Nick Name : Little Scout
Birth : 4 February 1918, Camberwell, London, England, UK
Death : 3 August 1995, Los Angeles, California, USA (died of a stroke while battling colon cancer)
Height : 5' 4"
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Ida was born in London to a show business family. In 1933, her mother brought Ida with her to an audition and Ida got the part her mother wanted. The picture was _Her First Affaire (1932)_ (qv). Ida, a bleached blonde, came to Hollywood in 1934 and played small and insignificant parts. _Peter Ibbetson (1935)_ (qv) was one of her few noteworthy movies and it was not until _The Light That Failed (1939)_ (qv) that she got a chance to get better parts. In most of her movies, she was cast as the hard, but sympathetic woman from the wrong side of the tracks. In _The Sea Wolf (1941)_ (qv) and _High Sierra (1941)_ (qv), she played the part magnificently. It has been said that no one could do hard-luck dames the way Lupino could do them. She played tough, knowing characters who held their own against some of the biggest leading men of the day - 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv), 'Ronald Colman' (qv), 'John Garfield (I)' (qv) and 'Edward G. Robinson (I)' (qv). She made a handful of films during the forties playing different characters ranging from _Pillow to Post (1945)_ (qv), where she played a traveling saleswoman to the tough nightclub singer in _The Man I Love (1947)_ (qv). But good roles for women were hard to get and there were many young actresses and established stars competing for those roles. She left Warner Brothers in 1947 and became a freelance actress. When better roles did not materialize, Ida stepped behind the camera as a director, writer and producer. Her first directing job came when director 'Elmer Clifton' (qv) fell ill on a script that she co-wrote _Not Wanted (1949)_ (qv). Ida had joked that as an actress, she was the poor man's 'Bette Davis' (qv). Now, she said that as a director, she became the poor man's 'Don Siegel' (qv). The films that she wrote, or directed, or appeared in during the fifties were mostly inexpensive melodramas. She later turned to Television where she directed episodes in shows such as _"The Untouchables" (1959)_ (qv) and _"The Fugitive" (1963)_ (qv). In the seventies, she did guest appearances on various television show and small parts in a few movies.
Biography written by: Tony Fontana
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- Anything Goes (1936) [Hope Harcourt] <4>
- Artists & Models (1937) [Paula Sewell/Paula Monterey] <2>
- Backtrack! (1969) (archive footage) [Mama Dolores] <7>
- Beware, My Lovely (1952) [Mrs. Helen Gordon] <1>
- Come on Marines (1934) [Esther Smith-Hamilton] <2>
- Crawford at Warners (2008) (V) (archive footage) [Herself] <7>
- Deadhead Miles (1972) [Herself]
- Deep Valley (1947) [Libby Saul] <1>
- Devotion (1946) [Emily Bronte] <1>
- Escape Me Never (1947) [Gemma Smith] <2>
- Female Artillery (1973) (TV) [Martha Lindstrom] <2>
- Fight for Your Lady (1937) [Marietta] <3>
- Forever and a Day (1943) [Jenny (maid)] <51>
- Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951) (uncredited) [Seabright Tennis Match Spectator]
- Her First Affaire (1932) [Anne] <1>
- High Finance (1933) [Jill] <2>
- High Sierra (1941) [Marie] <1>
- Hollywood Canteen (1944) [Herself] <21>
- I Lived with You (1933) [Ada Wallis] <3>
- I Love a Mystery (1973) (TV) [Randolph Cheyne] <1>
- I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001) (TV) (archive footage)
- In Our Time (1944) [Jennifer Whittredge] <1>
- Jennifer (1953) [Agnes Langley] <1>
- Junior Bonner (1972) [Elvira Bonner] <3>
- La fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935) [Herself] <14>
- Ladies in Retirement (1941) [Ellen Creed] <1>
- Let's Get Married (1937) [Paula Quinn] <1>
- Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942) [Kathy Thomas] <2>
- Lust for Gold (1949) [Julia Thomas] <1>
- Money for Speed (1933) [Jane] <2>
- Moontide (1942) [Anna] <2>
- My Boys Are Good Boys (1978) [Mrs. Morton] <2>
- On Dangerous Ground (1952) [Mary Malden] <1>
- On the Loose (1951) (voice) (uncredited) [Narrator]
- One Rainy Afternoon (1936) [Monique Pelerin] <2>
- Out of the Fog (1941) [Stella Goodwin] <2>
- Outrage (1950/I) (uncredited) [Country Dance Attendee]
- Paris in Spring (1935) [Mignon de Charelle] <3>
- Peter Ibbetson (1935) [Agnes] <4>
- Pillow to Post (1945) [Jean Howard] <1>
- Prince of Arcadia (1933) [The Princess] <3>
- Private Hell 36 (1954) [Lilli Marlowe] <1>
- Pulp Cinema (2001) (V) (archive footage) [Herself] <4>
- Ready for Love (1934) [Marigold Tate] <1>
- Road House (1948) [Lily Stevens] <1>
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 6 (1939) [Herself]
- Sea Devils (1937) [Doris Malone] <3>
- Search for Beauty (1934) [Barbara Hilton] <2>
- Smart Girl (1935) [Pat Reynolds] <1>
- Strange Intruder (1956) [Alice Carmichael] <2>
- Teenage Idol (1958) (TV) <3>
- Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) [Herself] <8>
- The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV) [Herself - Memorial Tribute]
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) [Ann Brandon] <3>
- The Big Knife (1955) [Marion Castle] <2>
- The Bigamist (1953) [Phyllis Martin] <2>
- The Devil's Rain (1975) [Mrs. Preston] <6>
- The Food of the Gods (1976) [Mrs. Skinner] <5>
- The Gay Desperado (1936) [Jane] <2>
- The Ghost Camera (1933) [Mary Elton] <2>
- The Hard Way (1943) [Mrs. Helen Chernen] <1>
- The Lady and the Mob (1939) [Lila Thorne] <2>
- The Letters (1973) (TV) [Mrs. Forrester] <13>
- The Light That Failed (1939) [Bessie Broke] <4>
- The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939) [Val Carson] <2>
- The Love Race (1931) (uncredited) [Minor Supporting Role]
- The Man I Love (1947) [Petey Brown] <1>
- The Screen Director (1951) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- The Sea Wolf (1941) [Ruth Webster] <2>
- The Strangers in 7A (1972) (TV) [Iris Sawyer] <2>
- They Drive by Night (1940) [Lana Carlsen] <3>
- Tribute to Bogart (1972) (TV) [Interviewee]
- While the City Sleeps (1956) [Mildred Donner] <10>
- Woman in Hiding (1950) [Deborah Chandler Clark] <1>
- Women in Chains (1972) (TV) [Claire Tyson] <1>
- Women's Prison (1955) [Amelia van Zandt] <1>
- Yours for the Asking (1936) [Gert Malloy] <2>
- "Alias Smith and Jones" (1971) {What's in It for Mia? (#2.22)} [Mia Bronson]
- "Barnaby Jones" (1973) {The Deadly Jinx (#2.15)} [Kathy Revere]
- "Batman" (1966) {The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra (#3.25)} [Dr. Cassandra] <7>
- "Bonanza" (1959) {The Saga of Annie O'Toole (#1.7)} [Annie O'Toole] <5>
- "Bracken's World" (1969) {The Anonymous Star (#2.9)} [Jill Symington]
- "Burke's Law" (1963) {Who Killed Billy Jo? (#1.8)} [Lynn Dexter] <10>
- "Burke's Law" (1963) {Who Killed Lenore Wingfield? (#2.8)} [Meniletha Calhoun] <7>
- "Charlie's Angels" (1976) {I Will Be Remembered (#1.20)} [Gloria Gibson]
- "Climax!" (1954) {The Louella Parsons Story (#2.23)} [Herself]
- "Columbo" (1971) {Short Fuse (#1.6)} [Doris Buckner] <5>
- "Columbo" (1971) {Swan Song (#3.7)} [Edna Brown] <3>
- "Death Valley Days" (1952) {Pamela's Oxen (#9.1)} [Pamela Mann]
- "Ellery Queen" (1975) {The Adventure of the Lover's Leap (#1.2)} [Stephanie Talbott Kendrick] <6>
- "Family Affair" (1966) {Maudie (#4.12)} [Ady Marchwood]
- "Family Affair" (1966) {The Return of Maudie (#5.5)} [Maudie Marshwood]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) [Various Characters (1952-1956)] <4>
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {A Bag of Oranges (#3.15)} [Anna]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {Award (#3.38)} [Valerie Banks]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {Beneath the Surface (#4.33)} [Meg]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {Dark Meeting (#4.12)} [Billie]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {Eddie's Place (#3.24)} [Ellen]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {House for Sale (#2.15)} [Ellen McIntyre]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {Indian Taker (#2.19)} [Ginny]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {Looking Glass House (#4.8)} [Ann]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {Marked Down (#3.9)} [Evelyn]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {Masquerade (#2.29)} [Kit Desalyne] <1>
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {One Way Out (#4.11)} [Diana]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {That Woman (#4.30)} [Flo Watson]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {The Adolescent (#3.5)} [Celia Coberly]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {The Case of Emily Carmeron (#4.24)} [Emily Cameron]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {The Face of Danger (#4.2)} [Emma]
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {The Listener (#4.16)} [Vera Miller] <1>
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {The Stand-In (#4.40)} [Grace Markham] <1>
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {With All My Heart (#3.30)} [Sarah Dawes Monro] <1>
- "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) {Woman Afraid (#4.36)} [Nina Barton]
- "Frontier Justice" (1958) {Fearful Courage (#3.5)} (archive footage: 'Zane Grey Theater') [Louise Brandon]
- "Frontier Justice" (1958) {The Fearful Courage (#1.10)} (archive footage: 'Zane Grey Theater') [Louise Brandon]
- "General Electric Theater" (1953) {Image of a Doctor (#9.19)} [Dr. Mollie Gilbert]
- "Gypsy" (1965) {(1967-03-13)} [Herself]
- "House Party" (1952) {(1958-03-11)} [Herself]
- "I've Got a Secret" (1952) {(1957-01-02)} [Herself]
- "Insight" (1960) {The Highest Bidder (#7.4)} [Paula]
- "It Takes a Thief" (1968) {Turnabout (#1.12)} [Dr. Schneider] <3>
- "Judd for the Defense" (1967) {Kingdom of the Blind (#1.22)} [Elaine Bennett]
- "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1963) {One Step Down (#1.6)} [Harriet Whitney] <4>
- "Lux Playhouse" (1958) {Various Temptations (#1.10)} [Clara Brown]
- "Medical Center" (1969) {Conflict (#3.24)} [Marion McKinnon] <3>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Academy Award (#1.12)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Active Duty (#2.11)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Adult Western (#2.1)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Backpage (#2.27)} [Eve Drake] <1>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Backwash (#2.22)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Brought to You Dead from Hollywood (#2.26)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Come on to Mar's House (#2.21)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Command Performance (#2.34)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Dear Variety (#2.38)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Foreign Actress (#1.17)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Fulfilling Talents (#1.14)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Howard and Eve and Ida (#2.30)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Howard Goes to Jail (#1.8)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Insomnia (#1.18)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {International Affair (#2.3)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Joan Fontaine (#2.5)} [Eve Drake] <1>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Jungle Madness (#2.17)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Las Vegas Story (#2.12)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Man with Raven (#2.9)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Me, the Jury (#2.18)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Planes That Pass in the Night (#2.40)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Platter Place (#2.25)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Separate Vacations (#1.25)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Split Careers (#2.4)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Steve's Girl Friend (#2.39)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Surprise! Surprise! (#2.23)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Suspicion (#2.6)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Taken for Granted (#1.13)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Taming of the Shrew (#2.2)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Teenage Idol (#2.41)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {That Magazine (#1.15)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Artist (#2.10)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Bachelor (#1.24)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Big Top (#2.20)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Bowling Story (#2.33)} [Eve Drake]
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Business Manager (#1.9)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Chowder Cup (#2.37)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Comedians (#2.8)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Diet (#1.19)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Fighter (#1.21)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The First Mrs. Adams (#2.14)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Flack (#2.16)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Ghosts of Consolidated (#2.32)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Inheritance (#2.19)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Interview (#2.36)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Life Story of Eve Drake and Howard Adams (#2.7)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Lost Two Hours (#1.23)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Lovey Doveys (#2.29)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Mothers (#1.11)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Original MacDuffs (#2.31)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Picture That Could Not Be Made (#1.20)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Producers (#2.13)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Proposal (#1.7)} [Eve Drake] <1>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Rumor (#1.22)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Service Story (#2.15)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Social Crowd (#1.16)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Stunt Man (#2.35)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Teen-Age Daughter (#1.4)} [Eve Drake] <1>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Torn-Shirt School of Acting (#1.10)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Writers (#2.24)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {The Young Actress (#1.1)} [Eve Drake] <1>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {They're Off and Running (#1.3)} [Eve Drake] <1>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {This Is Your Life (#1.5)} [Eve Drake] <1>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {Typical (#1.2)} [Eve Drake] <1>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {U.C.L.A.: Eh! (#2.28)} [Eve Drake] <2>
- "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) {You Can't Go Home Again (#1.6)} [Eve Drake] <1>
- "Nanny and the Professor" (1970) {The Balloon Ladies (#2.19)} [Aunt Justine] <6>
- "Police Woman" (1974) {The Chasers (#2.5)} [Hilda Morris]
- "Sam Benedict" (1962) {Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep (#1.17)} [Ruth Tyler]
- "Switch" (1975) {Stung from Beyond (#1.4)} [Mrs. Simon] <8>
- "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" (1969) {A Terminal Career (#4.13)} [Dr. Marie Menzies] <4>
- "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956) {(#2.29)} [Herself]
- "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956) {(#4.15)} [Herself]
- "The Ford Television Theatre" (1952) {A Season to Love (#2.32)} [Lotti Weston]
- "The Ford Television Theatre" (1952) {Marriageable Male (#2.22)} [Petra Manning] <1>
- "The Investigators" (1961) {Something for Charity (#1.12)} [Charity Kittridge]
- "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957) {Lucy's Summer Vacation (#2.5)} [Herself]
- "The Manhunter" (1974) {The Ma Gantry Gang (#1.1)} [Ma Gantry]
- "The Merv Griffin Show" (1962) {(1974-08-16)} [Herself]
- "The Mike Douglas Show" (1961) {(1968-06-10)} [Herself]
- "The Mike Douglas Show" (1961) {(1968-06-11)} [Herself]
- "The Mike Douglas Show" (1961) {(1968-06-12)} [Herself]
- "The Mike Douglas Show" (1961) {(1968-06-13)} [Herself]
- "The Mike Douglas Show" (1961) {(1968-06-14)} [Herself]
- "The Mod Squad" (1968) {Child of Sorrow, Child of Light (#1.22)} [Iris Potter]
- "The Movie Game" (1969) {(1970-02-01)} [Herself]
- "The Name of the Game" (1968) {The Perfect Image (#2.8)} [Monique Madison]
- "The Outcasts" (1968) {The Thin Edge (#1.17)} [Mrs. Blake]
- "The Perry Como Show" (1948) {(1959-03-14)} [Herself]
- "The Rogues" (1964) {Two of a Kind (#1.8)} [Arlene]
- "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972) {Blockade (#2.17)} [Wilma] <3>
- "The Twilight Zone" (1959) {The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine (#1.4)} [Barbara Jean Trenton] <2>
- "The Virginian" (1962) {A Distant Fury (#1.25)} [Helen Blaine] <5>
- "The Virginian" (1962) {We've Lost a Train (#3.30)} [Mama Dolores]
- "The Wild Wild West" (1965) {The Night of the Big Blast (#2.4)} [Dr. Faustina] <3>
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#11.2)} [Herself]
- "You Don't Say" (1963) {(1964-01-20)} [Herself]
- "Zane Grey Theater" (1956) {Fearful Courage (#1.2)} [Louise Brandon] <1>
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- 'Howard Duff (I)' (qv) (21 October 1951 - 1984) (divorced); 1 child
- 'Collier Young' (qv) (5 August 1948 - 20 October 1951) (divorced)
- 'Louis Hayward' (qv) (16 November 1938 - 11 May 1945) (divorced)
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- _Out of the Fog (1941)_ (qv) -> $40,000
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- "Films of the Golden Age" (USA), 20 October 2001, Vol. Fall 2001, Iss. 26, pg. 18-34, by: Neil Doyle, "Ida Lupino: Acting in her Blood"
- "Cineaste" (USA), 2000, Vol. XXV, Iss. 3, pg. 32-36, by: Dan Georgakas, "Ida Lupino: Doing It Her Way"
- "Movieline" (USA), April 1998, Vol. 11, Iss. 7, pg. 89, by: Edward Margulies, "Bad Movies We Love: Women's Prison"
- "Video Eyeball" (USA), 1998, Vol. 3, Iss. 2, pg. 20, by: Jerry Renshaw, "Overlooked Director: Ida Lupino"
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- Jerry Vermilye. _Ida Lupino._ New York: Pyramid Communications, 1977.
- Jerry Vermilye. _Ida Lupino (A Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies)._ New York: Pyramid Publications, 1977. ISBN 0515043060
- Annette Kuhn. _Queen of the 'B's: Ida Lupino Behind the Camera._ Greenwood Press, 1995. ISBN 0313297320
- William Donati. _Ida Lupino: A Biography._ University Press of Kentucky, 1996. ISBN 0813118956
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- Unsold pilot: She produced a pilot for a proposed TV series called "Rescue" about real-life rescues.
- Unsold pilot: In 1961 she produced a pilot for a proposed TV anthology series called "Ida Lupino Presents", which was to be similar to _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv).
- Unsold pilot: She directed a pilot for the 1956-57 season called "I Love a Mystery," starring her husband, 'Howard Duff (I)' (qv). The proposed series was not connected to the famous radio series of the same name, but was instead envisioned as an anthology of mystery stories.
- Unsold pilot: She and husband 'Howard Duff (I)' (qv) created a 1958 mystery-detective series called "The Green Peacock," with Duff starring as a detective in Mexico City. One episode was produced but the series was canceled after that.
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- My agent had told me that he was going to make me the 'Janet Gaynor (I)' (qv) of England - I was going to play all the sweet roles. Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.
- I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers. Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power . . . I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.
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- Child of British revue star and film comedian 'Stanley Lupino' (qv).
- Daughter 'Bridget Duff' (qv) by ex-husband 'Howard Duff (I)' (qv).
- Niece of 'Lupino Lane' (qv).
- Widely respected as a pioneer for women filmmakers.
- As rigid and tough-minded as 'Bette Davis' (qv), Ida would often refuse to play a Davis hand-me-down role and was often suspended by Warner Bros. for doing so. It was during those breaks that she would go on movie sets, chum around with the male directors and learned the craft of directing. Blazing new trails, she became the only notable and respected female filmmaker of her era in Hollywood.
- The second woman to be admitted to the Director's Guild.
- Arrived from England aboard the Berengaria at New York on August 25, 1933, age 19.
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945- 1985". Pages 617-621. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
- Her daughter was born on April 23, 1952. She only weighed 4 pounds and almost died.
- Cousin of actor 'Richard Lupino' (qv)
- Niece of actor 'Wallace Lupino' (qv)
- Not only is she the only woman to direct an episode of _"The Twilight Zone" (1959)_ (qv) ("The Masks"), she is also the only person to star in an episode ("The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine") and direct one.
- Daughter of 'Connie Emerald' (qv) and 'Stanley Lupino' (qv).
- In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either 'Lidia Simoneschi' (qv), 'Renata Marini' (qv) or 'Rosetta Calavetta' (qv). She was occasionally dubbed by 'Clelia Bernacchi' (qv), most notably in _Hollywood Canteen (1944)_ (qv).
- Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" bu Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004).
- Became a lifelong friend of 'Mala Powers' (qv) (whom she directed in _Outrage (1950/I)_ (qv)). When Ida died in 1995, Mala was the executor of her estate.
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