Hollywood Classics

25/05/2019 Patricia Neal :  Actress 1. Profile : *Patricia Neal - Publicity photo from 1952 Born Patsy Louise Neal January 20, 1926 Packard, Kentucky, U.S. Died August 8, 2010 (aged 84) Edgartown, Massachusetts, U.S. Resting place Abbey of Regina Laudis Residence Edgartown, Massachusetts, U.S. Alma mater Northwestern University Occupation Actress Years active 1945–2009 Home town Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. Spouse(s) Roald Dahl (m. 1953; div. 1983) Children 5, including Tessa, Ophelia, and Lucy Dahl Relatives Sophie Dahl (granddaughter) Phoebe Dahl (granddaughter) 2. Introduction : Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal, January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and the worn-out housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud (1963),...

16/05/2019 Gladys George 1. Profile : *Gladys George in Marie Antoinette trailer.jpg from the trailer for the film Marie Antoinette (1938) Born Gladys Clare Evans : September 13, 1904 Patten, Maine, U.S. Died December 8, 1954 (aged 50) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1919–1954 Spouse(s) Ben Erway (m. 1922–1930; divorced) Edward Fowler (m. 1933–1935; divorced) Leonard Penn (m. 1935–1944; divorced) Kenneth Bradley (m. 1946–1950; divorced) 2. Introduction : Gladys George (September 13, 1904 – December 8, 1954) was an American actress of stage and screen. 3. Early life : She was born as Gladys Clare Evans on September 13, 1904 in Patten, Maine (Another source says Hatton, Maine; a third source says "Gladys was born in a little town in Missouri, where the troupe her parents belonged to happened to be stranded at the time.") to English parents. Her father was Sir Arthur Clare, "noted Shakespearean ...

07/05/2019 Carole Lombard - ACTRESS ( the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s. ) 1. Profile : Lombard in 1940 Born Jane Alice Peters October 6, 1908 Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. Died January 16, 1942 (aged 33) Mount Potosi, Nevada, U.S. Cause of death Plane crash Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1921–1942 Spouse(s) William Powell (m. 1931; div. 1933) Clark Gable (m. 1939) 2. Introduction : Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American film actress. She was particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. She was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s. Lombard was born into a wealthy family in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but was raised in Los Angeles by her single mother. At 12, she was recruited by the film director Allan Dwan and made her screen debut in...