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HOLIDAY AFFAIR - Robert Mitchum & Janet Leigh Hollywood Aktrisleri, Klasik Hollywood, Robert Mitchum, A Streetcar Named Desire, Classic Christmas Movies, Janet Leigh, Bullet Bra, Tony Curtis, Lauren Bacall

Holiday Affair (1949) Janet Leigh's film career began when retired actress Norma Shearer saw a photograph of the young Leigh dressed in ski-wear. Shearer was so impressed with the picture that she used what persuasive powers she had left with MGM and helped get Leigh a contract. Some years later, MGM loaned Janet Leigh out to RKO for a three picture deal. This arrangement made Leigh uncomfortable considering her previous dealings with RKO owner Howard Hughes. We all know Hughes was a…

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Vintage Hollywood Stars ⭐️ on Instagram: "“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese”—Billie Burke. Born this day as, Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke. (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970)

In 1938, Billie was chosen to play Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the classic film, The Wizard of Oz (1939) Billie was 55 years old in the film. 

Director George Cukor offered her the role of Aunt Pittypat in Gone with the Wind (1939), but she declined it. 
The role went to Laura Hope Crews, in a performance that Cukor wanted to be played in a “Billie Burke-ish manner” with “the same zany feeling”. 

Billie chose her stage name after her father who was the internationally known clown Billy Burke, who came to the U.S. with P. T. Barnum’s circus.

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Vintage Hollywood Stars ⭐️ on Instagram: "“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese”—Billie Burke. Born this day as, Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke. (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) In 1938, Billie was chosen to play Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the classic film, The Wizard of Oz (1939) Billie was 55 years old in the film. Director George Cukor offered her the role of Aunt Pittypat in Gone with the Wind (1939), but she declined it. The role went to…

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