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Small, plain-Jane, funny lady began her Hollywood career as a script assistant in the 1930s before enjoying a rather interesting and busy tenure as a comic character actress in dozens of movies and TV shows throughout the 1940s & 50s & 60s before earning the fame she’d always craved in the 1970s as the loving, […]
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on: December, 12 2019
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Tiny and buxom with long,blonde hair falling provacatively over her right eye, young Veronica gained instant notoriety as the girl with the “peek-a-boo” bang. Starring in films such as The Glass Key, This Gun for Hire, Sullivan’s Travels and later Saigon. She lit up the silver screen while American women were “letting down their hair” […]
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on: December, 12 2019
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Little-known sister of actress Jeanette MacDonald married boxer Clarence “Rocky” Rock in 1926 and raised a family before venturing into her sister’s world,mostly as a bit player under the name Marie Blake. After her husband’s death in 1960, Blossom tried her luck in TV parts before reaching international cult status as the wacky,witchy Grandmama in […]
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on: December, 12 2019
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Mostly remembered for her role as the 500 lb. Momma in the 1993 movie What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Darlene was literally hand picked for the role based solely on her appearance on Sally Jessy Raphael where she was promoting the T.O.P.S (take off pounds sensibly) program which the now housebound Darlene hosted out of her […]
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on: December, 12 2019
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Co-starred with Carol O’Conner (of All in the Family fame) as Bubba in the Heat of the Night television series. Also played significant character roles in many big screen productions during the 1980s. One of his more memorable works was when he played a slightly deranged national guard soldier in the movie Southern Comfort.
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Beautiful Canadian-born brunette was a top model and ballet dancer in her native country before catching the American public’s eye in the 1970s with memorable roles as Jan-Michael Vincent’s love interest in the World’s Greatest Athlete and later as Nick Nolte’s girlfriend in North Dallas Forty. However,Dayle made every effort to off-set her wholesome image […]
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on: December, 12 2019
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Most Famous is as Captain William “Buck” Rogers. NBC 1979- 1981 television show. He started his television career in the soap opera The Doctors 1973-1976. In college while persuing his degree in chemistry, he became bitten by the acting bug, eventually starring in over 400 commercials. His break came when he had a bit part […]
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on: January, 01 2020
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Veterinarian Dr.Elmo Shropshire and wife Patsy Trigg Shropshire enjoyed a “side” career as a comedy-bluegrass duo in California clubs before becomming annual holiday celebrities with their surprise hit record of 1984 Grandma Got Run-over by a Reindeer. The couple had actually been pushing the single since 1979 before Epic Records picked up the single as […]
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on: December, 12 2019
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Philadelphia born Mariana McNulty played a variety of minor film roles before bleaching her brunette hair and gaining instant stardom in the Blondie movies from 1938 until 1950.
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Canadian-born John Herbert Frid served in the Royal Canadian Navy during WWII and later performed with the Royal Academy of Drama in England. A respected Shakespearean actor Frid earned a masters degree in Drama and Directing from Yale University and toured in many dramatic productions throughout Great Britian,Canada, and the USA before becomming a cultural […]
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