Sep 27, 2009 -
BIOGRAPHYJulie's version ofaccurate nonsense
As an eleventh generation American and a Mayflower descendent, Julie Newmar has beauty, brains and a charming sense of humor. Born Julia Chalene Newmeyer in Los Angeles, her father, Donald, was an engineering professor, head of the Phys Ed. Department, and head football coach at LACC.
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Jul 27, 2009 -
Hey you guys Im planning to stay at the beverly hills hotel to celebrate my 18th birthday and i was wondering if you guys have any history details of the place or if you have suggesting on where i should visit that has old hollywood history. Thanks So much!!
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May 14, 2009 -
Jane Greer (September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001) was a film and television actress who was perhaps best known for her role as femme fatale Kathie Moffat in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past.
The five-foot five Greer began life as Bettejane Greer in Washington, D.C. A beauty-contest winner and professional model from her teens, Greer began her show business career as a big band singer.
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Mar 21, 2009 -
Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (born 31 January 1929) is an Oscar-nominated English actress. Simmons was named an Officer in the Order of the British Empire in 2003.Born in Crouch Hill, London, England, to Charles Simmons (gymnast) and his wife Winifred nee Loveland - Jean Simmons began acting at the age of 14.In 1950 Britain lost their young star to America - and Rank sold her to Howard Hughes who then owned RKO studios.In 1950, she married the English actor Stewart Granger, with whom she appeared in several films, successfully making the transition to Hollywood. She made four films for Howard Hughes, including Angel Face directed by Otto Preminger.
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Mar 18, 2009 -
Vera Miles (born Vera June Ralston; August 23, 1929) is an American actress known from such classic films as The Searchers, Psycho and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.Miles was born in Boise City, Oklahoma. She was crowned Miss Kansas in 1948.Her success as a beauty queen prompted Miles' move to Los Angeles where, in 1950, she soon began landing small roles in film and television. These included a minor part as a chorus girl in Two Tickets to Broadway (1951), a musical starring Janet Leigh, with whom Miles would go on to co-star nine years later in the classic Alfred Hitchcock film, Psycho.
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Feb 28, 2009 -
I recently purchased a 5-movie Marlene Dietrich DVD collection titled "The Glamour Collection," including Morocco, Blonde Venus, The Devil is a Woman, The Flame of New Orleans, and Golden Earrings. I really love these movies, and they are presented in glorious condition here.... Marlene was such a Goddess!!!
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Feb 24, 2009 -
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Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch December 9, 1916) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and film producer known for his cleft chin, his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as "sons of bitches". He is the father of Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas. He was #17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time.
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Feb 15, 2009 -
Sandra Dee (April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) was an American film actress.
Dee began her career as a model and progressed to film. Best known for her portrayal of ingenues, Dee won a Golden Globe Award in 1959 as one of the year's most promising newcomers, and over several years her films were popular.
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Feb 11, 2009 -
Lana TurnerLana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an Academy Award-nominated American film and occasionally television actress. On-screen, she was well-known for the glamour and sensuality she brought to almost all her movie roles. Off-screen, she was-well known for her stormy and colorful private life including seven husbands, numerous lovers, and a famous murder scandal.
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Feb 07, 2009 -
Rosalind Russell (4 June 1907 – 28 November 1976) was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as originating the role of Auntie Mame on Broadway and in film. She won all 5 Golden Globes for which she was nominated, and was tied with Meryl Streep for wins until the 2007 awards when Streep was awarded a sixth. Russell won a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show Wonderful Town.Rosalind Russell was one of seven siblings born in Waterbury, Connecticut to Clara and James Edward Russell,[1] an Irish-American Catholic family.
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