Name 10 Facts About This Actor

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4.)  His role on Maverick led to many movies for Warner Bros.

[Peebs]

5) Was in the 1994 movie Maverick based on his show.  He played Marshall Zane Cooper to Mel Gibson's Maverick.

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6.)  He has received only one Oscar nomination (for "Murphy's Law")

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7)  He was nominated for 15 Emmys.  He won twice:  In 1977 for The Rockford Files and 1987 for the tv movie Promise.

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8.)  Next to Rock Hudson, he was Doris Day's favorite co-star.

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9) Real name:  James Bumgarner

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10.  Sally Field, his co-star in “Murphy’s Romance,” said he was by far the best kisser of all her leading men.

[Terrence1]

Nightbird, we need the name of another actor, please.

[Nightbird311]

Oh, sorry.  How about Rita Moreno?

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1) Rita Moreno was born December 11, 1931 in Humacao, Puerto Rico

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2) In The Ritz (1976) she uttered the immortal lines, "If there is one man I was born to kill with my own two hands... it's Seymour Pippin!"

 

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3) From 1971-1977 Moreno was on the PBS kids show "The Electric Company."  Moreno shouting "Hey, you guys!" became a popular catchphrase used in the show's opening starting in season 2.

 

 

 

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4.)  Early in her career, she was under contract with MGM for six months, and she made three movies in that time.

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5) Moreno is an EGOT winner:

an Emmy for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program,1977 and Outstanding Actress for Drama Series (Rockford Files), 1978

a Grammy for Best Album for Children , (The Electric Company Album) 1972

an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in West Side Story, 1961

a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play in The Ritz. 1975

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6.)  She began her movie career as Rosita Moreno.

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7) She played the slave girl Tuptim in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I".

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8.)  She is one of only three actors from Puerto Rico to win an Oscar for acting.

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9) Rita appeared in the legendary musical "Singin' in the Rain".

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10)  She is currently appearing in the remake of One Day at a Time on TV.

 

Next:  Jane Wyman

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1. When she won an Oscar for her role as a deaf-mute in “Johnny Belinda,” she had one of the shorter acceptance speeches, saying (I’m paraphrasing), “I accept this very gratefully for keeping my mouth shut.  I think I’ll do it again.”

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2.)  Two of her most popular movies are the two romantic dramas with Rock Hudson.

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3) She starred in in the Hitchcock film "Stage Fright".

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4.)  She was the star of the TV soap Falcon Crest.

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5 ) She co-starred in Hayley Mills' American Film debut, "Pollyanna".

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6). Was married five times including to Ronald Reagan, her third husband, and to Fred Karger, her fourth and fifth husband.