Hilda Vaughn
Actor · Died December 28, 1957, aged 59 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Thin and tart-tongued, Baltimore-born theater actress Hilda Vaughn, had a decade of intense activity at the beginning of the sound period, mainly at MGM. Although she always played a pleb (a maid, a charwoman, a governess, a saleswoman, a slavey, ...) and never a patrician, the characters she embodied did not lack ... character! Which is best exemplified by her best part, Tina, Jean Harlow's blackmailing domestic in George Cukor's "Dinner at Eight" (1933). After 1940, Hilda Vaughn returned to the theatre. She was blacklisted by McCarthy during the Witch Hunt.
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Biography from IMDb.
- December 26, 1898
- December 28, 1957 (aged 59)
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Actor
- 12 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Hilda Vaughn's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Hilda Vaughn's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Hilda Vaughn's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Confirm or Deny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
Maid's Night Out(1938)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Danger - Love at Work(1937)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Banjo on My Knee(1936)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Accusing Finger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
And Sudden Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Half Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
The Witness Chair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Everybody's Old Man(1936)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
I Live My Life(1935)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Men Without Names (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Chasing Yesterday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Straight from the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
The Wedding Night(1935)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Anne of Green Gables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Dinner at Eight(1933)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
No Marriage Ties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Today We Live(1933)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
No Other Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
The Phantom of Crestwood(1932)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Ladies of the Big House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
It's a Wise Child(1931)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
A Tailor-Made Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Manslaughter(1930)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Three Live Ghosts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
Career shape
Star power in the 56th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles from 1929 to 1941.
Film career
- 1933Screen debut· Dinner at Eight
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Hilda Vaughn's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th5
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Hilda Vaughn work with?
People who share at least 2 of Hilda Vaughn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Z. Leonard shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Robert Z. LeonardShared titles: It's a Wise Child (1931), Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Z. Leonard
Writers
- Edith FitzgeraldShared titles: Today We Live (1933), Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)See all 2 shared titles with Edith Fitzgerald
Cinematographers and editors
- Oliver T. MarshShared titles: Today We Live (1933), It's a Wise Child (1931)See all 2 shared titles with Oliver T. Marsh
- Margaret BoothShared titles: It's a Wise Child (1931), Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)See all 2 shared titles with Margaret Booth
Mixed roles
- Paul BernShared titles: It's a Wise Child (1931), Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Bern