Peebs Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 1) Jane Powell was born on April 1, 1929 in Portland, Oregon. Real name Suzanne Lorraine Burce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 2.) The majority of her movies were made at MGM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 4.) The Best Man at her first wedding was Louis B. Mayer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 5) Sang at Harry Truman's Inaugural Ball in 1949. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 6.) She and Debbie Reynolds played sisters in two movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Bishop Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Next: David Niven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 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". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 8. Was on the soap opera "Loving" as the rich and powerful matriarch, Rebecca Beecham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 9) Jane Powell showed what a good dancer she was in "Royal Wedding", dancing with Fred Astaire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 10) Her 1988 autobiography is called "The Girl Next Door and How She Grew." 19 hours ago, Deborah Bishop said: Next: David Niven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 1.) He won an Oscar for "Separate Tables". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 2) Joined the British Army at the outbreak of WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 3) David was one of Fred Astaire's best friends. He hosted Astaire's AFI honors program. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 5.) He was Ian Fleming's first choice to play James Bond. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 7.) He and Maggie Smith appeared in "Murder by Death", playing Dick and Dora Charleston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 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!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 10. He died July 29,1983 in Switzerland from complications of ALS. Please someone else pick the next name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 Let's try James Garner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 1. Born April 7, 1928 in Norman, Oklahoma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 2. Strong Democratic Party supporter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 3. Received two Purple Hearts while serving in the Korean War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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