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WAMPAS Baby Stars

{{Short description|Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers promotion}}

File:WAMBAS Baby Stars 1932.jpg, Boots Mallory, Ruth Hall, Gloria Stuart, Patricia Ellis, Ginger Rogers, Lilian Bond, Evalyn Knapp, Marian Shockley. Front row: Dorothy Wilson, Mary Carlisle, Lona Andre, Eleanor Holm, Dorothy Layton (June Clyde is not pictured).]]

The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, which honored 13 (15 in 1932) young actresses each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. The campaign ran from 1922 to 1934, except for 1930 and 1933.

Most failed to live up to their promotion; a small number of the selections went on to become major movie stars: Colleen Moore (1922), Jobyna Ralston (1923), Clara Bow (1924), Janet Gaynor (1926), Fay Wray (1926), Dolores del Rio (1926), Dolores Costello (1926), Mary Astor (1926), Joan Crawford (1926), Loretta Young (1929), Jean Arthur (1929), Joan Blondell (1931) and Ginger Rogers (1932). Gaynor, Astor, Crawford, Young and Rogers all were awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress during their careers, with Gaynor receiving the first one during the first year of the award's existence.

Clara Bow was a Silent era star known as The It Girl. She was Hollywood's greatest female draw at her peak and her final film was in 1933. Bow was also in the first movie to receive the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture, Wings, in 1929. Arthur and Blondell had long and fruitful careers in Hollywood, the former as a lead actress, the latter usually in supporting roles after the Pre-Code era.

Others with significant Hollywood careers included Evelyn Brent (1923), Joyce Compton (1926), Lupe Velez (1928), Constance Cummings (1931, who decamped to England), Frances Dee (1931), and Gloria Stuart (1932, whose career revived in the 1990s when she received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Titanic).

Overview

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;1922—1935

The WAMPAS Baby Stars campaign began in 1922. Every year, publicists chose a group of young actresses who were under contract at major studios that they felt were on the threshold of stardom. Awardees were honored at a party called the "WAMPAS Frolic" and were given extensive media coverage. The awards were not given in 1930 and 1933 due to objections from independent film studios.{{sfn|Vogel|2010|p=20}} When the campaign was revived in 1934, freelance actresses, along with studio contract players, were included as the chosen "Baby Stars".{{sfn|Slide|2014|p=231}} The campaign was discarded in 1935, after which the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers disbanded.{{sfn|Slide|2014|p=231}}

;1956

In 1956, a group of veteran stars, among them 1932 WAMPAS Baby Star Ginger Rogers, chose a group of young actresses supposed to be known as The Wampas Baby Stars of 1956.{{cite web |author1=Bettmann |title=Wampas Baby Stars of 1956 |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/hollywood-california-wampas-baby-stars-of-1956-wampas-baby-news-photo/517767346 |website=Getty Images |access-date=19 July 2023 |location=Hollywood, California |language=en-us |date=November 1, 1955 |quote=Wampas Baby Stars of 1956 pose after their selection as winners of the annual contest in Hollywood. From left: Fay Spain, 21, Phoenix, Arizona; Barbara Huffman, 21, Tucson, Arizona; Violet Rensing, 24, Berlin, Germany; Dawn Richard, 18, Los Angeles, California; Donna Cook, 18, Los Angeles, California; Norma Nillson, 18, Los Angeles, California; Ina Poindexter, 23, Covington, Tenn.; Phyllis Applegate, 22, Los Angeles; Del-Fin Thursday, 20, Honolulu; Jolene Brand, 21, Baldwin park, California; Roxanne Arlen, 21, Detroit, Michigan; Lita Milan, 21, Detroit, Michigan; Jewell Lain, 24, Indianapolis, Indiana; Doreen Stevens, 21, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Barbara Marks, 22, San Diego, California.}} The Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers no longer existed so the idea fizzled. The selection took place nevertheless;15 "babies" were chosen: Phyllis Applegate, Roxanne Arlen, Jolene Brand, Donna Cooke, Barbara Huffman (later known as Barbara Eden), Jewell Lain, Barbara Marks{{cite web |author1=Bettmann |title=Winners Of Wampas Baby Stars Of 1956 |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/winners-of-wampas-baby-stars-of-1956-left-to-right-front-news-photo/515024432 |website=Getty Images |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=en-us |date=January 1, 1956 |quote=Left to right, front row, are Dawn Richard, 18, Los Angeles; Doreen Stevens, 21, Atlantic City, New Jersey; Barbara Marks, 22, San Diego; Second Row, Barbara Huffman, 21, Tucson; Jewell Lain, 24, Indianapolis; Fay Spain, 21, Phoenix; Jolene Brand, 21, Baldwin Park; Lita Milan, 21, New York; Third Row, Violet Rensing, 24, Berlin, Germany; Donna Cooke, 19, Los Angeles; Norma Nillson, 18, Los Angeles; Roxanne Arlen, 21, Detroit; Rear, Del-Fin Thursday, 20, Honolulu; Phyllis Applegate, 22, Los Angeles; and Ina Poindexter, 23, Covington, Tennessee.}}, Lita Milan, Norma Nilsson, Ina Poindexter, Violet Rensin, Dawn Richard, and Delfin Thursday.{{cite web|author=Chuck Anderson|url=http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies88.htm|title=1956 lineup|publisher=B-westerns.com|access-date=2012-01-06}}

;Last

The last surviving original WAMPAS Baby Star, Mary Carlisle, died at the age of 104 on August 1, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-mary-carlisle-20180801-story.html|title=Mary Carlisle, a perpetual ingenue in dozens of 1930s films, dies at 104|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180802200855/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ln-mary-carlisle-20180801-story.html|archive-date=August 2, 2018|author=Bernstein, Adam}}

List

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= 1922 =

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Actress

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{{sortname|Marion|Aye}}1903{{en dash}}1951Chicago, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=21}}
{{sortname|Helen|Ferguson}}1901{{en dash}}1977Decatur, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=83}}
{{sortname|Lila|Lee}}1905{{en dash}}1973Union Hill, New Jersey, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=121}}
{{sortname|Jacqueline|Logan}}1904{{en dash}}1983Corsicana, Texas, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=124}}
{{sortname|Louise|Lorraine}}1904{{en dash}}1981San Francisco, California, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=127}}
{{sortname|Bessie|Love}}1898{{en dash}}1986Midland, Texas, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=130}}
{{sortname|Kathryn|McGuire}}1903{{en dash}}1978Peoria, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=136}}
{{sortname|Patsy Ruth|Miller}}1904{{en dash}}1995St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=148}}
{{sortname|Colleen|Moore}}1899{{en dash}}1988Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=151}}
{{sortname|Mary|Philbin}}1902{{en dash}}1993Chicago, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=164}}
{{sortname|Pauline|Starke}}1901{{en dash}}1977Joplin, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p= 183}}
{{sortname|Lois|Wilson|Lois Wilson (actress)}}1894{{en dash}}1988Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=202 }}
{{sortname|Claire|Windsor}}1892{{en dash}}1972Marvin, Kansas, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p= 221}}

= 1923 =

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Actress

! Lifespan

! Birthplace

! class="unsortable"| Image

! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

{{sortname|Eleanor|Boardman}}1898{{en dash}}1991Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=7}}
{{sortname|Evelyn|Brent}}1895{{en dash}}1975Tampa, Florida, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=266}}
{{sortname|Dorothy|Devore}}1899{{en dash}}1976Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=220}}
{{sortname|Virginia Brown|Faire}}1904{{en dash}}1980Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=7}}
{{sortname|Betty|Francisco}}1900{{en dash}}1950Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=86–87}}
{{sortname|Pauline|Garon}}1900{{en dash}}1965Montreal, Quebec, Canada90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=221}}
{{sortname|Kathleen|Key}}1903{{en dash}}1954Buffalo, New York, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=110}}
{{sortname|Laura|La Plante}}1904{{en dash}}1996St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=7}}
{{sortname|Margaret|Leahy}}1902{{en dash}}1967London, England, U.K.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=118}}
{{sortname|Helen|Lynch}}1900{{en dash}}1965Billings, Montana, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=135}}
{{sortname|Derelys|Perdue}}1902{{en dash}}1989Los Angeles, California, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=163–164}}
{{sortname|Jobyna|Ralston}}1899{{en dash}}1967South Pittsburg, Tennessee, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=7}}
{{sortname|Ethel|Shannon}}1898{{en dash}}1951Denver, Colorado, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=179–180}}

= 1924 =

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Actress

! Lifespan

! Birthplace

! class="unsortable"| Image

! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

{{sortname|Clara|Bow}}1905{{en dash}}1965Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=34}}
{{sortname|Elinor|Fair}}1903{{en dash}}1957Richmond, Virginia, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=121}}
{{sortname|Carmelita|Geraghty}}1901{{en dash}}1966Rushville, Indiana, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=92–93}}
{{sortname|Gloria|Grey}}1909{{en dash}}1947Portland, Oregon, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=94–95}}
{{sortname|Ruth|Hiatt}}1906{{en dash}}1994Cripple Creek, Colorado, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=98}}
{{sortname|Julanne|Johnston}}1900{{en dash}}1988Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=8}}
{{sortname|Hazel|Keener}}1904{{en dash}}1979Fairbury, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=8}}
{{sortname|Dorothy|Mackaill}}1903{{en dash}}1990Kingston upon Hull, England, U.K.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=8}}
{{sortname|Blanche|Mehaffey}}1908{{en dash}}1968Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=146}}
{{sortname|Margaret|Morris|Margaret Morris (actress)}}1898{{en dash}}1968Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=155}}
{{sortname|Marian|Nixon}}1904{{en dash}}1983Superior, Wisconsin, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=156–158}}
{{sortname|Lucille|Ricksen}}1910{{en dash}}1925Chicago, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=174}}
{{sortname|Alberta|Vaughn}}1904{{en dash}}1992Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=194}}

= 1925 =

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Actress

! Lifespan

! Birthplace

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! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

{{sortname|Betty|Arlen}}1909{{en dash}}1966Providence, Kentucky, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=14}}
{{sortname|Olive|Borden}}1906{{en dash}}1947Richmond, Virginia, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=32}}
{{sortname|Anne|Cornwall}}1897{{en dash}}1980Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=54}}
{{sortname|Ena|Gregory}} {{double dagger}}1906{{en dash}}1993Sydney, New South Wales, Australia90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=94}}
{{sortname|Madeline|Hurlock}}1897{{en dash}}1989Federalsburg, Maryland, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=105–106}}
{{sortname|Natalie|Joyce}}1902{{en dash}}1992Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=107–108}}
{{sortname|Violet|La Plante}}1908{{en dash}}1984St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=116}}
{{sortname|June|Marlowe}}1903{{en dash}}1984St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=141–143}}
{{sortname|Joan|Meredith}}1907{{en dash}}1980Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=147}}
{{sortname|Evelyn|Peirce}}1908{{en dash}}1960Del Rio, Texas, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=219}}
{{sortname|Dorothy|Revier}}1904{{en dash}}1993San Francisco, California, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=171–173}}
{{sortname|Duane|Thompson}}1903{{en dash}}1970Red Oak, Iowa, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=189–190}}
{{sortname|Lola|Todd}}1904{{en dash}}1995New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=190–191}}

= 1926 =

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Actress

! Lifespan

! Birthplace

! Image

! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

{{sortname|Mary|Astor}}1906{{en dash}}1987Quincy, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=219}}
{{sortname|Mary|Brian}}1906{{en dash}}2002Corsicana, Texas, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=8}}
{{sortname|Joyce|Compton}}1907{{en dash}}1997Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=52–54}}
{{sortname|Dolores|Costello}}1903{{en dash}}1970Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=55–57}}
{{sortname|Joan|Crawford}}1905?{{en dash}}1977San Antonio, Texas, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=8}}
{{sortname|Marceline|Day}}1908{{en dash}}2000Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=223}}
{{sortname|Dolores|del Río}} {{double dagger}}1904{{en dash}}1983Durango, Mexico90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=220}}
{{sortname|Janet|Gaynor}}1906{{en dash}}1984Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=8}}
{{sortname|Sally|Long}}1901{{en dash}}1987Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=8}}
{{sortname|Edna|Marion}}1906{{en dash}}1957Chicago, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=141}}
{{sortname|Sally|O'Neil}}1908{{en dash}}1968Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=159–162}}
{{sortname|Vera|Reynolds}}1899{{en dash}}1962Richmond, Virginia, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=173–174}}
{{sortname|Fay|Wray}} {{double dagger}}1907{{en dash}}2004Cardston, Alberta, Canada90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=8}}

= 1927 =

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Actress

! Lifespan

! Birthplace

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{{sortname|Patricia|Avery}}1902{{en dash}}1973Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=20–21}}
{{sortname|Rita|Carewe}}1909{{en dash}}1955New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=42–43}}
{{sortname|Helene|Costello}}1906{{en dash}}1957New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=221}}
{{sortname|Barbara|Kent}} {{double dagger}}1907{{en dash}}2011Gadsby, Alberta, Canada90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=220}}
{{sortname|Natalie|Kingston}}1905{{en dash}}1991Vallejo, California, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=9}}
{{sortname|Frances|Lee}}1906{{en dash}}2000Eagle Grove, Iowa, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=118, 122}}
{{sortname|Mary|McAllister}}1909{{en dash}}1991Los Angeles, California, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=9}}
{{sortname|Gladys|McConnell}}1905{{en dash}}1979Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=136}}
{{sortname|Sally|Phipps}}1911{{en dash}}1978Oakland, California, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=166}}
{{sortname|Sally|Rand}}1904{{en dash}}1979Elkton, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=9}}
{{sortname|Martha|Sleeper}}1910{{en dash}}1983Lake Bluff, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=182–183}}
{{sortname|Iris|Stuart}}1903{{en dash}}1936New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=188}}
{{sortname|Adamae|Vaughn}}1905{{en dash}}1943Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=192–193}}

= 1928 =

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Actress

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{{sortname|Lina|Basquette}}1907{{en dash}}1994San Mateo, California, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=24}}
{{sortname|Flora|Bramley}} {{double dagger}}1909{{en dash}}1993London, England, U.K.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=10}}
{{sortname|Sue|Carol}}1906{{en dash}}1982Chicago, Illinois, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=45–46}}
{{sortname|Ann|Christy|dab=actress}}1905{{en dash}}1987Logansport, Indiana, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=46–47}}
{{sortname|June|Collyer}}1906{{en dash}}1968New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=51}}
{{sortname|Alice|Day}}1905{{en dash}}1995Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=9}}
{{sortname|Sally|Eilers}}1908{{en dash}}1978New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=9}}
{{sortname|Audrey|Ferris}}1909{{en dash}}1990Detroit, Michigan, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=10}}
{{sortname|Dorothy|Gulliver}}1908{{en dash}}1997Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=96–97}}
{{sortname|Gwen|Lee}}1904{{en dash}}1961Hastings, Nebraska, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=119–120}}
{{sortname|Molly|O'Day}}1909{{en dash}}1998Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=9}}
{{sortname|Ruth|Taylor|Ruth Taylor (actress)}}1905{{en dash}}1984Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=188–189}}
{{sortname|Lupe|Vélez}} {{double dagger}}1908{{en dash}}1944San Luis Potosí, Mexico90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=221}}

= 1929 =

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Actress

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{{sortname|Jean|Arthur}}1900{{en dash}}1991Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=15–17}}
{{sortname|Sally|Blane}}1910{{en dash}}1997Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=25–27}}
{{sortname|Betty|Boyd}}1908{{en dash}}1971Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=36–37}}
{{sortname|Ethlyne|Clair}}1904{{en dash}}1996Talladega, Alabama, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=219}}
{{sortname|Doris|Dawson}}1905{{en dash}}1986Goldfield, Nevada, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=66}}
{{sortname|Josephine|Dunn}}1906{{en dash}}1983New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=76}}
{{sortname|Helen|Foster|Helen Foster (actress)}}1906{{en dash}}1982Independence, Kansas, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=85}}
{{sortname|Doris|Hill}}1905{{en dash}}1976Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=100–101}}
{{sortname|Caryl|Lincoln}}1903{{en dash}}1983Oakland, California, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=122–124}}
{{sortname|Anita|Page}}1910{{en dash}}2008Queens, New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=162–165}}
{{sortname|Mona|Rico}} {{double dagger}}1907{{en dash}}1994Mexico City, Mexico90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=175–176}}
{{sortname|Helen|Twelvetrees}}1908{{en dash}}1958Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=191–192}}
{{sortname|Loretta|Young}}1913{{en dash}}2000Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=9}}

= 1931 =

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{{sortname|Joan|Blondell}}1906{{en dash}}1979New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=219}}{{cite web |author1=Bettmann |title=A Bumper Beauty Crop |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/bumper-beauty-crop-here-are-the-thirteen-lucky-girls-news-photo/516482476 |website=Getty Images |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=en-us |date=1931 |quote=Here are the thirteen lucky girls selected as the 1931 Wampas Baby Stars of Hollywood. Selection by the Wampas has many times led to stardom in the past. Left to right: Joan Blondell, First National; Constance Cummings, Columbia; Francis Dade, an independent player; Frances Dee, Paramount; Karen Morley, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Marion Shilling, Pathe; Marian Marsh, Warner Brothers; Barbara Weeks, United Artists. Front row: Anita Louise, Universal; Joan Marsh, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Sidney Fox, Universal; Rochelle Hudson, Radio; Judith Wood, Paramount.}}
{{sortname|Constance|Cummings}}1910{{en dash}}2005Seattle, Washington, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=10}}
{{sortname|Frances|Dade}}1910{{en dash}}1968Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=69–71}}
{{sortname|Frances|Dee}}1909{{en dash}}2004Los Angeles, California, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=69–71}}
{{sortname|Sidney|Fox}}1907{{en dash}}1942New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=86}}
{{sortname|Rochelle|Hudson}}1916{{en dash}}1972Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=103–105}}
{{sortname|Anita|Louise}}1915{{en dash}}1970New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=188}}
{{sortname|Joan|Marsh}}1913{{en dash}}2000Porterville, California, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=10}}
{{sortname|Marian|Marsh}} {{double dagger}}1913{{en dash}}2006Trinidad and Tobago90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=10}}
{{sortname|Karen|Morley}}1909{{en dash}}2003Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=10}}
{{sortname|Marion|Shilling}}1910{{en dash}}2004Denver, Colorado, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=180–181}}
{{sortname|Barbara|Weeks|Barbara Weeks (film actress)}}1913{{en dash}}2003Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=197–198}}
{{sortname|Judith|Wood}}1906{{en dash}}2002New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=206–207}}

= 1932 =

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{{sortname|Lona|Andre}}1915{{en dash}}1992Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=13}}{{cite web |author1=Bettmann |title=Thirteen of the fifteen budding moving pictures stars pictured in their first get-together since their selection as Wampas baby stars by Hollywood publicity agents. |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/thirteen-of-the-fifteen-budding-moving-pictures-stars-news-photo/517730810 |website=Getty Images |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=en-us |date=December 15, 1932 |quote=This year the publicity men selected fifteen girls instead of the usual thirteen. These are the girls who, in the opinion of the agents are most likely to achieve stardom in the films. Left to right front row: Dorothy Wilson, Mary Carlisle, Lona Andre, Eleanor Holm and Dorothy Layton. Rear row left to right Toshia Mori, the first Oriental girl chosen as a Wampas star; Ruth Hall, Gloria Stuart, Patricia Ellis, Ginger Rogers, Lilian Bond, Evalyn Knapp and Marion Shockley.}}
{{sortname|Lilian|Bond}} {{double dagger}}1908{{en dash}}1991London, England, U.K.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=32–33}}
{{sortname|Mary|Carlisle}}1914{{en dash}}2018Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=43–44}}
{{sortname|June|Clyde}}1909{{en dash}}1987St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=49–50}}
{{sortname|Patricia|Ellis}}1918{{en dash}}1970Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=78–80}}
{{sortname|Ruth|Hall|Ruth Hall (actress)}}1910{{en dash}}2003Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=97–98}}
{{sortname|Eleanor|Holm}}1912{{en dash}}2004Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=103}}
{{sortname|Evalyn|Knapp}}1906{{en dash}}1981Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=220}}
{{sortname|Dorothy|Layton}}1912{{en dash}}2009Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=117}}
{{sortname|Boots|Mallory}}1913{{en dash}}1958New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=140}}
{{sortname|Toshia|Mori}} {{double dagger}}1912{{en dash}}1995Kyoto, Japan90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=152–153}}
{{sortname|Ginger|Rogers}}1911{{en dash}}1995Independence, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=176–179}}
{{sortname|Marian|Shockley}}1911{{en dash}}1981Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Mank|2015|p=140}}
{{sortname|Gloria|Stuart}}1910{{en dash}}2010Santa Monica, California, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=219}}
{{sortname|Dorothy|Wilson|Dorothy Wilson (actress)}}1909{{en dash}}1998Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Mank|2015|p=140}}

= 1934 =

File:Wampas Baby Stars 1934.jpg

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From hundreds of entrants, thirty-eight actresses paraded, and thirteen were chosen, by more than 100 Hollywood press agents at The Writers' Club, in Hollywood, California, to comprise the 1934 edition of the Wampas Baby stars.{{cite web |author1=Bettmann |title=Wampas Baby Star Candidates Parade at Writers Club |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/wampas-baby-star-candidates-parade-at-writers-club-news-photo/517437480 |website=Getty Images |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=en-us |date=March 30, 1934 |quote=Thirty-eight beautiful young motion picture actresses parade before more than 100 Hollywood press agents at the Writers Club. From this number, 13 will be chosen to comprise the 1934 edition of the Wampas Baby stars. Results of the ballotting will be announced later. The entrants were chosen from the ranks of hundreds of youthful actresses who aspire to a career in the films.}}

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{{sortname|Judith|Arlen}}1914{{en dash}}1968Hollywood, Los Angeles, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=12}}{{cite web |author1=Bettmann |title=Wampas Baby Star Layout |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/wampas-baby-star-layout-in-this-array-of-wampas-baby-stars-news-photo/517451684 |website=Getty Images |access-date=19 July 2023 |language=en-us |date=March 30, 1934 |quote=In this array of Wampas baby stars can be seen Judith Arlen; Betty Bryson; Katherine Williams; Gi Gi Parrish; Hazel Hayes; Jean Carmen; Jean Gale; Dorothy Drake; Lu Anne Meredith; Ann Hovey; Helen Cohan; Jacqueline Wells and Lucille Lund.}}
Betty Bryson1911{{en dash}}1984Los Angeles, California, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=41–42}}
{{sortname|Jean|Carmen}}1913{{en dash}}1993Portland, Oregon, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=44–45}}
{{sortname|Helen|Cohan}}1910{{en dash}}1996New York City, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=50}}
Dorothy Drake1916{{en dash}}2005Santa Monica, California, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=224}}
{{sortname|Jean|Gale}}1912{{en dash}}1974San Francisco, California, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=88}}
Hazel Hayes1910{{en dash}}1974La Crosse, Kansas, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=225}}
{{sortname|Ann|Hovey}}1911{{en dash}}2007Mount Vernon, Indiana, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=102–103}}
{{sortname|Neoma|Judge}}1908{{en dash}}1978Mitchell, South Dakota, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=12}}
{{sortname|Lucille|Lund}}1913{{en dash}}2002Buckley, Washington, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=133}}
{{sortname|Lu Ann|Meredith}}1913{{en dash}}1998Dallas, Texas, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Mank|2015|p=254}}
{{sortname|Gigi|Parrish}}1912{{en dash}}2006Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.90pxalign=center| {{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=163}}
{{sortname|Jacqueline|Wells|Julie Bishop (actress)}}1914{{en dash}}2001Denver, Colorado, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|pages=198–200}}
Katherine Williams1908{{en dash}}1982Seattle, Washington, U.S.90pxalign=center|{{sfn|Liebman|2000|p=200}}

References

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Works cited

  • {{cite book|last=Liebman|first=Roy|year=2000|title=The Wampas Baby Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1922–1934|isbn=0-7864-0756-5|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina}}
  • {{cite book|last=Mank|first=Gregory William|year=2015|title=Women in Horror Films, 1930s|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn= 978-1-4766-0954-6}}
  • {{cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|isbn=1-135-92554-2|url=https://archive.org/details/newhistoricaldic00slid/page/230}}
  • {{cite book|last=Vogel|first=Michelle|title=Olive Borden: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Joy Girl|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=0-7864-5836-4}}

External links

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  • [http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies88.htm The WAMPAS Baby Stars]

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