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| ... father's side--she was bred for acting at an early age. By the time Gloria was a teenager she had little interest in school; she quit Hollywood High School just short of graduation to join a touring show called "Good Night Ladies". Later she appeared in a couple of Broadway plays, where she was spotted by MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer in 1944. He was impressed enough to offer he... |
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| ... films as a guest vocalist in three of Kyser's films for RKO--"That's Right - You're Wrong" (1939), "You'll Find Out" (1940) and "Playmates" (1941). After five years she decided to abandon touring altogether in the early 1940s and went solo to seek her own fame and fortune. With her own radio series (sponsored by Philip Morris), Ginny became a popular figure during WWII, interviewi... |
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| ... stage productions. While acting in a school play in the early 1930s, her performance caught the attention of Clifford Brown, a repertory theater company owner, who offered her a part in a touring production of Alice in Wonderland. While touring with another production in Brown's company, she was offered a contract from a talent scout with Gaumont-British Studios, but declined the ... |
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*Born Vivian Stapleton on November 21, 1921 in Newark, New Jersey, the cherry-blonde-haired Blaine appeared on local stages as early as 1934 and was a touring singer with dance bands starting in 1937. In 1942, her agent and soon-to-be husband Manny Franks signed her to a contract with ... |
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... blonde hair and sexy persona she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on USO tours with Bob Hope. Part of her USO touring act with Bob Hope was wearing a tight sweater and singing "I Want to Love You."
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... London).
Vivian Blaine
**Born Vivian Stapleton on November 21, 1921 in Newark, New Jersey, the cherry-blonde-haired Blaine appeared on local stages as early as 1934 and was a touring singer with dance bands starting in 1937. In 1942, her agent and soon-to-be husband Manny Franks signed her to a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox, and she relocated to Hollyw... |
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| ... father's side--she was bred for acting at an early age. By the time Gloria was a teenager she had little interest in school; she quit Hollywood High School just short of graduation to join a touring show called "Good Night Ladies". Later she appeared in a couple of Broadway plays, where she was spotted by MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer in 1944. He was impressed enough to offer he... |
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| ... 1926), her mother was a star of the Follies of 1920. From an early age, Julie studied piano, dance and classical ballet. She graduated from high school at the age of 15, and spent a year touring Europe with her mother and brother. Julie became prima ballerina for the Los Angeles Opera. She attended UCLA studying classical piano, philosophy and French. Julie went to New York and t... |
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| ... films as a guest vocalist in three of Kyser's films for RKO--"That's Right - You're Wrong" (1939), "You'll Find Out" (1940) and "Playmates" (1941). After five years she decided to abandon touring altogether in the early 1940s and went solo to seek her own fame and fortune. With her own radio series (sponsored by Philip Morris), Ginny became a popular figure during WWII, interviewi... |
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