Name 10 Facts About This Actor

[Sukhov]

4) In May 2012, her family claimed she was a victim of elder abuse

[Peebs]

5.  Although she was never nominated for an Academy Award she received an Honorary Oscar in 2014.

[Terrence1]

6.)  She and Claire Trevor were John Wayne's two favorite co-stars.

[Peebs]

7.  Testified in a 1957 trial against Confidential magazine 

[Terrence1]

8.)  She had the opportunity to display her lovely  singing voice in several of her movies.

[Peebs]

9. Her autobiography  Tis Herself:  A Memoir was published in 2004

[Terrence1]

10.)  During the late 1940's and 1950's, she was under contract with Universal, and make many westerns and costume dramas.

Next:   Burt Reynolds

[Peebs]

1.  Burt Reynolds was nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his role in Boogie Nights.  He lost to Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting.

[Terrence1]

2.)  His first marriage was to Judy Carne of TV's Laugh-In.

[Peebs]

3.  Attended Florida State University on a football scholarship.

[Terrence1]

4..)  He received an Emmy for Evening Shade.

[Peebs]

5. Posed nude (with strategically placed hands) for a 1972 centerfold in Cosmopolitan magazine.

[Terrence1]

6.)  He was a huge fan of country music, and used many country stars as guests on Evening Shade.

[Peebs]

7. His jaw was broken by a metal chair during a fight scene on the set of City Heat .  He was restricted to a liquid diet, lost 30 pounds and became addicted to pain killers.   

[Terrence1]

8.)  He was to be in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".  After he died, the role went to Bruce Dern.

[Peebs]

9.  He was considered for the role of Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment but had committed to make Stroker Ace.  Jack Nicholson was cast in Terms and won an Oscar for his performance.  

[Princess of Tap]

10) His my December romance with singer Dinah Shore lit up the gossip mags.

Next: Ginger Rogers

[Princess of Tap]

1) Ginger was featured in the early Warner Brothers Busby Berkeley musicals.

[Peebs]

2.  Was nicknamed "Feathers" after the feathered dress she wore in Top Hat started coming off during the number "Cheek to Cheek".   Astaire joked that it looked like "a chicken being attacked by a coyote."

[Terrence1]

3.)   She toured the country with "Hello, Dolly".

[Princess of Tap]

4) Ginger won the Oscar for "Kitty Foyle".

[Terrence1]

5.)  As a teenager, she won a Charleston contest in Texas and her trophy was presented by Dick Powell.

[Princess of Tap]

6) Ginger first met Fred Astaire when he choreographed a routine for her on Broadway in the Gershwins' 1930 stage production of "Girl Crazy".

[Swithin]

7) Her Broadway debut was in the musical Top Speed, which opened on Christmas Day, 1929.  Hermes Pan was also in the cast.

[Princess of Tap]

😎 Ginger displays a cute singing voice in several Astaire -Rogers musicals, my favorite being Irving Berlin's "The Piccolino", which she sings in "Top Hat".