by Jenna GuillaumeBuzzFeed Contributor

Hollywood's Golden Age is associated with iconic actors like Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, James Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor. But many other stars who were popular during that time are all but forgotten now. Here's a look at some of those actors, and what happened to them...

Linda Darnell left school and began living on her own at age 15 to pursue a Hollywood career. She lied about her age and soon landed her first film role in Hotel for Women, and went on to find success in box office hits like The Mask of Zorro and Forever Amber.

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Linda struggled getting roles in her late teens and dedicated herself to the Red Cross and selling war bonds during World War II. She got a second wind in her film career in her 20s and later moved to television and stage work.

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Linda's romantic life, including connections to the likes of Mickey Rooney and Howard Hughes, was the subject of much gossip. She was married three times and had one child. She died in 1965, when she was in her 40s, after being trapped in a fire while staying at a friend's house. Eerily, in the last interview she did, which was published after her death, she said, "I hope my life won't end in tragedy."

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Fredi Washington had a relatively short but significant acting career, debuting in Black and Tan in 1929 before going on to take on her best-known role in 1934's Imitation of Life. Her last movie role was in 1937's One Mile from Heaven.

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Fredi's experiences as a Black woman in Hollywood led her to become a civil rights activist, cofounding the Negro Actors Guild in 1937. She also worked as a drama editor and newspaper columnist. She was married twice, and died of pneumonia at age 90.

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Buster Crabbe, also known as Larry Crabbe, was an Olympic swimmer and won gold at the 1932 Olympics before transitioning to an acting career, notably starring as Tarzan in Tarzan the Fearless in 1933 and going on to act in over 100 movies, often in roles that required him to wear very little clothes.

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Those roles began to slow down for Buster in the '50s and '60s, and he took on a variety of jobs in addition to the acting he did, including stockbroker, swim camp owner, aquatics director at a hotel, and salesperson for a swimming pool company.

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Buster was married and had two children. His last acting role was in 1982's The Comeback Trail. He died in 1983 at age 75, after tripping over a wastepaper basket and having a heart attack.

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Ruth Chatterton was a stage actor who also found success on the big screen in movies like Madame X and Sarah and Son, both of which earned her Academy Award nominations. In the late '30s, she shifted her focus back to Broadway and later took on TV work.

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In addition to her acting, Ruth was well-known as one of the few female aviators in the 1930s. When she wound down her acting career, she became a successful novelist and began raising French poodles. She was married three times and died at 68.

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Sessue Hayakawa started acting in the US after he was rejected by the Japanese Imperial Navy. He rose to fame as a "matinee idol" in the 1910s and 1920s and became one of the highest-paid actors of the time.

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He starred in over 80 movies, including many with his wife, fellow actor Tsuru Aoki, who largely retired from acting in 1924 to raise the couple's three children. Sessue continued acting, though he wasn't quite as successful in "talkies" as he had been in silent movies.

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While filming a movie in France, Sessue became trapped there during Germany's occupation in World War II. He was able to do some acting in that time, but also sold watercolor paintings to support himself. He picked up more roles after the war, including in 1957's The Bridge on the River Kwai, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sessue retired from acting in the 1960s and returned to Japan, dedicating his life to Zen Buddhism. He died in 1973.

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Irene Dunne was a prolific actor and was nominated five times for the Best Actress Academy Award for movies like Cimarron, The Awful Truth, and Love Affair, although she never won. At the height of her fame, she went on a bus tour of Hollywood homes in disguise to see what people were saying about her house.

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Irene retired from acting in 1953, and went on to focus on philanthropy. She was also appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to be a delegate to the United Nations. In her private life, she was married to a dentist who later became her business manager, and the pair had one child. S

12 Golden Age Hollywood Stars: Their Untold Stories