Photographs: Celebrities
Orkin's candid photographs of actors and directors include Woody Allen, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Doris Day, Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy, Orson Welles and many others. While she was on assignment shooting Marlon Brando on the set of "Julius Caesar," she wandered over to the set of "I Confess" and captured Montgomery Clift and Alfred Hitchcock. In 1950 Orkin was hired by Life Magazine to shoot the opening night of the play "Member of the Wedding," and at the party she immortalized Julie Harris, Ethel Waters and Carson McCullers.
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Irene Selznick, Tennessee Williams, Elia Kazan
Irene Selznick, Tennessee Williams, Elia Kazan on the set of "A Streetcar Named Desire" New York City, 1947
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball being made up for "I Love Lucy" series, Hollywood, CA, 1952
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas being interviewed by N.Y. Times, New York City, 1964
Lana Turner
Lana Turner at Marion Davies' party, Hollywood, CA, 1949
Judy Holliday
Judy Holliday on set of "It Should Happen To You", New York City, 1953
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall in hotel room, New York City, 1950
"Member of the Wedding"
"Member of the Wedding", Opening Night, Ethel Waters, Carson McCullers and Julie Harris, New York City 1950
Woody Allen
Woody Allen at the Met, New York City, 1963
Robert Capa
Robert Capa, Paris, 1951
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando on the set of "Julius Caesar," Hollywood, CA, 1952
Albert Einstein
This photo was taken during a luncheon at Princeton University, after Orkin had taken photos of Einstein with 100 men who had each donated $25,000 to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1953.