Among her friends, she had acquired the nickname of Lupi; although it was merely an abbreviation of Lupino, it signified she was loopy or loony.

The telephone was an intrusive instrument that Ida thoroughly detested.

Ida`s favourite dessert was a sponge cake soaked in sherry and covered with custard, whipped cream, nuts, raisins, and fruit.

Was told she was not beauitful and had a "funny little pan" by the tough, crude, astute boss, Harry Cohn, who arn Columbia Pictures.

Her "Aladin Suite" was performed on radio by the prestigious Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra. Other compositions were broadcast by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Ida honed her acting expertise, rehearsing scenes before a mirror.

Her waist measured twenty-one inches.

She pushed herself relentlessly. She had arrived in Los Angeles weighing 127 pounds, a trifle plump but healthy. Paramount asked her to reduce and her weight dropped to 102 pounds.

Ida felt that Louis Hayward was one of the few people who truly understood her.

After she and Louis Hayward began dating, he happened to see her without her makeup and was charmed. Thereafter, when she put on the "war paint," he voiced his disapproval.

One moment she could be a littler girl, the next a regal princess. She was rearely the same for two minutes.

Many have descibed her as high-strung, sensiive, warm-hearted and generous.

Ida`s great-grandfather was George Hook Lupino, an actor who had achieved prominence in the Victorian era.

Niece of actor Wallace Lupino

Cousin of actor Richard Lupino

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945- 1985". Pages 617-621. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Became a lifelong friend of actress Mala Powers (whom she directed in the film Outrage). When Ida died in 1995, Mala was the executor of her estate.

Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" by Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004).

In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Lidia Simoneschi, Renata Marini or Rosetta Calavetta. She was occasionally dubbed by Clelia Bernacchi, most notably in Hollywood Canteen (1944).

Daughter of Connie Emerald and Stanley Lupino.

Not only is she the only woman to direct an episode of "The Twilight Zone" (1959) ("The Masks"), she is also the only person to star in an episode ("The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine") and direct one.

Cousin of actor Richard Lupino. Niece of actor Wallace Lupino.

Her daughter was born on April 23, 1952. She only weighed 4 pounds and almost died.

Arrived from England aboard the Berengaria at New York on August 25, 1933, age 19.

The second woman to be admitted to the Director`s Guild.

As rigid and tough-minded as Bette Davis, 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.

Widely respected as a pioneer for women filmmakers.

Niece of Lupino Lane.

Daughter Bridget Duff by ex-husband Howard Duff.

Child of British revue star and film comedian Stanley Lupino.

Married 3 times.