Mike Myers

Mike Myers (1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter and film producer. From 1989 to 1995, he was a regular cast member on the TV sketch show Saturday Night Live. He also starred in the hit films Wayne’s World (1992) and Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery (1997), and he was the voice of a green ogre named Shrek.


Dutch postcard by Boomerang freecards, Amsterdam. Photo: Paramount / UIP. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in Wayne's World 2 (Stephen Surjik, 1993).


French postcard by Citron Bleu, no. 5. Mike Myers in Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997).


Spanish postcard by Memory Card, no. 564. Mike Myers and Heather Graham in Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me (Jay Roach, 1999).

A TV show called Wayne's World

Michael John 'Mike' Myers was born in 1963 in Scarborough, Canada. He grew up in Toronto. He is the son of Alice Hind and Eric Myers. His eldest brother, Paul, is an indie rock singer, radio DJ and writer. At the age of eight, he began appearing in adverts, and at nine he featured in a commercial for British Columbia Hydro Electric, alongside Gilda Radner, who played his mother.

After graduating from high school, Myers was accepted into The Second City Canadian touring company. He moved to the United Kingdom, and in 1985, he was one of the founding members of The Comedy Store Players, an improvisational group based at The Comedy Store in London. From 1989, he was one of the writers and part of the cast of Saturday Night Live.

On Saturday Night Live, he parodied Mick Jagger, among others. A popular sketch of Saturday Night Live was the basis for the film Wayne's World (Penelope Spheeris, 1992). In this popular comedy, Myers starred as Wayne Campbell alongside Dana Carvey as Garth Algar. They play the hosts of a TV show called Wayne's World.

The following year, Mike Myers starred with Nancy Travis in the Horror comedy So I Married an Axe Murderer (Thomas Schlamme, 1993) and with Dana Carvey in Wayne's World 2 (Stephen Surjik, 1993).

A huge success was Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997). Myers both wrote the script and starred in the lead role. He also played Austin's nemesis, the supervillain Dr Evil. The film is a parody of the older James Bond films, other spy films from the 1960s, and the Swinging Sixties. The film grossed $68 million, after which two sequels followed: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Jay Roach, 1999) and Austin Powers 3: Goldmember (Jay Roach, 2002). Myers also played nightclub owner Steve Rubell in 54 (Mark Christopher, 1998) about the rise and fall of the New York nightclub Studio 54.


Vintage postcard, no. PC0486. Photo: Paramount / UIP. Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in Wayne's World 2 (Stephen Surjik, 1993).


British poster postcard by Cinema. French poster of Mike Myers and Elizabeth Hurley in Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997).


American promotion card for Virgin by Max Racks. Photo: New Line Productions, 1999. Mike Myers as Austin Powers.

Seven Golden Raspberry Awards

Mike Myers had his biggest success as the voice actor of the main character, a green ogre, in the animated comedy Shrek (Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, 2001). The film is based on the book of the same name by William Steig. Shrek was a huge box-office hit. He reprised this role in Shrek 4-D (a theme park ride) in 2003, Shrek 2 (Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon, 2004), Shrek the Third (Raman Hui, Chris Miller, 2007), the Christmas and Halloween television specials Shrek the Halls (Gary Trousdale, 2007) and Scared Shrekless (Raman Hui, Gary Trousdale, 2010), and Shrek Forever After (Mike Mitchell, 2010).

The comedy The Cat in the Hat (Bo Welch, 2003), loosely based on Dr Seuss’s 1957 children’s book of the same name, received negative reviews and was unsuccessful at the box office. Myers played the role of 'The Cat in the Hat', and Dakota Fanning played 8-year-old Sally. Myers was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award. The plan was to make a second film based on the sequel, 'The Cat in the Hat Comes Back', but Seuss’s widow blocked this due to the poor reception of the first film and because she felt that many of the jokes in it were unsuitable for children.

Another flop was the comedy The Love Guru (Marco Schnabel, 2008), which he also co-wrote and co-produced. It was nominated for seven Golden Raspberry Awards, of which it actually ‘won’ those for worst film, worst screenplay and worst actor (Myers).

More successful was the War film Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009) in which he played the minor role of British General Ed Fenech. Myers made his directorial debut with the documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (2013), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. He also had supporting parts in the films Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer, Dexter Fletcher, 2018) about the Rock group Queen and the drama Amsterdam (David O'Russell, 2022) starring Christian Bale and Margot Robbie.

Mike Myers also developed the satiric miniseries The Pentaverate (2022), in which he also took on several roles. Myers was married to actress and comedy writer Robin Ruzan from 1993 to 2005. He has been in a relationship with Kelly Tisdale since 2006. They married in secret in New York in the autumn of 2010. They have a son and two daughters.


British postcard by Boomerang Cinema Cards, 1999. Image: New Line / Berkeley Systems / Havas / Sierra. Mike Myers in Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997). Caption: Groovy Baby! Operation: Trivia.


British postcard by London Postcard Company, no. NL 1308 (Series 1, set of 11). Photo: New Line Productions, 1997. Mike Myers in Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery (Jay Roach, 1997). Captions: Oh, Mr. Powers. Do I make you horny?


British postcard by London Postcard Company, no. NL 1321 (Series 1, set of 12). Photo: New Line Productions, 1997. Mike Myers in Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me (Jay Roach, 1999). Caption: The Swinger Has Landed.

Sources: Wikipedia (Dutch, German and English) and IMDb.

Giorgia Moll (1938-2026)

Earlier this month, on 2 June 2026, beautiful Italian actress and singer Giorgia Moll (1938) died. During the 1950s and 1960s, she was often seen on television and in cinemas, especially in many Italian B-films. With her pretty face and dream measurements, she also became a popular cover and pin-up model. She was 88.


Big Italian card by Bromofoto, Milano. Photo: Günther Wagner / Pelikan.


Italian postcard by Bromofoto, Milano, no. 1366. Photo: Dear Film. Giorgia Moll, as Vietnamese character Phuong, in The Quiet American (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1958). Collection: Marlene Pilaete.


German postcard by Krüger, no. 902/49.


German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 4954. Photo: Angelo Frontoni / Unitalia Film.


German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 5171. Photo: Fried Agency / Ufa.


Italian postcard by Bromostampa, Milano, no. 174.


Italian postcard by Rotalfoto, Milano, no. N. 164.

Tempestuous affair

Giorgia (also Georgia) Moll was born in Prata de Pordenone (some sources say Rome), Italy, in 1938 to a German father and an Italian-German mother.

Still very young, she started as a model for advertisements for Carosello reclamizzante, a well-known toothpaste product in Italy. In 1955, she won the beauty contest Miss Cinema. Producer Carlo Ponti suggested she take a screen test. Only seventeen, she was hired for her first film, Non scherzare con le donne / Don't Trifle with Women (Giuseppe Bennati, 1955) with Rossana Podestà.

Moll figured in such Italian films as the comedy Lo svitato / Unscrew Him (Carlo Lizzani, 1955) starring Dario Fo, Mio figlio Nerone / My Son Nero (Steno, 1956) with Alberto Sordi and Gloria Swanson, and Mariti in città / Husbands in the City (Luigi Comencini, 1957) opposite Renato Salvatori.

At the time, she was reportedly a girlfriend of Joe DiMaggio, the legendary baseball player and former husband of Marilyn Monroe. Later, she had a tempestuous affair with actor John Barrymore Jr., Drew Barrymore’s father.

Most of her films were undistinguished comedies and Peplums, but she did appear in a few well-known productions. Her biggest film was The Quiet American (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1958), based on Graham Greene's prophetic novel about U.S. foreign policy failure in pre-war Indochina, and starring American actor and war hero Audie Murphy. The film was shot in Cinécitta with some location shooting in Saigon. Moll played Phuong, Murphy's Vietnamese mistress. The part gave her a certain international notoriety. The Quiet American was critically well-received, but was not a box office success.


Italian postcard by Bromofoto Milano, no. 1326. Photo: United Artists / Dear Film. Giorgia Moll in The Quiet American (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1958).


Italian postcard by Bromofoto, Milano, no. 1616. Photo: Dear Film. Publicity still for The Quiet American (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1958).


West German Kolibri postcard by Friedrich W. Sander-Verlag, Minden, no. 2016.


Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht, no. AX 4687. Photo: Hafbo. Publicity still for the Schlagerfilm Marina (Paul Martin, 1960), which was distributed in Holland as Teenagers Schlager Parade. Moll played the title character, and she poses here between Schlager stars Rex Gildo and Rocco Granata, singer of the hit song 'Marina'.


German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf., no. 1212. Photo: Grimm / CCCfilm / Gloria. Bubi Scholz and Georgia Moll in Marina (Paul Martin, 1960).


German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf., no. 1357. Photo: Grimm / CCC-film / Gloria. Publicity still for Marina (Paul Martin, 1960).


German postcard by Rüdel-Verlag, Hamburg-Bergedorf, no. 3062. Photo: Grimm / CCC-film / Gloria. Publicity still for Marina (Paul Martin, 1960).


German postcard by Filmvertrieb Ernst Freihoff, Essen, no. 637. Photo: CCC Gloria Film / Grimm. Publicity still for Marina (Paul Martin, 1960).


Italian postcard by Rotalfoto, Milano, no. 866.

Unforgettable tearjerker

Giorgia Moll was critically appreciated for her dramatic performance in Damiano Damiani's feature debut, the crime drama Il rossetto / Lipstick (1960) with Pierre Brice. In 1963, she appeared in Jean-Luc Godard’s classic film-about-film Le Mépris / The Contempt (1963), which starred Brigitte Bardot. Moll played Francesca Vanini, the secretary of the authoritarian film producer (Jack Palance), who works as a translator for the film’s protagonist, a scriptwriter played by Michel Piccoli.

Another classic in which she played a supporting part is the drama Incompresa / Misunderstood (Luigi Comencini, 1967). In this unforgettable tearjerker, Anthony Quayle plays a widower who tragically misunderstands his eldest son’s brave front as being unaffected by his mother's death.

During the 1960s, Georgia Moll also became known as a singer. She recorded some singles, of which 'Ballata per un amore perduto' / 'Nato in settembre' (Ballad for a Lost Love / Born in September, 1964) is best known. The author of the texts of both songs is Piero Ciampi, and the arranger and composer of 'Nato in settembre' is Elvio Monti.

With her harmonious face, her perfect brown hair and her dream measurements, she was also a popular pin-up model in this period, for instance in the magazine Playmen in 1972. After 1970, her appearances became sporadic, and she retired from the cinema in 1985.

Her last screen appearances were in the film Tutti dentro / Everybody in Jail (Alberto Sordi, 1984) with Alberto Sordi and Joe Pesci, and the TV film I due prigionieri / The Two Prisoners (Anton Giulio Majano, 1985) with Ray Lovelock and Alain Cuny. Later, Giorgia Moll became a photographer.


Italian postcard, no. 592.


German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 4971. Photo: Angelo Frontoni / Unitalia Film.


German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden / Westf., no. 1666.


Serbian postcard by Studio Sombor, no. 276.


Serbian postcard by Studio Sombor, no. 276. Sent by mail in Yugoslavia in 1965.


Italian postcard by SAG, Trieste, no. S. 7.


German postcard by Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft (Ufa), Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 4860. Retail price: 25 Pfg. Photo: Horst Maack / Ufa.


Trailer for Le Mépris / The Contempt (1963). Source: The Cultbox (YouTube).

Sources: Guy Bellinger (IMDb), Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen, Wikipedia (English and Italian) and IMDb.

Ann Blyth

On 24 June 2026, American actress and singer Ann Blyth (1927) passed away in Rancho Santa Fe, California. She was often cast in Hollywood musicals, but she was also successful in dramatic roles. Her performance as Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The 98-year-old actress was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.


Dutch postcard by Foto-archief Film en Toneel, no. 3370. Photo: Universal-International. Ann Blyth in Another Part of the Forest (Michael Gordon, 1948).


Vintage postcard. Photo: Universal International. Farley Granger and Ann Blyth in Our Very Own (David Miller, 1950).


German photo-card. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Mario Lanza and Ann Blyth in The Great Caruso (Richard Thorpe, 1951).


British postcard in the Picturegoer Series, London, no. D. 213. Photo: Universal International. Anthony Quinn and Ann Blyth in The World in His Arms (Raoul Walsh, 1952).


West-German postcard by Krüger, no. 902/6.

A scheming, ungrateful daughter

Ann Blyth was born in 1927 in Mount Kisco, New York, to Harry and Nan Lynch Blyth. After her parents separated, she, her mother and her sister moved to a walk-up apartment on East 31st Street in New York City, where her mother took in ironing. Ann attended St. Patrick's School in Manhattan. Blyth performed on children's radio shows in New York for six years, making her first appearance at age 5. When she was nine, she joined the New York Children's Opera Company. Her first acting role was on Broadway at age 13 in Lillian Hellman's WWII drama 'Watch on the Rhine' (1941-1942). She played the part of Paul Lukas's and Mady Christians's daughter, Babette. The play ran for 378 performances and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award.

After the New York run, the play went on tour. While performing at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles, Blyth was noticed by director Henry Koster and given a screen test. She was offered a contract with Universal Studios. Blyth began her acting career initially as 'Anne Blyth', but changed the spelling of her first name back to "Ann" at the beginning of her film career. She made her film debut in 1944, teaming with Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan in the teenage musical Chip Off the Old Block (Charles Lamont, 1944). She followed it with two similar films: The Merry Monahans (Charles Lamont, 1944) with O'Connor and Ryan again, and Babes on Swing Street (Edward C. Lilley, 1944) with Ryan.

She had a support role in the bigger budgeted Bowery to Broadway (Charles Lamont, 1944), a showcase of Universal musical talent. On loan to Warner Brothers, Blyth was cast 'against type' as Veda Pierce, the scheming, ungrateful daughter of Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz, 1945). Her dramatic portrayal won her outstanding reviews, and she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Blyth was only 17 when she made the film, for which Crawford won the Best Actress award. After Mildred Pierce, Blyth sustained a broken back while tobogganing in Snow Valley, and was not able to fully capitalise on the film's success. After a long convalescence (over a year and a half in a back brace), she made two films for Mark Hellinger's unit at Universal: Swell Guy (Frank Tuttle, 1946), with Sonny Tufts, and Brute Force (Jules Dassin, 1947) with Burt Lancaster. During this time, her father died.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer borrowed her to play the female lead in Killer McCoy (Roy Rowland, 1947), a boxing film with Mickey Rooney that was a box office hit. Back at Universal, she did a Film Noir with Charles Boyer, A Woman's Vengeance (Zoltan Korda, 1948). She was then cast in the part of Regina Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest (Michael Gordon, 1948), an adaptation of the 1946 play where Regina had been played by Patricia Neal. The play was a prequel to 'The Little Foxes'.

Blyth followed it with Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (Irving Pichel, 1948) with William Powell. She was top-billed in Red Canyon (George Sherman, 1949), a Western with Howard Duff. Paramount borrowed Blyth to play the female lead in Top o' the Morning (David Miller, 1949), a daughter of Barry Fitzgerald who is romanced by Bing Crosby. It was the first time she sang on screen. Back at Universal, she was teamed with Robert Montgomery in Once More, My Darling (Robert Montgomery, 1949), meaning she had to drop out of Desert Legion. She did a comedy with Robert Cummings, Free for All (Charles Barton, 1949). In April 1949, Universal suspended her for refusing a lead role in Abandoned (1949). Gale Storm played it.


Belgian card by Kwatta, Bois d'Haine, no. C. 206. Ann Blyth in Killer McCoy (Roy Rowland, 1947).


Dutch postcard by J. Sleding N.V., Amsterdam, no. 1051. Photo: Universal-International.


Dutch postcard by J. Sleding N.V., Amsterdam, no. 1250.


Dutch postcard.


Belgian postcard, no. 11. Photo: Universal-International.


West-German postcard by Netter's Star Verlag, Berlin. Photo: Universal International. A publicity still for Red Canyon (George Sherman, 1949).


Vintage card. Photo: Universal Pictures.


Vintage postcard. Photo: Universal.

A massive box office hit

Ann Blyth was borrowed by Sam Goldwyn to star opposite Farley Granger in Our Very Own (David Miller, 1950). Universal gave her top billing in a romantic comedy, Katie Did It (Frederick De Cordova, 1951). Blyth was borrowed by MGM for The Great Caruso (Richard Thorpe, 1951) opposite Mario Lanza, which was a massive box-office hit. She made Thunder on the Hill (Douglas Sirk, 1951) with Claudette Colbert and had the female lead in The Golden Horde (George Sherman, 1951) with David Farrar. Then, 20th Century Fox borrowed her to star opposite Tyrone Power in I'll Never Forget You (Roy Ward Baker, 1952), a last-minute replacement for Constance Smith. She appeared on TV in Family Theater in an episode called 'The World's Greatest Mother' alongside Ethel Barrymore. Universal teamed Blyth with Gregory Peck in The World in His Arms (Raoul Walsh, 1952). She was top-billed in the comedy Sally and Saint Anne (Rudolph Maté, 1952) and was borrowed by RKO for One Minute to Zero (Tay Garnett, 1952), a Korean War drama with Robert Mitchum where she replaced Claudette Colbert, who came down with pneumonia.

MGM had been interested in Blyth since The Great Caruso. In December 1953, Blyth left Universal, and she signed a long-term contract with MGM. She was the leading lady in All the Brothers Were Valiant (Richard Thorpe, 1953) with Stewart Granger and Robert Taylor, stepping in for Elizabeth Taylor, who had to drop out due to pregnancy. On television, she was in a version of A Place in the Sun for Lux Video Theatre alongside John Derek. Back at MGM, Blyth had the lead in the remake of Rose Marie (Mervyn LeRoy, 1954) with Howard Keel, which earned over $5 million but lost money due to high costs.

She was meant to be reteamed with Lanza in The Student Prince (Richard Thorpe, 1954), but he was fired from the studio and was replaced in the picture by Edmund Purdom. The film did well at the box office. Blyth and Purdom were reunited on a swashbuckler, The King's Thief (Robert Z. Leonard, 1955). She was teamed again with Keel on the musical Kismet (Vincente Minnelli, 1955). Despite strong reviews, the film was a financial flop. She was named for the female lead in The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) but was eventually not cast in the film. MGM put Blyth in Slander (Roy Rowland, 1957) with Van Johnson. Sidney Sheldon cast Blyth in The Buster Keaton Story (Sidney Sheldon, 1957) with Donald O'Connor at Paramount. Warner Bros then cast her in the title role of The Helen Morgan Story (Michael Curtiz, 1957) with Paul Newman. Blyth reportedly beat 40 other actors for the part. Even though her voice was more like the original Helen Morgan, her vocals were dubbed by Gogi Grant. That soundtrack was much more successful than the film itself.

Blyth made no further films. In 1957, she sued Benedict Bogeaus for $75,000 for not making the film Conquest. From the late 1950s into the 1970s, Blyth worked in musical theatre and summer stock, starring in the shows 'The King and I', 'The Sound of Music', and 'Show Boat'. She also appeared on television, including co-starring opposite James Donald in The Citadel (1960), an adaptation of A.J. Cronin's novel. She guest-starred on episodes of such series as The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Dick Powell Theatre, Saints and Sinners, The Christophers, Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone, and Burke's Law. Several of these appearances were for Four Star Television, with whom Blyth signed a multi-appearance contract.

Blyth also became the spokesperson for Hostess Cupcakes. Her last television appearances were in episodes of Switch (1983), Quincy, M.E. (1983) and Murder, She Wrote (1985). In 1985, she officially retired. For her contributions to the film industry, Blyth has a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6733 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1953, Ann Blyth married obstetrician James McNulty, brother of singer Dennis Day, who had introduced them. After her marriage, Blyth took somewhat of a reprieve from her career to focus on raising their five children: Timothy Patrick (1954); Maureen Ann (1955); Kathleen Mary (1957); Terence Grady (1960); and Eileen Alana (1963).


West-German postcard by Kunst und Bild, Berlin, no. A 414. Photo: Universal International.


Dutch postcard by DRC, no. F 208. Photo: MGM.


Belgian postcard. Photo: M.G.M.


Italian postcard by B.F.F. Edit., no. 2947. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer.


Italian postcard by Bromofoto, Milano, no. 1262. Photo: Paramount.


Dutch postcard by Sparo (Gebr. Spanjersberg N.V., Rotterdam). Photos: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The picture stars are Judy Garland, Betty Hutton, Vivian Blaine (twice), Monica Lewis, Pier Angeli, Ann Blyth and Mario Lanza, Coleen Gray, and Jane Powell. The postcard must date from ca. 1951 when Blyth and Lanza starred together in The Great Caruso (Richard Thorpe, 1951).


French postcard by Editions P.I., Paris, no. 675. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1952.


Belgian postcard, no. 11. Photo: MGM.

Sources: Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), Wikipedia (Dutch and English) and IMDb.