Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990) colorized by Alex Lim

Colorized a few more photos of Ava Gardner taken ca 1944 to 1950

Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982)

Colorized a few more photos of Grace Kelly during her short reign in Hollywood before taking off to become Princess Grace of Monaco in 1956.

Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) ca 1954

Colorized a publicity photo of Grace Kelly (1929 - 1982) for her 1954 Hitchcock movie Rear Window with James Stewart, two years before retiring from Hollywood to assume the role of a lifetime as Princess Grace of Monaco. Early that same year, she had turned down to star opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, and replaced by Eva Marie Saint who won Oscar's Best Actress.

Bette Davis in the late 1940s and early 50s

Colorized a few photos of the legendary Hollywood actress when she achieved international acclaim and whose makeup and hairstyle would become her signature look for years  to come, espcecially in her 1950 movie "All About Eve".  Here's one photo starting in 1948/49

Bette Davis' signature look in All About Eve, 1950, where she was nominated for an Oscar best actress award but lost.

Bette Davis (1908 - 1989)

Colorized a few photos of a Bette Davis in promotional stills for her 1938 movie Jezebel, winning her second Best Actress Oscar after Dangerous in 1935.

She played a southern belle in that movie and after that, was seriously considered and popularly preferred in a survey for the role of another southern belle Scarlet O'Hara in the 1939 Gone With The Wind. Unfortunately for her, she was already in her 30 at the time. and the studio needed someone younger. Interesting to note that among all the hollywood actresses who aspried for the role (Paulette Goddard, Carole Lombard, Susan Hayward, Lana Turner, Tallulah Bankhead, etc), the studio head David O. Selznick offered the role of Scarlett to Hedy Lamarr who refused it. But when Vivien Leigh (1913 - 1967)arrived in Hollywood, studio bosses were not only impressed with her acting but that she looked a lot like Hedy. She got the part.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onasis (1927 - 1994)

Colorized a relatively rare photo of the young Jacqueline Bouvier (1929 - 1994) taken at The Homestead, a luxury holiday resort in Hot Springs, Virginia, in the summer of 1945. 8 years before becoming the wife of JFK.