The Edward Quinn Archive

Best of Stars

Edward Quinn lived and worked in the ‘50s and ‘60s as a photographer on the Côte d’Azur, which was a playground for celebrities from the world of show biz, art and business during the “Golden Fifties”. 

Here you will find a selection of top photos of stars. Other photos of stars you will find here.

  • Brigitte Bardot with Repetto ballerinas, Capri trousers and a Breton shirt posing ever so nicely on a Simca Aronde Week-end during Cannes Film Festival 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Brigitte Bardot pictured at the Palais du Festival during the Cannes Film Festival in 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Brigitte Bardot. Studios de la Victorine, during filming of "Voulez-vous danser avec moi?" ("Come dance with me"). Nice 1959. Car: Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner Convertible 1957. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Ingrid Bergman at the hairdresser in the Carlton Hotel. Cannes Film Festival 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Marlon Brando at the port in Bandol 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Yul Brynner back from an aperitif at "Le Bateau ivre". To remain unrecognised he kept his soft felt hat on. Saint-Tropez 1959. Car: 1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Gary Cooper. Eden Roc, Cap d'Antibes 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Doris Day being photographed by her husband Marty Melcher, Eden Roc, Cap d'Antibes 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Alain Delon and Jane Fonda arriving at the film set of "Les Félins" ("Love Cage"). Ferrari 250 GT Spider California 1961. Antibes 1964. This car of Alain Delon was hammered 2015 for a record-breaking $18.5 million at an auction at Artcurial in Paris. The 250 GT Spyder California, Chassis No 2935, had been bought new by the actor Gérard Blain, then sold to fellow actor Alain Delon, who was photographed several times at the wheel of this machine, including in 1964. One of 37 examples, this Pininfarina-designed cabriolet, its whereabouts unknown to marque historians until now, is bound to attract the attention of collectors of important historic Ferrari. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Shooting break: Jane Fonda and Alain Delon on the film set of "Les Félins". Antibes 1964. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Marlene Dietrich and Jean Marais, leaving the Sporting d'Eté in Monte Carlo after a gala night in 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Many pairs of admiring eyes looking at the voluminous blond hair of Diana Dors. Cannes Film Festival 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • More than 1000 people assisted the Monte Carlo gala evening in aid of the polio victims in 1955. Amongst the guests were Gina Lollobrigida and Kirk Douglas. Monte Carlo 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Kirk Douglas at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Swedish movie star Anita Ekberg (La dolce vita) with her two Tiny Poodles Jade and Jackson. Nice 1960 - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor and Porfirio Rubirosa in the cockpit of his private plane, a converted North American B-25 Mitchell, at Cannes Airport in 1954. North American B-25 Mitchell B-25H-1NA 43-4432 (N10V). See https://bit.ly/2XS08rs. Was as "Berlin Express" in the 1970 movie Catch-22. Today at Eagle Hangar, EAA Aviation Museum, Oshkosh. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Rita Hayworth with her daughters Rebecca and Yasmina leaving Château de l’Horizon, property of Aly Khan. Golfe-Juan 1951. Car: Fiat 508 C/1100 Nuova Balilla, special-bodied woody-wagon. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Hollywood actress Audrey Hepburn, before she found fame, at the harbor of Monaco 1951. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Rock Hudson on holidays at Cap d’Antibes. Until 1947 Hudson worked on odd jobs, finally in 1954 with the film "Magnificent Obsession" he was accepted as an actor and in 1957 he was a nominee for an Oscar for "Giant". Eden Roc 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Grace Kelly relaxing in the lobby of the Carlton Hotel during the Cannes Film Festival 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Grace Kelly on the movie set of "To Catch a Thief". Cannes 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Grace Kelly (later to become Princess Grace) at the Royal Palace just before she met Prince Rainier for the first time. One of Prince Rainier’s personal servants, Michel Demorizi, guided her around some of the great number of rooms of the Royal Palace. Monaco 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Gina Lollobrigida leaving a gala evening in a Hotel bus. Monte Carlo 1955 - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • A privileged view: Sophia Loren looking out at the sea from her room in the Carlton Hotel. Cannes Film Festival 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Sophia Loren getting out of the elevator in the Carlton Hotel, ready to face the photographers. Cannes Film Festival 27 April 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Sophia Loren wearing an evening gown designed by Emilio Schuberth, Cannes Film Festival 27 April 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Steve McQueen in Monaco to prepare the (never produced) movie "Day of the champion". Monaco Grand Prix 1965. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • No relaxing for Silvana Mangano. After lunch at the famous restaurat La Bonne Auberge at Antibes, Silvana satisfies the ever present journalists. Antibes 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jayne Mansfield and the dance of the photographers. Cannes Film Festival 1958. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jayne Mansfield at the Carlton Hotel during the Cannes Film Festival 1958. As pink was her favourite colour, she insisted that she bathe in pink champagne. Cannes Film Festival 1958. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Robert Mitchum serenading his wife Dorothy Spence on a mandolin during their stay in Nice in 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Simone Signoret, French actress often hailed as one of France’s greatest movie stars, on her wedding in 1951 to actor and singer Yves Montand. At the same restaurant Colombe d’Or, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, where their romance began. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • David Niven and his Afghan Hound on the patio at his mansion. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1961 - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Some unexpected passengers, a Miniature Poodle and an Afghan Hound in the Alfa Romeo of David Niven and a special hat for his Swedish wife Hjordis Tersmeden. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1961. Car: Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Touring 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Kim Novak had been the Queen of the Cannes Film Festival in 1956 and there was a much publicized romance with Prince Aly Khan. She came again to the Film Festival in 1959 as her film "In the Middle of the Night" was presented. She stayed with her parents in Aly Khan’s Château de l’Horizon. Her escort at the Film Festival was Cary Grant. Cannes 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Kim Novak had been the Queen of the Cannes Film Festival in 1956 and there was a much publicized romance with Prince Aly Khan. She came again to the Film Festival in 1959 as her film "In the Middle of the Night" was presented. She stayed with her parents in Aly Khan’s Château de l’Horizon. Her escort at the Film Festival was Cary Grant. Cannes 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Kim Novak had been the queen of the Cannes Film Festival in 1956. She came again in 1959 as her film "In the Middle of the Night" was presented. Cary Grant had been separated from his third wife, the actress Betsy Drake, since 1958. The romance between Grant and Kim Novak was one of the highlights of the 1959 Festival. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Aristotle Onassis and Maria Callas leaving the yacht Christina after a Mediterranean cruise. Monaco harbor 1959 - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • La Belle Otéro, a dancer, singer and a "demie-mondaine" of "La Belle Epoque". Unfortunately she lost her fortune at the Monte Carlo Casino, and during the fifties she lived in a very small flat in Nice, surrounded by her souvenirs. Her only distraction was to feed the pigeons on her balcony. Nice 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Gregory Peck leaving from Nice Airport, 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Edith Piaf and her young American painter friend Doug. Gala at Sporting d’Eté. Monte Carlo 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Edward G. Robinson and two Spanish actresses at the property of french painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue during the Cannes Film Festival 1952. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Frank Sinatra in Monaco in 1958 to perform at a charity gala evening at the Sporting d’Eté for the UN Refugees children. Beside him a poster for the film "Kings Go Forth", which was made in Monaco and Roquebrune the year before. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Ol’ Blue Eyes Frank Sinatra at the height of his fame; he’d won an Oscar for "From Here to Eternity" and was receiving rave reviews for his album "Come Fly with Me". Monte Carlo Station 1958. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Elizabeth Taylor after the screening of "Around the World in 80 Days" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1957. She was among more than a thousand guests invited by her husband Mike Todd to a gala supper at Les Ambassadeurs to celebrate the film. At this time she was widely considered to be one of the most beautiful women in the world. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Elizabeth Taylor arriving at Nice Airport to spend a short holiday at Villa Fiorentina, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. With her were her two sons Michael and Christopher Wilding. Also travelling with her were her two doggies. Nice 1957. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Spencer Tracy was considered an actors' actor by his admiring colleagues. He came to Nice to sign for a film. Nice 1953. Cars: 1951 Ford Country Squire Woodie Wagon - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Tennis played by Peter Ustinov. Monte Carlo 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • John Wayne checking out a Pathé film camera on board Onassis' yacht Christina, Monaco harbor 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty at the Palais du Festival Cannes 1962. - Photo by Edward Quinn