The "WAMPAS Baby Stars" of 1932. Rear row : Toshia Mori, Boots Mallory, Ruth Hall, Gloria Stuart, Patricia Ellis, Ginger Rogers, Lilian Bond, Evalyn Knapp, Marian Shockley. Toshia Mori ( January 1, 1912 &ndash November 26, 1995) was a Japanese born actress who had a brief career in American Patricia "Boots" Mallory ( October 22, 1913 &ndash December 1, 1958) was an American Film actress, Ruth Hall a Domestic Tale of the Present Time is a Roman à clef by Fanny Fern (pen name of Sara Payson Willis a popular 19th-century newspaper writer Gloria Frances Stewart, also known as Gloria Stuart (born July 4, 1910 in Santa Monica California) is an American actress Patricia Ellis ( May 20, 1916 - March 26, 1970) was an American Film actress of the 1930s Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress Lilian Bond ( January 18 1908 - January 25, 1991) was a British Film actress of the late 1920s through the 1940s with most Evalyn Knapp ( June 17, 1908 &ndash June 12, 1981) was an American Film actress of the late 1920s 1930s and into the Marian Shockley ( October 10, 1911 - December 14, 1981) was an American Film actress of the 1930s Front row: Dorothy Wilson, Mary Carlisle, Lona Andre, Eleanor Holm, Dorothy Layton

The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States, which honored thirteen young women each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. Dorothy Clarke Wilson (1904-2003 was an American author and playwright Mary Carlisle (born February 3, 1912) is a retired American Actress and Singer. Lona Andre ( March 2, 1915 &ndash September 18, 1992) was an American Film Actress. Eleanor G Holm ( December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) was an American swimmer. Dorothy Layton (born August 13, 1912) is a former American Film actress of the early 1930s The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They were selected from 1922 to 1934 and honored at a party called the "WAMPAS Frolic". Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Those selected were given extensive media coverage.

The awards were not given in 1930 and 1933 and ended after 1934 due to objections from the movie studios because of its independence. This is a list of Film production companies. The "Big Six" major film studios Fox Entertainment Group

List of WAMPAS Baby Stars

• 1922: Marion Aye, Helen Ferguson, Lila Lee, Jacqueline Logan, Louise Lorraine, Bessie Love, Kathryn McGuire, Patsy Ruth Miller, Colleen Moore, Mary Philbin, Pauline Starke, Lois Wilson, Claire Windsor

• 1923: Eleanor Boardman, Evelyn Brent, Dorothy Devore, Virginia Browne Faire, Betty Francisco, Pauline Garon, Kathleen Key, Laura La Plante, Margaret Leahy, Helen Lynch, Derelys Perdue, Jobyna Ralston, Ethel Shannon

• 1924: Clara Bow, Elinor Fair, Carmelita Geraghty, Gloria Grey, Ruth Hiatt, Julanne Johnston, Hazel Keener, Dorothy Mackaill, Blanche Mehaffey, Margaret Morris, Marian Nixon, Lucille Ricksen, Alberta Vaughn

• 1925: Betty Arlen, Violet La Plante, Olive Borden, Anne Cornwall, Ena Gregory, Madeline Hurlock, Natalie Joyce, June Marlowe, Joan Meredith, Evelyn Pierce, Dorothy Revier, Duane Thompson, Lola Todd

• 1926: Mary Astor, Mary Brian, Joyce Compton, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Marceline Day, Dolores del Rio, Janet Gaynor, Sally Long, Edna Marion, Sally O'Neil, Vera Reynolds, Fay Wray

• 1927: Patricia Avery, Rita Carewe, Helene Costello, Barbara Kent, Natalie Kingston, Frances Lee, Mary McAllister, Gladys McConnell, Sally Phipps, Sally Rand, Martha Sleeper, Iris Stuart, Adamae Vaughn

• 1928: Lina Basquette, Flora Bromley, Sue Carol, Ann Christy, June Collyer, Alice Day, Sally Eilers, Audrey Ferris, Dorothy Gulliver, Gwen Lee, Molly O'Day, Ruth Taylor, Lupe Vélez

• 1929: Jean Arthur, Sally Blane, Betty Boyd, Ethlyne Clair, Doris Dawson, Josephine Dunn, Helen Foster, Doris Hill, Caryl Lincoln, Anita Page, Mona Rico, Helen Twelvetrees, Loretta Young

• 1930: (none)

• 1931: Joan Blondell, Constance Cummings, Frances Dade, Frances Dee, Sidney Fox, Rochelle Hudson, Anita Louise, Joan Marsh, Marian Marsh, Karen Morley, Marion Shilling, Barbara Weeks, Judith Wood

• 1932: Lona Andre, Lilian Bond, Mary Carlisle, June Clyde, Patricia Ellis, Ruth Hall, Eleanor Holm, Evalyn Knapp, Dorothy Layton, Boots Mallory, Toshia Mori, Ginger Rogers, Marian Shockley, Gloria Stuart, Dorothy Wilson

• 1933: (none)

• 1934: Judith Arlen, Betty Bryson, Jean Carmen, Helen Cohan, Dorothy Drake, Jean Gale, Hazel Hayes, Ann Hovey, Lucille Lund, Lu Ann Meredith, Gigi Parrish, Julie Bishop, Katherine Williams. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Marion Aye ( April 5, 1903 - July 21, 1951) was an American Actress of screen and stage who starred in several films Helen Ferguson ( 23 July, 1900 {also said to be 1901} - 14 March, 1977) was an American Actress later turned Publicist Lila Lee ( July 25, 1901 – November 13, 1973) was a prominent screen Actress of the early Silent film era Jacqueline Logan ( November 30, 1901 - April 4, 1983) was a star of the silent motion picture screen who was on board William Randolph Hearst Louise Lorraine ( October 1, 1904 - February 2, 1981) was an American Silent-film Actress. Bessie Love ( September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) was an American Motion picture actress who achieved fame largely Kathryn McGuire ( December 6, 1903 - October 10, 1978) was an American Silent-film Actress and Dancer Patsy Ruth Miller ( January 17, 1904 - July 16, 1995) was an American Movie actress from St Colleen Moore, born Kathleen Morrison ( August 19 1900 – January 25 1988) was an American Film actress Mary Philbin ( July 16, 1903 – May 7, 1993) was a notable film actress of the Silent film era Pauline Starke ( January 10, 1901 – February 3, 1977) was an American Silent-film Actress born in Joplin For other women with a similar name see Lois Wilson Lois Wilson ( June 28, 1894 - March 3, 1988) Claire Windsor ( April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972) was a notable film Actress of the early silent screen era Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eleanor Boardman ( August 19, 1898 &ndash December 12, 1991) was an American Film actress, popular during Evelyn Brent, ( October 20, 1899 – June 4, 1975) was an American film and stage actress Dorothy Devore ( June 22, 1899 {though some sources say 1901} - September 10, 1976) was a leading and popular American Silent-film Virginia Browne Faire ( June 26, 1904 – June 30, 1980) was an American Silent-film Actress, appearing in mainly Betty Francisco ( September 26, 1900 &ndash November 25, 1950) was an American Silent-film Actress, appearing Pauline Garon ( September 9, 1900 – August 30, 1965) was a Canadian -born Silent-film Actress. Kathleen Key ( April 1, 1903 - December 22, 1954) was an American Actress who achieved a Laura La Plante (born Laura La Plant on November 1, 1904 in St Margaret Leahy ( 17 August 1902 – 17 February 1967) was a British actress Helen Lynch ( April 6, 1900 - March 2, 1965) was an American Silent-film Actress. Derelys Perdue ( March 22, 1902 - September 30, 1989) was an American Silent-film Actress and popular dancer Jobyna Ralston ( November 21, 1899 – January 22, 1967) was an American actress of the Silent film era Ethel Shannon ( May 22, 1898 &ndash July 10, 1951) was an American actress. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Clara Gordon Bow ( July 29, 1905 &ndash September 27 1965) was an American Actress and Sex symbol, who rose to fame Elinor Fair ( 21 December 1903 - 26 April 1957) was an American motion picture actress born in Richmond Virginia. Carmelita Geraghty ( March 21 1901, Rushville Indiana – July 7, 1966, Manhattan) was an American Gloria Grey ( October 23, 1909 - November 22, 1947) was an American Actress and director, appearing in mainly Ruth Hiatt ( January 6, 1906 &ndash April 21, 1994) was an actress in motion pictures beginning in the Silent film era Julanne Johnston ( May 1, 1900 - December 26, 1988) was an American Silent film Actress born in Indianapolis, Hazel Keener ( October 22, 1904 - August 7, 1979) was a motion picture actress from Bettendorf Iowa who was raised in Davenport Dorothy Mackaill ( March 4, 1903 - August 12, 1990) was a British -born American actress most notably of the Silent Blanche Mehaffey ( July 28, 1908 &ndash March 31, 1968) was an American showgirl and film actress from Cincinnati Ohio. Margaret Morris ( November 7, 1898 &ndash June 7, 1968) was an American Film actress of the silent film era and into the Marian Nixon (b October 20, 1904 in Superior, Wisconsin – d Lucille Ricksen ( August 22, 1909 &ndash March 13, 1925) was an American motion picture actress during the Silent film Alberta Vaughn ( June 27, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1992) was an actress in silent motion pictures and early Western sound films Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Betty Arlen (1909-1966 was an American silent film actress of the 1920s best known for her being selected as a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1925 Violet La Plante, also known as Violet Avon ( January 17, 1908 - June 1, 1984) was an American Film actress during Olive Borden ( July 14, 1906 - October 1, 1947) was an American Actress in silent andearly talking Anne Cornwall ( January 17 1897 &ndash March 2 1980) was an American actress Ena Gregory ( April 18, 1906 - June 13, 1993) was an Australian motion picture actress from Sydney Australia. Madeline Hurlock (12 December 1899 &ndash 4 April 1989 was a Silent film actress hailing from Federalsburg, Maryland. Natalie Joyce ( November 6, 1902 - November 9, 1992) was an American movie actressfrom Norfolk Virginia. June Marlowe ( November 6, 1903 - March 10, 1984) was an American actress, most notable for appearing in six Joan Meredith ( February, 1907 - October 13, 1980) was an American silent film actress during Hollywoods Evelyn Pierce ( February 5, 1908 - August 9, 1960) was an American Film actress during the silent film era and Dorothy Revier ( April 18, 1904 - November 19, 1993) was an American Silent film actress from Oakland California Duane Thompson ( July 28, 1903 &ndash August 15, 1970) was an American Film actress in the early pioneering years of Lola Todd ( May 14, 1904 - July 31, 1995) was an American Film actress in the early years of Hollywood 's silent Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Astor ( May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an Academy Award -winning American Actress. Mary Brian ( February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002) was an American Actress and Movie star who made the Joyce Compton ( January 27, 1907 - October 13, 1997) was an American Actress Dolores Costello ( September 17, 1903 – March 1, 1979) was an American Film Actress who achieved her greatest Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Marceline Day ( April 24, 1908 - February 16, 2000) was an American motion picture Actress whose career began as a Dolores del Río ( August 3, 1905 &ndash April 11, 1983) was a Mexican Film actress. Janet Gaynor ( October 6, 1906 &ndash September 14, 1984) was an American actress. Sally Long ( December 5, 1901 – August 12, 1987) was a Dancer and Motion picture Actress from Kansas City Edna Marion, also known as Edna Marian, born Edna Marion Hannam ( December 12, 1906 &ndash December 2, 1957) was a vivacious Sally O'Neill ( October 23, 1908 &ndash June 18, 1968) born Virginia Louise Concepta Noonan was an American Film actress Vera Reynolds ( 25 November, 1899 - 22 April, 1962) was an American Silent film actress Vina Fay Wray ( September 15, 1907 &ndash August 8, 2004) was a Canadian &ndash American actress and the first Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patricia Avery ( November 12, 1902 - August 21, 1973) was an American silent film actress of the 1920s Rita Carewe ( September 9, 1909 &ndash October 22, 1955) was a motion picture actress from New York City. Helene Costello ( June 21, 1906 - January 26, 1957) was am American motion picture actress most notably of the Silent film Barbara Kent (born December 16, 1906) is a former popular actress in Silent movies. Natalie Kingston ( 19 May 1905 – 2 February 1991) was an American actress. Frances Lee, birth name Myrna Tibbetts, ( May 5, 1906 - November 5, 2000) was an American Film actress during Mary McAllister, also known as Little Mary McAllister, ( May 27, 1909 - May 1, 1991) was an American silent film Gladys McConnell ( October 22, 1905 &ndash March 4, 1979) was a movie Actress from Oklahoma. Sally Phipps (May 25 1911 - March 17 1978 was an American film actress from Oakland California. Sally Rand ( April 03, 1904 &ndash August 31, 1979) was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck in Hickory County Missouri. Martha Sleeper ( 24 June, 1910 - 25 March, 1983) was a silent film comedian of the 1920s and Broadway actress of the 1940s Iris Stuart (February 2 1903 - December 21 1936 was a motion picture actress of the Silent film era Adamae Vaughn (November 8 1905-September 11 1943 was a movie actress from Ashland Kentucky. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lina Copeland Basquette ( April 19, 1907 – September 30, 1994) was an American actress Flora Bramley (1909 – 23 June 1993 was an English actress and comedian born in London England. Sue Carol ( October 30, 1906 – February 4, 1982) was an American actress Ann Christy ( May 31 1905 – November 14 1987) was a motion picture actress from Logansport Indiana. June Collyer ( August 19, 1906 - March 16, 1968) was an American Film actress of the 1920s and 1930s Alice Day b Jacquiline Alice Newlin ( November 7, 1905 &ndash May 25, 1995) was a film actor who began her career Sally Eilers ( December 11 1908 &ndash January 5 1978) was an American actress. Audrey Ferris ( August 30, 1909 - May 3, 1990) was an American Film actress of the early silent film era of the Dorothy Kathleen Gulliver ( September 6, 1908 - May 23, 1997) was an early Silent film star and one of the few to make a successful Gwen Lee ( November 12, 1904 - August 20, 1961) was an American film actress from Hastings Nebraska. For the singer of the same name see Molly O'Day (singer. Suzanne Dobson Noonan better known as Molly O'Day ( October 16, 1911 Ruth Taylor may refer to Ruth Taylor (poet (1961–2006 Canadian poet editor and college professor Ruth Taylor (actress (1908–1984 Lupe Vélez ( July 18, 1908 &ndash December 13, 1944) was a Mexican actress Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Arthur ( 17 October &ndash 19 June) was an Oscar -nominated American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s Sally Blane ( July 11, 1910 &ndash August 27, 1997) was an American actress Betty Boyd ( May 11, 1908 &ndash September 16, 1971) was an American Film actress in the early days of Hollywood Ethlyne Clair ( 23 November, 1904 &ndash 27 February, 1996) was an American Actress. Doris Dawson ( April 16, 1909 - April 20, 1986) was an American Film actress in the early days of Hollywood, mostly Josephine Dunn ( May 1, 1906 - February 3, 1983) was an early American Film actress of the 1920s and 1930s Helen Dianne Foster currently represents District 16 in the New York City Council, which comprises the neighborhoods of Claremont Morrisania, Highbridge Doris Hill ( March 21, 1905 &ndash March 3, 1976) was an American Film actress of the 1920s and 1930s mostly in B Caryl Lincoln, born in Oakland California, ( November 16, 1903 &ndash February 20, 1983) was an American Film actress Anita Pomares, better known as Anita Page ( August 4 1910 &ndash September 6 2008) was an American Film actress Mona Rico ( July 15, 1907 - July 15, 1994) was a Mexican actress born Enrigueta Di Valenzuela in Mexico City Mexico. Helen Twelvetrees ( December 25, 1908 - February 13, 1958) was an American stage and screen performer considered a top female Loretta Young ( January 6, 1913 &ndash August 12, 2000) was an American actress Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rose Joan Blondell, known as Joan Blondell, ( August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an Oscar -nominated American Constance Cummings CBE ( May 15 1910 – November 23 2005) was an American -born British actress known for her Frances Dade, also known early in her career as Lorelei Lee, ( February 14, 1910 - January 21, 1968) was an American Frances Marion Dee ( November 26 1909 &ndash March 6 2004) was an American Actress. Sidney Fox ( December 10, 1910 - November 14, 1942) was an American actress. Rochelle Hudson ( March 6, 1914 (some sources indicate 1916 - January 17, 1972) was an American Film Actress Anita Louise ( January 9, 1915 &ndash April 25, 1970) was an American Film actress. Joan Marsh ( July 10, 1913 - August 10, 2000) was an American film actress Marian Marsh, also known as Marilyn Morgan and Marian Henderson (b Karen Morley ( December 12, 1909 - March 8, 2003) was an American Film actress. Marion Shilling, real name Marion Schilling ( December 3, 1910 - November 6, 2004) was an American Film actress of the 1930s Barbara Weeks ( July 4, 1913 &ndash June 24, 2003) was an Actress of the 1930s Judith Wood ( August 1, 1906 - April 6, 2002) was an American Film actress from the end of the 1920s through the 1940s Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Lona Andre ( March 2, 1915 &ndash September 18, 1992) was an American Film Actress. Lilian Bond ( January 18 1908 - January 25, 1991) was a British Film actress of the late 1920s through the 1940s with most Mary Carlisle (born February 3, 1912) is a retired American Actress and Singer. June Clyde ( December 2, 1909 in St Joseph Missouri &ndash October 1, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale Florida) was an American Patricia Ellis ( May 20, 1916 - March 26, 1970) was an American Film actress of the 1930s Ruth Hall a Domestic Tale of the Present Time is a Roman à clef by Fanny Fern (pen name of Sara Payson Willis a popular 19th-century newspaper writer Eleanor G Holm ( December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) was an American swimmer. Evalyn Knapp ( June 17, 1908 &ndash June 12, 1981) was an American Film actress of the late 1920s 1930s and into the Dorothy Layton (born August 13, 1912) is a former American Film actress of the early 1930s Patricia "Boots" Mallory ( October 22, 1913 &ndash December 1, 1958) was an American Film actress, Toshia Mori ( January 1, 1912 &ndash November 26, 1995) was a Japanese born actress who had a brief career in American Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress Marian Shockley ( October 10, 1911 - December 14, 1981) was an American Film actress of the 1930s Gloria Frances Stewart, also known as Gloria Stuart (born July 4, 1910 in Santa Monica California) is an American actress Dorothy Wilson ( November 14, 1909 - January 7, 1998) was an American Film actress of the 1930s Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Judith Arlen ( March 18, 1914 - June 5, 1968) was an American Film actress of the 1930s Jean Carmen ( April 7, 1913 — August 26, 1993) was an American film stage and radio actress of the 1930s Helen Cohan (September 13 1910-September 14 1996 was an American stage dancer and briefly a Hollywood film actress Jean Gale (September 13 1912-September 26 1974 was a Vaudeville performer and brief Film actress of the 1930s Ann Hovey ( August 29, 1911 &ndash August 25, 2007) was an American Chorus girl and minor Film actress of the Lucille Lund ( June 3, 1913 &ndash February 15, 2002) was an American Film actress of the 1930s Gigi Parrish, born Katherine Gertrude McElroy, later known as Katherine Weld ( August 30, 1912 – February 8 2006) was Julie Bishop ( August 30, 1914 &ndash August 30, 2001) was an American film and television actress

Further reading

• The Wampas Baby Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1922-1934 (ISBN 0-7864-0756-5) includes biographies of every actress selected, including lists of films in which she appeared.