Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 92Spring 2018 “I feel like I HAVE lived it all. I’ve performed for everyone from Ronald Reagan to Queen Elizabeth, made the cover of Life magazine, had tea with Mother Teresa and sung with the Muppets. So there you go!” This legendary funny girl came from vaudeville and joined…
Classic ImagesIssue Number 494August 2016 “To be a real star you have to be yourself as well as an actor in the parts you play. People will forget you as a person if you are completely lost in a role.” This wildly attractive, hard-looking brunette leading lady of the late 1940 and 1950s came to…
Classic ImagesIssue Number 482August 2015 “To my detriment, I was reckless, foolish and self-centered, but I was also young, impatient and impulsive. I didn’t always appreciate what easily came my way.” In a madly erratic career that encompassed stage, film, TV and radio, the feisty, ribald and highly opinionated HOPE HOLIDAY (1930- ) had a…
Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 90Fall, 2017 “Radio was my training ground. The best times I ever spent and the most brilliant actors I ever knew were in radio.” Radio was this young prodigy’s training ground and the deep love he had for the medium never left him. While TOMMY COOK (1930- ) went…
Films of the Golden AgeIssue Number 96Spring, 2019 “I’ve always thought of my career as ‘Lucky me!’ and not ‘Poor me!’ My career wasn’t insignificant, but it wasn’t a blockbuster either.” With her sunburst smile, girlish voice and adorable naivete, JACKIE JOSEPH (1933- ) enjoyed a five-decade career on stage, film, TV and nightclubs. Best…
Classic ImagesIssue Number 431May 2011 “I felt I was one person at home and the minute I stepped out the door I had to be somebody else. I had a terrific insecurity and extreme shyness I covered up with coldness.” A riveting and radiant blonde of late 1950s and 1960s Hollywood, Stockholm-born INGER STEVENS (1934-1970)…
Classic ImagesIsuue Number 417March 2010 “Playing strange, sweet oddballs is exactly my cup of tea.” While character comedienne ALICE PEARCE (1917-1966) was no raving beauty and seemed destined to play the eternal wallflower or homely stepsister in every Cinderella story, this talented funny girl made terrific use of her malleable mug and gawky gait, creating…