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Volume Two, , pages New York: Charles Scribner's Sons In , her daughter Barbara Davis "B. According to her August Playboy magazine interview, in her youth she posed nude for an artist, who carved a statue of her that was placed in a public spot in Boston, MA. After the interview appeared, Bostonians searched for the statue in vain. The statue, four dancing nymphs, was later found in the possession of a private Massachusetts collector. She wrote a book, "This 'N That", during her recovery from the stroke.
While filming Death on the Nile , aboard ship, no one was allowed his or her own dressing room, so she shared a dressing room with Angela Lansbury and Maggie Smith. In she moved from Connecticut to Los Angeles and filmed a pilot for the series Hotel , which she called Brothel. She refused to do the TV series and suffered a stroke during this time. Her last marriage, to actor Gary Merrill, lasted ten years, longer than any of the previous three. In , she came to Cardiff for a theatre tour and went to the Welsh Valleys in search of relatives - and found them.
She had been learning Welsh in order to come to Wales; however, she only used the words "Nos Da" meaning "good night" while in the country and had forgotten all the other phrases she had learned. Was first offered the role of Luke's mother in Cool Hand Luke , but refused the small role.
Jo Van Fleet accepted the role. Declined a role in 4 for Texas which turned out to be a big hit to do Dead Ringer which turned out to be a big flop. This brought about a new round of super-stardom for generations of fans who were not familiar with her work.
Two years later, she starred in Hush. In , she was asked to perform in a musical, "Two's Company". After several grueling months at rehearsals, her health deteriorated due to osteomyelitis of the jaw and she had to leave the show only several weeks after it opened.
She was to repeat this process in when she rehearsed for the musical version of The Corn Is Green , called "Miss Moffat", but bowed out early in the run of the show for dubious medical reasons. She made a huge comeback in when she replaced an ill Claudette Colbert in, and received an Oscar nomination for, All About Eve She worked in films through the s, but her career eventually came to a standstill, and in she placed a now famous Job Wanted ad in the trade papers. She resigned less then two months later, publicly declaring herself too busy to fulfill her duties as president while angrily protesting in private that the Academy had wanted her to serve as a mere figurehead.
She made many successful films in the s, but each picture was weaker than the last and by the time her Warner Brothers contract had ended in , she had been reduced to appearing in such films as the unintentionally hilarious Beyond the Forest Arthur Farnsworth — till his death 3. William Grant Sherry 4.
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Rob August 29, at am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. August 9, Author Laura Carson August 9, Danica Mckellar Laura Carson October 28, Read More. Camren Bicondova Laura Carson December 28, Camilla Belle Laura Carson December 29, Carey Lowell Laura Carson December 26, Carol Alt Laura Carson December 21, Carrie Fisher Laura Carson December 20, Caterina Murino Laura Carson December 16, According to the official website, she stood 5ft 3.
I'm only five-feet-two, but looked about five-feet-seven on film. Classic Hollywood Actresses. Ingrid Bergman 5ft 9 cm. Humphrey Bogart 5ft 8 cm. Editor Rob. Those should cover the most notable roles I think. I'd argue actually that The Letter is one of her best known roles. It tends to be seen as the pinnacle of her career by a lot of people and is ranked as her best on the database I think. I think it was a good call downgrading her to 5'2" range.
She always looked 5'2" range to me. I could believe 5'2" flat.
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