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Greta Garbo (née Greta Lovisa Gustafsson)
b. 9-18-1905; Sweden
d. 4-15-1990
Greta Garbo first major film role was in the 1924 Swedish silent film Gösta Berlings saga (The Story of Gösta Berling), a dramatization of the famous novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf.
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BOOKS ABOUT
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Lillian & Dorothy Gish
Photograph from the archives of LIFE magazine, which first appeared on August 20, 1951.
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Yvette Guilbert
b. 1-20-1865; Paris
d. 2-2-1944; Aix-en-Provence
Guilbert, born into a poor family, worked as a department store model, took singng and acting lessons, sang at the Moulin Rouge, and eventually toured England, Germany, and the United States.
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec made many portraits and caricatures of Guilbert capturing her usual pose of standing almost perfectly still in a bright yellow dress and long black gloves.
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Nell Gwynne
b. 2-2-1650; England
d. 11-14-1687
Nell Gwynne, (Eleanor Gwyn) was an actress & mistress of Charles II.
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Julie Harris
b. 12-2-1925; Grosse Pointe, MI
Julie Harris has been nominated for an Academy Award (A Member of the Wedding, 1952), won three Emmys and five Tonys. Other notable movies are East of Eden and Requiem for a Heavyweight.
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Helen Hayes, née Helen Hayes Brown
b. 10-10-1900; Washington, DC
d. 3-17-1993; New York
Helen Hayes, known as the “First Lady of American Theater”, is one of nine people to have won an Emmy (Best Actress - Not A Chance, 1953), a Grammy (Best Spoken Word Recording - Great American Documents, (1976), two Tony (Best Dramatic Acterss - Happy Birthday (1947) & Time Remembered (1958) and two Oscars - Best Actress in The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931-32), and Best Supporting Actress in Airport (1970).
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Audrey Hepburn
b. 5-4-1929; Brussels, Belgium
d. 1-20-1993; Switzerland
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Miriam Hopkins
b. 10-18-1902; Georgia
d. 10- 9-1972; New York
Miriam Hopkins was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in Barbary Coast (1935).
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Madge Kendal
b. 3-15-1848; England
d. 9-14-1935
Madge Kendal, née Margaret Shafto Robertson, was made Dame of the British Empire (DBE) in 1926.
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Elissa Landi
b. 12-6-1904; Italy
d. 10-21-1948; Kingston, NY
Elissa Landi, was a film actress and leading lady of the 1930s.
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Liilie Langtry
b. 10-13-1853; Island of Jersey
d. 2-12-1929
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Vivien Leigh
b. 11-5-1913; Darjeeling, British India
d. 7-8-1967; London
Vivien Leigh, née Vivian Mary Hartley, was an English actress of stage and film, perhaps best remembered for her role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.
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