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 Myrna Williams, later to become Myrna Loy, was born on August 2, 1905 in Helena, Montana. Her father was the youngest person ever elected to the Montana State legislature. Later on her family moved to Radersburg where she spent her youth on a cattle ranch. At the age of 13, Myrna's father died of influenza and the rest of the family moved to Los Angeles. She was educated in L.A. at the Westlake School for Girls where she caught the acting bug. She started at the age of 15 when she appeared in local stage productions in order to help support her family. Some of the stage plays were held in the now famous Grauman's Theater in Hollywood. Mrs. Rudolph Valentino happened to be in the audience one night who managed to pull some strings to get Myrna some parts in the motion picture industry. Her first film was a small part in the production of What Price Beauty? (1925). Later she appeared the same year in Pretty Ladies (1925) along with Joan Crawford. She was one of the few stars that would start in silent movies and make a successful transition into the sound era. In the silent films, Myrna would appear as an exotic femme fatale. Later in the sound era, she would become a refined, wholesome character. Unable to land a contract with MGM, she continued to appear in small, bit roles, nothing that one could really call acting. In 1926, Myrna appeared in the Warner Brothers film called Satan in Sables (1925) which, at long last, landed her a contract. Her first appearance as a contract player was The Caveman (1926) where she played a maid. Although she was typecast over and over again as a vamp, Myrna continued to stay busy with small parts. Finally, in 1927, she received star billing in Bitter Apples (1927). The excitement was short lived as she returned to the usual smaller roles afterward. Myrna would take any role that would give her exposure and showcase the talent she felt was being wasted. It seemed that she would play one vamp after another. She wanted something better. Finally her contract ran out with WB and she signed with MGM where she got two meaty roles. One was in the The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933), and the other as Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934) with William Powell. Most agreed that the Thin Man series would never have been successful without Myrna. Her witty perception of situations gave her the image that one could not pull a fast one over on the no-nonsense Mrs. Charles. After The Thin Man, Myrna would appear in five more in the series. Myrna was a big box-office draw. She was popular enough that, in 1936, she was named Queen of the Movies and Clark Gable the king in a nationwide poll of movie goers. Her popularity was at its zenith. With the outbreak of World War II, Myrna all but abandoned her acting career to focus on the war effort. After making THE SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN in November of 1941, Myrna more or less stayed away from Hollywood for five years. She broke this hiatus to appear in one Thin Man sequel while devoting most of her time working with the Red Cross. When she did return her star quality had not diminished a bit, as evidenced by her headlining The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). The film did superbly at the box-office, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1947. With her career in high gear again, Myrna played opposite Cary Grant in back-to-back hits The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948). She continued to make films through the '50s but the roles started getting fewer, her biggest success coming at the start of that decade with Cheaper by the Dozen (1950). By the 1960s the parts had all but dried up as producers and directors looked elsewhere for talent. In 1960 she appeared in Midnight Lace (1960) and was not in another film until 1969 in The April Fools (1969). The 1970s found her mainly in TV movies, not theatrical productions, except for small roles in Airport 1975 (1974) and The End (1978). Her last film was in 1981 called Summer Solstice (1981), and her final acting credit was a guest spot on the sitcom Love, Sidney (1981) in 1982. By the time Myrna passed away, on December 14, 1993, at the age of 88, she had appeared in a phenomenal 129 motion pictures. She was buried in Helena, Montana.
Bio:
Myrna Williams, later to become Myrna Loy, was born on August 2, 1905 in Helena, Montana. Her father was the youngest person ever elected to the Montana State legislature. Later on her family moved to Radersburg where she spent her youth on a cattle ranch. At the age of 13, Myrna's father died of influenza and the rest of the family moved to Los Angeles. She was educated in L.A. at the Westlake School for Girls where she caught the acting bug. She started at the age of 15 when she appeared in local stage productions in order to help support her family. Some of the stage plays were held in the now famous Grauman's Theater in Hollywood. Mrs. Rudolph Valentino happened to be in the audience one night who managed to pull some strings to get Myrna some parts in the motion picture industry. Her first film was a small part in the production of What Price Beauty? (1925). Later she appeared the same year in Pretty Ladies (1925) along with Joan Crawford. She was one of the few stars that would start in silent movies and make a successful transition into the sound era. In the silent films, Myrna would appear as an exotic femme fatale. Later in the sound era, she would become a refined, wholesome character. Unable to land a contract with MGM, she continued to appear in small, bit roles, nothing that one could really call acting. In 1926, Myrna appeared in the Warner Brothers film called Satan in Sables (1925) which, at long last, landed her a contract. Her first appearance as a contract player was The Caveman (1926) where she played a maid. Although she was typecast over and over again as a vamp, Myrna continued to stay busy with small parts. Finally, in 1927, she received star billing in Bitter Apples (1927). The excitement was short lived as she returned to the usual smaller roles afterward. Myrna would take any role that would give her exposure and showcase the talent she felt was being wasted. It seemed that she would play one vamp after another. She wanted something better. Finally her contract ran out with WB and she signed with MGM where she got two meaty roles. One was in the The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933), and the other as Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934) with William Powell. Most agreed that the Thin Man series would never have been successful without Myrna. Her witty perception of situations gave her the image that one could not pull a fast one over on the no-nonsense Mrs. Charles. After The Thin Man, Myrna would appear in five more in the series. Myrna was a big box-office draw. She was popular enough that, in 1936, she was named Queen of the Movies and Clark Gable the king in a nationwide poll of movie goers. Her popularity was at its zenith. With the outbreak of World War II, Myrna all but abandoned her acting career to focus on the war effort. After making THE SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN in November of 1941, Myrna more or less stayed away from Hollywood for five years. She broke this hiatus to appear in one Thin Man sequel while devoting most of her time working with the Red Cross. When she did return her star quality had not diminished a bit, as evidenced by her headlining The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). The film did superbly at the box-office, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1947. With her career in high gear again, Myrna played opposite Cary Grant in back-to-back hits The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948). She continued to make films through the '50s but the roles started getting fewer, her biggest success coming at the start of that decade with Cheaper by the Dozen (1950). By the 1960s the parts had all but dried up as producers and directors looked elsewhere for talent. In 1960 she appeared in Midnight Lace (1960) and was not in another film until 1969 in The April Fools (1969). The 1970s found her mainly in TV movies, not theatrical productions, except for small roles in Airport 1975 (1974) and The End (1978). Her last film was in 1981 called Summer Solstice (1981), and her final acting credit was a guest spot on the sitcom Love, Sidney (1981) in 1982. By the time Myrna passed away, on December 14, 1993, at the age of 88, she had appeared in a phenomenal 129 motion pictures. She was buried in Helena, Montana.
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Was supposedly the favorite star of famed outlaw John Dillinger. He came out of hiding to see Manhattan Melodrama (1934), in which she starred, and was gunned down by police upon leaving the theater.One of a handful of great movie stars never nominated for an acting Oscar, she received an honorary Academy Award in 1991.Appeared in the first feature film with synchronized sound (Don Juan (1926)) and first feature film with audible dialog (The Jazz Singer (1927)).In 1936 Myrna was named Queen of the Movies and Clark Gable King in a national poll, winning a crown of tin and purple velvet. in her autobiography, she says that she did not get on with Gable in her earlier films with him. However, in her later films he developed a respect for Loy and they became good friends.When her father was travelling by train in early 1905, he went through a small station called 'Myrna' - he eventually named her after that station.A cast of her hand-print and her signature are in the sidewalk in front of Theater 80, on St. Mark's Place in New York City.At the Academy Lifetime Tribute to Loy in 1985 Burt Reynolds, who cast her as his mother in The End (1978), reportedly said that he wished he'd been born earlier but didn't think he was a good enough actor to appear opposite her if he had.In 1939, Myrna had a narrow escape when her horse bolted during the filming of The Rains Came (1939) with Tyrone Power; she was nearly killed.Moved to Manhattan in 1960, where she lived until her death in 1993.Some of her biggest fans included James Stewart, Winston Churchill, and the Roosevelts. Franklin D. Roosevelt invited to the White House early on in his administration, and she became very friendly with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.Her profile was the most requested in the 1930s by women to their plastic surgeons.The statue outside Venice High School that bears her likeness is titled 'Inspiration', and has been the target of vandalism and school pranks for decades (Loy mentions in her book that the statue was even decapitated at one point). It is now surrounded by a fence.Underwent two mastectomies after being diagnosed with breast cancer twice.Loy donned a uniform during the War when she joined the Hollywood Chapter of 'Bundles for Bluejackets' -- helping to run a Naval Auxiliary Canteen and going on fund raising tours.Attended Venice High School in Los Angeles, where a statue of her stands (on the front lawn). The same school was featured in the original Grease (1978), American History X (1998) and in The Chemical Brothers' and Britney Spears' music videos ("Elektrobank" and "Baby one more time", respectively).Her final public appearance was in 1991 when she received her lifetime achievement award during The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991). She was unable to travel to Hollywood to accept the award in person, so the Academy arranged a live satellite link to her Manhattan apartment. Anjelica Huston introduced the film tribute presentation to her, which started with clips from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and ended with a clip from After the Thin Man (1936) When the tribute finished, there was instantaneous rapturous applause and Huston then said, "Here from her apartment in New York is Miss Loy. Congratulations Myrna." Loy appeared live on a large screen from her beautiful New York apartment smiling, with her Honorary Oscar on a side table next to her. She was seated wearing sparkling purple evening wear and watched intently on her own television. She viewed and smiled at close up shots of fellow same-year Honorary Award recipient Sophia Loren and other audience members applauding. There was unusually no standing ovation, instead audience members remained seated during the applause, this was by no means a snub. There was a short silence after the applause, while the camera closed in on Miss Loy. She then looked directly at the camera and simply and said, "You've made me very happy, thank you very much," to yet further loud applause and then she disappeared from the screen once more.At Venice High school, in the middle of a small rose garden, is a larger-than-life-size statue of actress Myrna Loy. And it was made years before Myrna appeared in a single movie. Actually, it isn't a particularly good likeness of Miss Loy. Standing atop a stone pedestal, back arched, the short-haired figure is semi-nude (wearing only a thin gown which leaves little to the imagination), with one arm raised in a dramatic pose. All three statues were modeled by Venice High students, and the trio are meant to depict the "Mental," "Physical" and "Spiritual." According to the bronze plaque on the east side of the pedestal, the statues were erected in 1921, which means that Myrna Loy (then named Myrna Williams) was only 16 years old when she posed for the "Spiritual" statue - long before she became a celebrity.If her cameo in The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) is counted, Loy co-starred with William Powell 14 times: Manhattan Melodrama (1934), The Thin Man (1934), Evelyn Prentice (1934), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Libeled Lady (1936), After the Thin Man (1936), Double Wedding (1937), Another Thin Man (1939), I Love You Again (1940), Love Crazy (1941), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), The Thin Man Goes Home (1944), and Song of the Thin Man (1947).After graduating from high school in 1923, Myrna got a job dancing in the chorus during the prologue for The Ten Commandments at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.In 1918, her father died in the Spanish Flu epidemic, and Myrna, her mom, and brother moved to LA.A building at Sony Pictures Studios, formerly MGM Studios, in Culver City, California, is named in her honor.Outspoken against Adolf Hitler in the War, Myrna appeared on his blacklist.Born in Helena, at the hospital there, not at her family's ranch in Radersburg, as many sources report. The facts she was born in a hospital and "attended by a physician" hint of her family's relative prosperity, as doctors were scarce in sparsely populated Montana.She appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).She organized an opposition to the House Unamerican Activities Committee in Hollywood.William Powell's nickname for her was 'Minnie'.Loy has gone on record as considering The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) her favourite film and the homecoming scene with Fredric March her favorite scene.Turned down the role of Ellie Andrews in It Happened One Night (1934). Claudette Colbert was given the part and went on to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance.Loy and Cary Grant co-starred in three feature films: Wings in the Dark (1935), The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948).Loy and Clark Gable co-starred in seven feature films: Night Flight (1933), Men in White (1934), Manhattan Melodrama (1934), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), Parnell (1937), Test Pilot (1938), and Too Hot to Handle (1938). They also both appeared, uncredited, as extras in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).In 1960 she campaigned for John F. Kennedy. Later she did battle with Californian Governor Ronald Reagan over open-housing legislation and for years afterward was a vigorous member of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing.She made her Broadway debut in the 1973 revival of "The Women".Myrna was Co-Chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Committee against discrimination in housing - exposing segregation in federal funded projects.Her father, at age 21, the youngest man ever elected to the Montana State Legislature, owned a small cattle ranch.For five years (1949-1954) she served as a film advisor for UNESCO.In 1923, she was photographed by Henry Waxman, who showed the pictures to Rudolph Valentino. Impressed with Myrna, Valentino arranged for a screen test for his upcoming film, Cobra (1925). She failed it.Men-Must-Marry-Myrna Clubs were formed due to her portrayal as The Perfect Wife (The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)).First Actress to work for the UN (UNESCO).Myrna enrolled at Venice High School -- a school which later named its annual speech and drama awards 'Myrnas'.Was considered for the title role in Mildred Pierce (1945).Spent her early years on a ranch and in the town of Helena, Montana, which was also the home of Gary Cooper.Hobbies: Sculpting and dancing.Her mother, Della Williams, was a talented pianist who encouraged Myrna's interest in the arts.She became a founder member of the American Place Theatre, a non-profit theatre set up to help new writers develop.Changing last name from Williams to Loy was suggested by legendary pulp writer Paul Cain (AKA Peter Ruric).Appeared in staged prologues at Grauman's Egyptian theater in Los Angeles, before getting her first role in films. The prologues, staged by Fanchon and Marco, were live shows put on before the feature had begun. Myrna appeared in prologues for The Ten Commandments (1923) and The Thief of Bagdad (1924), among others.In honor of Myrna Loy, a poem was created called, Montana Women, which was read at the celebration of her 86th birthday.Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center in 1988.Made her stage debut in 1916.Was a member of New York's St. Paul's Methodist Church (later known as the United Methodist Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew). |
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Myrna Loy |
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Myrna Williams, later to become Myrna Loy, was born on August 2, 1905 in Helena, Montana. Her father was the youngest person ever elected to the Montana State legislature. Later on her family moved to Radersburg where she spent her youth on a ca |
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Was supposedly the favorite star of famed outlaw John Dillinger. He came out of hiding to see Manhattan Melodrama (1934), in which she starred, and was gunned down by police upon leaving the theater.One of a handful of great movie stars never nominated for an acting Oscar, she received an honorary Academy Award in 1991.Appeared in the first feature film with synchronized sound (Don Juan (1926)) and first feature film with audible dialog (The Jazz Singer (1927)).In 1936 Myrna was named Queen of the Movies and Clark Gable King in a national poll, winning a crown of tin and purple velvet. in her autobiography, she says that she did not get on with Gable in her earlier films with him. However, in her later films he developed a respect for Loy and they became good friends.When her father was travelling by train in early 1905, he went through a small station called 'Myrna' - he eventually named her after that station.A cast of her hand-print and her signature are in the sidewalk in front of Theater 80, on St. Mark's Place in New York City.At the Academy Lifetime Tribute to Loy in 1985 Burt Reynolds, who cast her as his mother in The End (1978), reportedly said that he wished he'd been born earlier but didn't think he was a good enough actor to appear opposite her if he had.In 1939, Myrna had a narrow escape when her horse bolted during the filming of The Rains Came (1939) with Tyrone Power; she was nearly killed.Moved to Manhattan in 1960, where she lived until her death in 1993.Some of her biggest fans included James Stewart, Winston Churchill, and the Roosevelts. Franklin D. Roosevelt invited to the White House early on in his administration, and she became very friendly with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.Her profile was the most requested in the 1930s by women to their plastic surgeons.The statue outside Venice High School that bears her likeness is titled 'Inspiration', and has been the target of vandalism and school pranks for decades (Loy mentions in her book that the statue was even decapitated at one point). It is now surrounded by a fence.Underwent two mastectomies after being diagnosed with breast cancer twice.Loy donned a uniform during the War when she joined the Hollywood Chapter of 'Bundles for Bluejackets' -- helping to run a Naval Auxiliary Canteen and going on fund raising tours.Attended Venice High School in Los Angeles, where a statue of her stands (on the front lawn). The same school was featured in the original Grease (1978), American History X (1998) and in The Chemical Brothers' and Britney Spears' music videos ("Elektrobank" and "Baby one more time", respectively).Her final public appearance was in 1991 when she received her lifetime achievement award during The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991). She was unable to travel to Hollywood to accept the award in person, so the Academy arranged a live satellite link to her Manhattan apartment. Anjelica Huston introduced the film tribute presentation to her, which started with clips from The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and ended with a clip from After the Thin Man (1936) When the tribute finished, there was instantaneous rapturous applause and Huston then said, "Here from her apartment in New York is Miss Loy. Congratulations Myrna." Loy appeared live on a large screen from her beautiful New York apartment smiling, with her Honorary Oscar on a side table next to her. She was seated wearing sparkling purple evening wear and watched intently on her own television. She viewed and smiled at close up shots of fellow same-year Honorary Award recipient Sophia Loren and other audience members applauding. There was unusually no standing ovation, instead audience members remained seated during the applause, this was by no means a snub. There was a short silence after the applause, while the camera closed in on Miss Loy. She then looked directly at the camera and simply and said, "You've made me very happy, thank you very much," to yet further loud applause and then she disappeared from the screen once more.At Venice High school, in the middle of a small rose garden, is a larger-than-life-size statue of actress Myrna Loy. And it was made years before Myrna appeared in a single movie. Actually, it isn't a particularly good likeness of Miss Loy. Standing atop a stone pedestal, back arched, the short-haired figure is semi-nude (wearing only a thin gown which leaves little to the imagination), with one arm raised in a dramatic pose. All three statues were modeled by Venice High students, and the trio are meant to depict the "Mental," "Physical" and "Spiritual." According to the bronze plaque on the east side of the pedestal, the statues were erected in 1921, which means that Myrna Loy (then named Myrna Williams) was only 16 years old when she posed for the "Spiritual" statue - long before she became a celebrity.If her cameo in The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) is counted, Loy co-starred with William Powell 14 times: Manhattan Melodrama (1934), The Thin Man (1934), Evelyn Prentice (1934), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Libeled Lady (1936), After the Thin Man (1936), Double Wedding (1937), Another Thin Man (1939), I Love You Again (1940), Love Crazy (1941), Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), The Thin Man Goes Home (1944), and Song of the Thin Man (1947).After graduating from high school in 1923, Myrna got a job dancing in the chorus during the prologue for The Ten Commandments at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.In 1918, her father died in the Spanish Flu epidemic, and Myrna, her mom, and brother moved to LA.A building at Sony Pictures Studios, formerly MGM Studios, in Culver City, California, is named in her honor.Outspoken against Adolf Hitler in the War, Myrna appeared on his blacklist.Born in Helena, at the hospital there, not at her family's ranch in Radersburg, as many sources report. The facts she was born in a hospital and "attended by a physician" hint of her family's relative prosperity, as doctors were scarce in sparsely populated Montana.She appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).She organized an opposition to the House Unamerican Activities Committee in Hollywood.William Powell's nickname for her was 'Minnie'.Loy has gone on record as considering The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) her favourite film and the homecoming scene with Fredric March her favorite scene.Turned down the role of Ellie Andrews in It Happened One Night (1934). Claudette Colbert was given the part and went on to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance.Loy and Cary Grant co-starred in three feature films: Wings in the Dark (1935), The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948).Loy and Clark Gable co-starred in seven feature films: Night Flight (1933), Men in White (1934), Manhattan Melodrama (1934), Wife vs. Secretary (1936), Parnell (1937), Test Pilot (1938), and Too Hot to Handle (1938). They also both appeared, uncredited, as extras in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).In 1960 she campaigned for John F. Kennedy. Later she did battle with Californian Governor Ronald Reagan over open-housing legislation and for years afterward was a vigorous member of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing.She made her Broadway debut in the 1973 revival of "The Women".Myrna was Co-Chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Committee against discrimination in housing - exposing segregation in federal funded projects.Her father, at age 21, the youngest man ever elected to the Montana State Legislature, owned a small cattle ranch.For five years (1949-1954) she served as a film advisor for UNESCO.In 1923, she was photographed by Henry Waxman, who showed the pictures to Rudolph Valentino. Impressed with Myrna, Valentino arranged for a screen test for his upcoming film, Cobra (1925). She failed it.Men-Must-Marry-Myrna Clubs were formed due to her portrayal as The Perfect Wife (The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)).First Actress to work for the UN (UNESCO).Myrna enrolled at Venice High School -- a school which later named its annual speech and drama awards 'Myrnas'.Was considered for the title role in Mildred Pierce (1945).Spent her early years on a ranch and in the town of Helena, Montana, which was also the home of Gary Cooper.Hobbies: Sculpting and dancing.Her mother, Della Williams, was a talented pianist who encouraged Myrna's interest in the arts.She became a founder member of the American Place Theatre, a non-profit theatre set up to help new writers develop.Changing last name from Williams to Loy was suggested by legendary pulp writer Paul Cain (AKA Peter Ruric).Appeared in staged prologues at Grauman's Egyptian theater in Los Angeles, before getting her first role in films. The prologues, staged by Fanchon and Marco, were live shows put on before the feature had begun. Myrna appeared in prologues for The Ten Commandments (1923) and The Thief of Bagdad (1924), among others.In honor of Myrna Loy, a poem was created called, Montana Women, which was read at the celebration of her 86th birthday.Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center in 1988.Made her stage debut in 1916.Was a member of New York's St. Paul's Methodist Church (later known as the United Methodist Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew). |
| Trademarks: |
Turned-up nose
Short curly dark hair
Often exasperated delivery of her lines
Intelligent and witty charracters |
| Quotes: |
[on her work with William Powell] I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman.
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Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.
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I was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas.
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[on her "Perfect Wife" label, based on her work in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)] It was a role no one could live up to, really. No telling where my career would have gone if they hadn't hung that title on me. Labels limit you, because they limit your possibilities. But that's how they think in Hollywood.
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[Speaking in the late 1960s] I admire some of the people on the screen today, but most of them look like everybody else. In our day we had individuality. Pictures were more sophisticated. All this nudity is too excessive and it is getting very boring. It will be a shame if it upsets people so much that it brings on the need for censorship. I hate censorship. In the cinema there's no mystery. No privacy. And no sex, either. Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex. |
| Salaries: |
Lonelyhearts (1958) - $25 .000
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The Red Pony (1949) - $200 .000
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1947) - $100,000
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So Goes My Love (1946) - $150 .000
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The Thin Man Go |
| Job title: |
Actress,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
(1957) Unsold pilot: Starred in a sitcom pilot produced by Screen Gems Productions called "Her Majesty, The Queen".
(1938) Print ad: Lucky Strike cigarettes
(mid-1970s) Stage: Toured with Ricardo Montalban, Kurt Kasznar and Edward Mulhare in a |
| Spouse: |
Howland Hill Sargeant (June 1, 1951 - May 31, 1960) (divorced)Gene Markey (January 3, 1946 - August 21, 1950) (divorced)John Daniel Hertz Jr. (June 6, 1942 - August 21, 1944) (divorced)Arthur Hornblow J |
| Children: |
No Children |
| Parents: |
Adelle Mae Johnson
David Franklin Williams |
| Relatives: |
David Williams (Sibling) |
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