After seeing Helen Hayes on stage in 1936, she began acting in school plays. She later understudied Dorothy McGuire and Martha Scott in Wilder's Our Town. She was OscarNom in her film debut The Little Foxes, 1941 with #BetteDavis
The Little Foxes (1941 OscarNom) * Mrs Miniver* Pride of the Yankees (OscarNom) * #Hitchcock Shadow of a Doubt * Best Years of Our Lives * Pursued * Enchantment * The Men (Marlon Brando's film debut) * Something to Live For
The Steel Trap * Count the Hours * The Actress * Track of the Cat * Search for Bridey Murphy * Escapade in Japan * The Restless Years (1958) * Hail, Hero! (1969) * Happy Ending * Roseland * Somewhere in Time * The Rainmaker (1997)
"Neither may she be photographed running on the beach with her hair flying in the wind. Nor may she pose in any of the following situations: in shorts; playing with a cocker spaniel; digging in a garden, or 'whipping' up a meal." 2/3
"Attired in firecrackers, holding skyrockets for 4th of July, looking insinuatingly at the Thanksgiving turkey; wearing a bunny cap with long ears for Easter; twinkling on prop snow in a skiing outfit while a fan blows her scarf." 3/3
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#BOTD 1910 – 1963 Jack Carson, 52, (Cancer), Canadian-US actor and singer.
Stage Door (1937) * Bringing Up Baby * Vivacious Lady * Mr Smith Goes to Washington * Destry Rides Again * Queen of the Mob * Lucky Partners * #Hitchcock's Mr & Mrs Smith * Strawberry Blonde * Love Crazy
Bride Came C.O.D. * Blues in Night * Larceny Inc * Gentleman Jim * Arsenic + Old Lace * The Hard Way * Mildred Pierce * Two Guys from Milwaukee * Dangerous When Wet * A Star Is Born * Phffft * Bottom of Bottle
The Tattered Dress * Cat on a Hot Tin Roof * Rally Round the Flag, Boys! * The Bramble Bush (w. Richard Burton) * Sammy the Way Out Seal (1962 episode, TV Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - final role)
Montages: Across the Pacific * Casablanca * Hard Way Director: Verdict (1946) Big Steal * Duel at Silver Creek * Riot in Cell Block 11 * Private Hell 36 * Invasion of Body Snatchers * Baby Face Nelson * The Lineup * Edge of Eternity
"Two policemen try their best to track down a gangster who uses the luggage of unsuspecting travellers as 'mules', to hide, traffic and retrieve drugs."
#ElvisPresley Flaming Star (1960) Hell Is for Heroes * Killers * Coogan's Bluff * Madigan * Two Mules for Sister Sara * Beguiled * Dirty Harry * Charley Varrick * Black Windmill * Shootist * Escape from Alcatraz * Jinxed! (1982)
#OTD 1947 – The House Un-American Activities Committee began its investigation into 'Communist' infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a 'blacklist', that killed some (#JohnGarfield), and prevented many socialists from working in the industry for years.
#Blacklist Edward Dmytryk * Dalton Trumbo * Dorothy Parker * Lillian Hellman * Canada Lee * Paul Robeson * Larry Adler * Leonard Bernstein * Joseph E Bromberg * Vera Caspary * Lee J Cobb * Howard Da Silva * Howard Duff * José Ferrer * John Garfield * Will Geer * Dashiell Hammett
Carl Foreman * Garson Kanin * Ruth Gordon * EY Yip Harburg * Judy Holliday * Lena Horne * Marsha Hunt * Burl Ives * Joseph Losey * Burgess Meredith * Zero Mostel * Anne Revere * Gale Sondergaard * Sam Wanamaker * Fredi Washington * Orson Welles * Harry Belafonte * Charlie Chaplin
#BOTD 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene, Aged 86, English novelist, playwright.
Man Within (1929) Stamboul Train (1932) It's a Battlefield (1934) England Made Me (1935) A Gun for Sale (1936) Journey Without Maps (1936) Brighton Rock (1938) Lawless Roads (1939) Confidential Agent (1939)
#BOTD 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene, 86, English novelist, playwright.
Power and Glory (1940) Ministry of Fear (1943) Heart of Matter (1948) Third Man (1949) End of the Affair (1951) Loser Takes All (1955) The Quiet American (1955) Our Man in Havana (1958) A Burnt-Out Case (1960)
#BOTD 1904 – 1991 Graham Greene, 86, English novelist, playwright.
The Comedians (1966) Travels with My Aunt (1969) A Sort of Life (1971) Honorary Consul (1973) Human Factor (1978) Ways of Escape (1980) Doctor Fischer of Geneva (1980) Monsignor Quixote (1982) Tenth Man (1985)
#OTD 1987 – Madeleine Carroll, 81, English actress (b. 1906) #Hitchcock's original cool Blonde
Star of 1930-40s. In 1938, the world's highest-paid actress. She returned to UK after her sister was killed in WW2 Blitz. She then devoted herself to the Red Cross and child refugees.
#OTD 1987 – Madeleine Carroll, 81, English actress (b. 1906) #Hitchcock's Blonde The 39 Steps + Secret Agent.
Film debut Guns of Loos (1928) * Escape (1930) School for Scandal * Madame Guillotine * #Hitchcock The 39 Steps (1935) + Secret Agent (1936) * The General Died at Dawn
Lloyd's of London * Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Northwest Mounted Police * My Favorite Blonde (1942) * White Cradle Inn (1947) An Innocent Affair * The Fan (1949 final film)
A child actress and singer, she appeared West End 1948, Broadway, 1954, as 'Britain's youngest prima donna'. On Broadway in My Fair Lady (1956), as Eliza, and Camelot (1960), as Guinevere, with Richard Burton.
#BOTD 1935 – Julie Andrews, 86, English actress, singer.
Mary Poppins (1964) * Americanization of Emily * Sound of Music * #Hitchcock's Torn Curtain * Hawaii * Thoroughly Modern Millie * Star! * Darling Lili * Tamarind Seed * 10 * Little Miss Marker * S.O.B. * Victor/Victoria
#BOTD 1935 – Julie Andrews, 86, English actress, singer.
Duet for One * Relative Values * Princess Diaries * Shrek 2 (Queen) * Princess Diaries 2 * Shrek the Third * Enchanted (Narrator) * Tooth Fairy * Shrek Forever After * Despicable Me * Minions: Rise of Gru (2022 as Marlena)