Actress Sandra Dee is seen as a sweet-looking but gutsy rule-breaker in the 1959 blockbusters A Summer Place and Imitation of Life.
Dorothy McGuire
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Movie Buff: Author Anthony Slide discusses neglected area in film history - the humorous and/or tragic lives and times of film fanatics + collectors.
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Gary Cooper Movies: Playing Lover-Daddy to Joan Leslie, Audrey Hepburn in two of the weakest (but successful) films of his career.
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Batgirl Yvonne Craig Dies: Star Trek Villainess and 1 of Elvis Presley Movies girls best remembered as Barbara Gordon on TV series.
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Dorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck, Gentleman’s Agreement Elia Kazan: Actors Director Elia Kazan is best remembered today for two things: his association with Marlon Brando during the first half of the…
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Howard Keel, best remembered for MGM musicals such as Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, is Turner Classic Movies’ next-to-last “Summer Under the Stars” star.…
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Stairway to Heaven & Orpheus: 2 radically different fantasies focus on that mysterious space in between what’s called A Matter of Life and Death.
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Gloria Stuart in a publicity shot from the 1930s (top); Gloria Stuart as Old Rose in Titanic (bottom) Gloria Stuart, the pretty, blonde leading lady in the Universal horror classics…
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Fess Parker, who died earlier today of natural causes at age 85, was mostly known for his television work. “Davy Crockett,” which aired as part of the Disneyland anthology series,…
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Jean Simmons. Jean Simmons, the beautiful actress who was nominated for Oscars for her work in Hamlet (1948) and The Happy Ending (1969), died on Jan. 22 at her home…
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Jane Wyatt: Star Trek, Father Knows Best, and Lost Horizon actress. Jane Wyatt: ‘Star Trek’ & ‘Father Knows Best’ + ‘Lost Horizon’ actress dead at 96 Actress Jane Wyatt, best…
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Brazilian cinema at MoMA Brazilian cinema will return to New York City’s Museum of Modern Art in July. MoMA will be presenting the third edition of “Premiere Brazil!” between July…
Oscar curse? Two-time Best Actress Luise Rainer remembers In Mason Wiley and Damien Bona’s Inside Oscar, Luise Rainer is quoted as saying the following about winning back-to-back Best Actress Academy…
Christmas Films: Unusual Macho John Travolta as cross between Elvis Presley + David Bowie, while Sandra Dee Topples Tree in John Waters inspiration?
Meredith Baxter Lesbian out of the closet announcement from Emmy-nominated Family and Family Ties actress + Another Gay Movie Seized in Canada.