When her parents separated Miriam Hopkins moved with her mother and sister to live with her grandmother Mildred Cutter at 1701 Whitaker Street. The 1910 census records the household — grandmother Mildred, age 60. Her daughter Ellen Hopkins, age 30. Granddaughter Ruby, age 10. Granddaughter Ellen m., age 7.
Ellen m. was Miriam. The census recorded her by her given name. She was seven years old, living on the western edge of Forsyth Park, in a house full of women holding things together after a family came apart.
She left Savannah at fourteen. She became a Broadway actress, then a Hollywood star. In 1935 she appeared in Becky Sharp — the first feature film shot entirely in three-strip Technicolor. Her performance earned her the first Academy Award nomination ever given for a color film.
The house at 1701 Whitaker Street is now a quadplex. No marker. Three documents confirm she was here — the 1910 census, the Savannah city directory listing her grandmother at 1701 Whitaker, and the marriage certificate of her parents confirming the family connection.
| Head | Cutter, Mildred — widow — age 60 |
| Daughter | Hopkins, Ellen M. — age 30 |
| Grand Daughter | Ruby b. — age 10 |
| Grand Daughter | Ellen m. — age 7 (Miriam) |
| Address | 1701 Whitaker Street |