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Miriam Hopkins (October 18, 1902–October 9,
1972) was an American actress.  

Born in Bainbridge, Georgia, she attended a
finishing school in Vermont and Syracuse
University.  At the age of 20 she became a chorus
girl in New York City.  In 1930 she signed with
Paramount Studios, and made her film debut in Fast
and Loose.

During the rest of the 1930s she appeared in such
films as The Smiling Lieutenant, Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde, Trouble in Paradise, The Story of Temple
Drake, Becky Sharp (for which she was nominated
for the Academy Award for Best Actress), Barbary
Coast, These Three, The Old Maid and Old
Acquaintance.  

Hopkins was one of the actresses auditioned to
portray Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.

She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 
one for film|motion pictures at 1701 Vine Street,
and one for television at 1708 Vine Street.

Hopkins died in New York, New York from a
Myocardial infarction|heart attack.