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BOOKS ABOUT ACTING
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Ethel Merman, née Ethel Agnes Zimmermann
b. 1-16-1908; Queens, NY
d. 2-15-1984
Ethel Merman, known for her powerful voice, is often called the "Queen of the Broadway Stage."
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Marilyn Monroe (née Norma Jean Mortenson)
b. 6-1-1926; Los Angeles
d. 8-5-1962; Brentwood
“I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be woman in it...”
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Lola Montez
b. 2-17-1821; Ireland
d. 1-17-1861; New York
Lola Montez was the stage name of Irish-born actress who became famous as an exotic dancer and courtesan. As mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, she caused the outcry for his abdication, and was forcing her from Europe. She then performed in places like gold rush era San Francisco and Australia. She died poverty and illness in New York City.
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Pola Negri (née Appolonia Chalupek)
b. 12-31-1894; Poland
d. 8-1-1987; Texas
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Mabel Normand, American Comic Actress
b. 11-10-1892; NY
d. 2-23-1930; CA
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Mary Pickford, née Gladys Louise Smith
b. 4-8-1892; Canada
d. 5-29-1979; CA
America's Sweetheart
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Edna Purviance
b. 10-21-1895; Nevada
d. 1-11-1958; Hollywood
Edna Purviance appeared in more than 30 films with Charlie Chaplin.
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Rachel (Elisabeth Rachel Félix)
b. 2-21-1821; Switzerland
d. 1-3-1858; France
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Lillian Russell
née Helen Louise Leonard
b. 12-4-1860; Clinton, IA
d. 6-2-1922; Pennsylvania
Lillian Russell, as one of the best known and popular entertainers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was the first voice to be carried over Alexander Graham Bell's long distance telephone lines - she sang in New York to audiences in Boston and Washington, D.C., May 8, 1890.
Russell was also and advocate of women's suffrage (her mother was the first woman to run for mayor of New York City), and did Marine recruitment and fundraising for the United States World War I effort.
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