as Hollywood's Golden Age.
Although beginning to decline in the late 1940s due to the introduction of television, Hollywood blacklisting, and the ability of actors to become 'free agents', this short period still witnessed quite a lot of beautiful and talented actresses of Hollywood.
Here is an glamorous collection of American actresses who defined the Hollywood's Golden Age in the 1940s.
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| Adele Jergens, Anne Shirley, Ann Miller, circa 1940s |
Although beginning to decline in the late 1940s due to the introduction of television, Hollywood blacklisting, and the ability of actors to become 'free agents', this short period still witnessed quite a lot of beautiful and talented actresses of Hollywood.
Here is an glamorous collection of American actresses who defined the Hollywood's Golden Age in the 1940s.
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| Adele Jergens, 1948 |
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| Adele Mara, 1948 |
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| Alma Carroll, 1945 |
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| Ann Miller, 1943 |
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| Ann Sheridan, 1941 |
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| Anne Gwynne, 1944 |
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| Anne Shirley, 1945 |
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| Arleen Whelan, 1946 |
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| Audrey Totter, 1949 |
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| Barbara Bates, 1948 |
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| Barbara Hale, 1944 |
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| Betty Garrett, 1944 |
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| Betty Grable, 1943 |
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| Bonita Granville, 1948 |
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| Brenda Joyce, 1946 |
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| Carmen D'Antonio, 1940 |
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| Carol Bruce, 1942 |
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| Carol Hughes, 1942 |
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| Claire Dodd, 1941 |
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| Claire Trevor, 1940 |
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| Contstance Moore, 1944 |
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| Dale Evans, 1945 |
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| Diana Barrymore, 1942 |
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| Dolores Moran, 1945 |
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| Dona Drake, 1943 |
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| Dorothy Hart, 1948 |
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| Dorothy Mcguire, 1947 |
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| Dusty Anderson, 1945 |
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| Elaine Morey, 1942 |
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| Elaine Shepard, 1944 |
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| Elyse Knox, 1943 |
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| Esther Williams, 1946 |
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| Evelyn Ankers, 1944 |
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| Evelyn Keyes, 1946 |
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| Faith Domergue, 1946 |
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| Frances Gifford, 1942 |
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| Gene Tierney, 1943 |
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| Gertrude Niesen, 1941 |
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| Gloria DeHaven, 1949 |
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| Gloria Grahame, 1947 |
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| Hazel Brooks, 1947 |
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| Ida Lupino, 1941 |
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| Jane Adams, 1945 |
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| Jane Frazee, 1942 |
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| Jane Randolph, 1948 |
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| Jane Wyatt, 1946 |
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| Janet Blair, 1942 |
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| Janis Carter, 1947 |
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| Janis Paige, 1945 |
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| Jean Porter, 1942 |
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| Jean Rogers, 1940 |
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| Joan Blondell, 1941 |
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| Joan Caulfield, 1947 |
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| Joan Crawford, 1943 |
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| Joan Fulton, 1946 |
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| Joan Leslie, 1943 |
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| Judith Barrett, 1940 |
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| Julie Bishop, 1943 |
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| June Havoc, 1944 |
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| June Vincent, 1944 |
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| Leslie Brooks, 1942 |
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| Lila Leeds, 1947 |
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| Linda Stirling, 1944 |
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| Lynn Bari, 1942 |
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| Margaret Hayes, 1941 |
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| Marie McDonald, 1943 |
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| Marie Wilson, 1940 |
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| Marie Windsor, 1948 |
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| Marilyn Maxwell, 1942 |
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| Marjorie Reynolds, 1946 |
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| Marjorie Woodworth, 1941 |
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| Martha O'Driscoll, 1943 |
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| Martha Vickers, 1945 |
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| Mary Anderson, 1945 |
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| Mary Beth Hughes, 1943 |
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| Mary Martin, 1942 |
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| Meg Randall, 1949 |
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| Myrna Dell, 1948 |
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| Nan Wynn, 1942 |
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| Nancy Kelly, 1944 |
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| Noel Neill, 1945 |
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| Olga San Juan, 1947 |
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| Patricia Dane, 1944 |
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| Patricia Morrison, 1942 |
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| Paulette Goddard, 1941 |
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| Peggie Castle, 1949 |
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| Peggy Moran, 1941 |
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| Phyllis Coates, 1949 |
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| Priscilla Lane, 1942 |
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| Ramsay Ames, 1943 |
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| Rosemary Lane, 1942 |
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| Sheila Ryan, 1946 |
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| Susan Hayward, 1945 |
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| Susanna Foster, 1944 |
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| Suzanne Kaaren, 1945 |
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| Suzi Crandall, 1947 |
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| Veda Ann Borg, 1940 |
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| Vera Ellen, 1946 |
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| Virginia Engels, 1940 |
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| Virginia Mayo, 1945 |
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| Vivien Blaine, 1943 |
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| Yvonne De Carlo, 1944 |
