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Dolores Hart (born 1938) is one of Hollywood’s most singular figures: a talented actress who achieved swift 1950s fame before making a historic personal decision to leave
Rosemary Forsyth
A tall, slender, highly attractive blonde, Canadian-born leading lady Rosemary Forsyth was born in Montreal. In the mid 1960s, she was groomed by Universal after a stretch as a mod
Michael Pate
MICHAEL PATE OBITUARY IN “THE GUARDIAN” IN 2008. Michael Pate was born in 1920 in Sydney, Australia. He began his career on radio. In World War Two he served in the Aus
Van Johnson
Van Johnson was born in 1916 in Newport, Rhode Island. He started acting on Broadway in 1935. He was Gene Kelly’s understudy in the Broadway musical “Pal Joey”. He
Alan Bates
Alan Bates THE INDEPENDENT OBITUARY IN 2003. Alan Bates was a brilliant versatile actor who made many fine films in both Britain and the U.S. He started his career on film with
Diane Cilento
Diane Cilento was born in 1933 in Queensland, Australia. Her parents were both distinguished medical doctors. She trained for the theatre in New York but made her acting ca
Nancy Davis
Ronald Bergan writes: By far the best role Nancy Reagan ever had was as US first lady. However, as Nancy Davis, her acting career was by no means ignominious. She appeared in seve
Nancy Guild
Tom Vallance’s obituary in “The Independent”: THE IMPACT of Lauren Bacall on the cinema of the Forties was such that several young actresses were styled by rival studios to a
Gene Tierney
“Gene Tierney was as sleek and as beautiful as a lynx – a shade warmer perhaps, but nowhere near as agile. Once she emerged from the miscasting which almost wrecked her care
Una O’Connor
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