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Born on This Day: Ina Claire 1893-1985

15 Thursday Oct 2015

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Film, Jeanne Eagels, Theatre

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David Belasco, Ethel Barrymore, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ina Claire, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, John Gilbert, Jumping Jupiter, The National Red Cross Pageant, W. Somerset Maugham

ina_claire_by_vintagedream_stock-d4qgoo8Of Irish descent, Ina Fagan was born in Washington on October 15, 1893. She never knew her father, who had died in a car accident four months previously. With no family breadwinner, Ina and her mother went to live in a boarding-house. From an early age, Ina had a talent for impersonations, and made her vaudeville debut in 1909 as ‘the dainty mimic’, under her mother’s maiden name of Ina Claire. Continue reading →

Born on This Day: Helen Broderick (1891-1959)

11 Tuesday Aug 2015

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Film, Theatre

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67th Street, Bette Davis, Claridge Hotel, Eddie Doherty, Helen Broderick, I.S. Mowis, Ina Claire, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Jumping Jupiter, Lester Crawford, Morosco Theatre, Richard Carle, The Letter, The Rain Girl, Ziegfeld Follies

helen broderick2As part of an ongoing series covering major figures in Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, I’m looking at the life of Helen Broderick – who danced in the first Ziegfeld Follies, and made the transition from star of Broadway musicals to one of Hollywood’s most beloved character actresses. She was also a loyal friend of Jeanne Eagels, and the mother of Broderick Crawford. Continue reading →

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