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Corinne Griffith (née Griffin; November 21, 1894 – July 13, 1979) was an American film actress, producer, author and businesswoman.Dubbed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen," [1] she was widely regarded as one of the most beautiful actresses of the silent film era.
3 Actresses and entertainers. 4 References. ... social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s. Dancers, choreographers, and ...
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was first spotted by a Warner Bros. talent scout while singing in a nightclub in 1935. Having performed as a stage actress prior to that, she was signed to a contract with Warner Brothers , starring in her first film in 1936, titled The Singing Kid , in which she appeared opposite Al Jolson .
Nancy Carroll (born Ann Veronica Lahiff; November 19, 1903 – August 6, 1965) was an American actress. [1] She started her career in Broadway musicals and then became an actress in sound films and was in many films from 1927 to 1938. She was then in television roles from 1950 to 1963.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She was known for her headstrong independence, spirited personality, and outspokenness, cultivating a screen persona that matched this public image, and regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women.
Gibson was born in New York City, the daughter of Frank W. Gibson and Elaine Coffin Gibson. Her father was an efficiency expert, and her mother was an authorized Christian Science healer. [ 6 ] She attended Wadleigh High School for Girls in New York City.
In York Village, Maine, on July 25, 1939, she married playwright Sidney Kingsley, [6] best known for his plays Dead End and Detective Story. The couple owned a 250-acre (1,000,000 m 2) estate in Oakland, New Jersey. Following her marriage to Kingsley, Evans left Hollywood and moved to this home in New Jersey.