Name 10 Facts About This Actor

[Peebs]

1)  Jane Powell was born on April 1, 1929 in Portland, Oregon.  Real name Suzanne Lorraine Burce.

[Terrence1]

2.)  The majority of her movies were made at MGM.

[Peebs]

3)  She was married five times.  Her last husband was child-star Dickie Moore.  They were married in 1988 and stayed married until his death in 2015.

[Terrence1]

4.)  The Best Man at her first wedding was Louis B. Mayer.

[Peebs]

5)  Sang at Harry Truman's Inaugural Ball in 1949. 

[Terrence1]

6.)  She and Debbie Reynolds played sisters in two movies.

[Deborah Bishop]

Next:  David Niven

[Terrence1]

Deborah, we usually wait until ten items have been offered before going on to the next actor.  But keep David Niven in mind for sometime soon.

7.)  Jane replaced Debbie Reynolds on Broadway in "Alice Blue Gown".

[Peebs]

8.  Was on the soap opera "Loving" as the rich and powerful matriarch, Rebecca Beecham.

[Princess of Tap]

9) Jane Powell showed what a good dancer she was in "Royal Wedding", dancing with Fred Astaire. 

[Peebs]

10)  Her 1988 autobiography is called "The Girl Next Door and How She Grew."

 

 

19 hours ago, Deborah Bishop said:

Next:  David Niven

 

[Terrence1]

1.)  He won an Oscar for "Separate Tables".

[Peebs]

2)  Joined the British Army at the outbreak of WWII.

[Princess of Tap]

3) David was one of Fred Astaire's best friends. He hosted Astaire's AFI honors program.

[Peebs]

4) Famously quipped "...the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by striping off and showing his shortcomings" after a streaker ran behind him across the 1974 Oscar stage.

[Terrence1]

5.)  He was Ian Fleming's first choice to play James Bond.

[Peebs]

6) Was married twice.  Primula Rolla from 1940-1946, until her death and Hjordis Genberg 1948-1983, until his death.  His first wife died while attending a party at Tyrone Power's house.  While playing hide and seek she opened a door to the basement which she mistook for a closet and fell down a flight of stairs.  She died from her injuries.

[Terrence1]

7.)  He and Maggie Smith appeared in "Murder by Death", playing Dick and Dora Charleston.

[Peebs]

8.  The title of his autobiography "Bring on the Empty Horses" is a quote from Michael Curtiz.  While directing "Charge of the Light Brigade" the Hungarian Curtiz wanted the riderless horses to advance and called out "bring on the empty horses!"

[Swithin]

9. His son Jamie is an executive at Sotheby's and on the boards of several NYC institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art and Sloan Kettering. 

 

[Peebs]

10.  He died July 29,1983 in Switzerland from complications of ALS.

 

Please someone else pick the next name.

[Terrence1]

Let's try James Garner.

[Peebs]

1.  Born April 7, 1928 in Norman, Oklahoma.

[Swithin]

2. Strong Democratic Party supporter

 

[Peebs]

3.  Received two Purple Hearts while serving in the Korean War.