American actress Myrna Loy was born on August 2, 1905 in Helena, Montana. Here’s a publicity photo of Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy that was taken for the 1935 film Whipsaw. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Actress. Also known as Claudia Martin Murrell Martin Brown Roberts. One of seven children, she was the daughter of actor and singer Dean Martin and his first wife Betty MacDonald. Born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, but raised in Southern California, Martin eventually followed her famous father into the acting business....

Pleats, tucks and shirring detail on rayon dresses from a 1939 Montgomery Ward catalog.