Hollywood Classics

  ======================================================================================== Sunday 27, July 2025,20:15. Namara in Thaïs (1919) Background information:  Birth - name: Marguerite Evelyn Cecilia Banks Born -November 19, 1888, Cleveland, Ohio, United States Died November 5, 1974 (aged 85), Marbella, Spain Genres OperaBroadway musicals Occupation Soprano =========================================================================================== Introduction: Marguerite Namara (born Marguerite Evelyn Cecilia Banks; November 19, 1888 – November 5, 1974) was a classically trained American lyric soprano whose varied career included serious opera, Broadway musicals, film and theater roles, and vocal recitals, and who counted among her lifelong circle of friends and acquaintances many of the leading artistic figures of the first half of the twentieth century. ============================================================================================== Childhood: S...

=================================================================================== Monday 14, July 2025. Blossom Rock About: Born : Edith Marie Blossom McDonald, August 21, 1895, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died January 14, 1978 (aged 82), Los Angeles, California, U.S. Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Memory Slope #1183 Other names Blossom Rock Blossom MacDonald Marie Blake Occupation(s) Actress, vaudevillian Years active 1923–1966 Spouse Clarence Warren Rock (m. 1926; died 1960)​ Relatives- Jeanette MacDonald (sister) =========================================================================================================== Introduction: Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald (August 21, 1895 – January 14, 1978), also known as Blossom Rock, was an American actress of vaudeville, stage, film and television. During her career she was also billed as Marie Blake or Blossom MacDonald. Her younger sister was screen actress and singer Jeanette MacDonald.Rock is...

  =========================================================================================== Saturday 05, July 2025. Publicity photo of Garson, c. 1940s About: Greer Garson Born Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, 29 September 1904, Manor Park, East Ham, Essex, England Died 6 April 1996 (aged 91), Dallas, Texas, U.S. Resting place Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery Citizenship United Kingdom (1904–1996) United States (1951–1996) Alma mater King's College London University of Grenoble Occupations: Actress, Singer, Philanthropist Years active 1932–1986 Political party Republican Spouses: 1.Edward Snelson (m. 1933; div. 1943)​ 2.Richard Ney (m. 1943; div. 1947)​ 3.Buddy Fogelson (m. 1949; died 1987)​ ==================================================================================== Introduction:   Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was a British and American actress and singer. She was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who became p...