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Born On This Day: Kim Novak

13 Saturday Feb 2016

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Film

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Biopic, Dorothy Kilgallen, Eddie Doherty, George Sidney, Jean Louis, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels (1957), Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Jeff Chandler, Kim Novak, Louella Parsons, Rita Hayworth, The Jeanne Eagels Story, The Rain Girl

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Marilyn Pauline Novak was born in Chicago on February 13, 1933. Her father was a history teacher who also worked as a railroad dispatcher, and her mother was employed in a factory. Both parents were of Czech descent, and had an elder daughter, Arlene. 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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