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JUDY HOLLIDAY AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1921 JUNE 21 - 1965 JUNE 7

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  JUDY HOLLIDAY AMERICAN ACTRESS  BORN 1921 JUNE 21 - 1965 JUNE 7 Born June 21 ,  1921   in  New York City, New York, USA Died June 7 ,  1965   in  New York City, New York, USA   (breast cancer) Birth Name Judith Tuvim Height 5' 7" (1.7 m) Mini Bio (4) Judy Holliday was born Judith Tuvim in New York City on June 21, 1921. Her mother, a piano teacher, was attending a play when she went into labor and made it to the hospital just in time. Judy was an only child. By the age of four, her mother had her enrolled in ballet school which fostered a life-long interest in show business. Two years later her parents divorced. In high school, Judy began to develop an interest in theater. She appeared in several high school plays. After graduation, she got a job in the Orson Welles Mercury Theater as a switchboard operator. Judy worked her way on the stage with appearance in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and New York City. Judy...

HOLLIDAY GRAIGNER AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1988 MARCH 27

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  HOLLIDAY GRAIGNER AMERICAN ACTRESS  BORN 1988 MARCH 27 Holliday Clark Grainger (born 27 March 1988), also credited as Holly Grainger, is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles are Kate Beckett in the BAFTA award-winning children's series Roger and the Rottentrolls, Lucrezia Borgia in the Showtime series The Borgias, Robin Ellacott in Strike, DI Rachel Carey in the BBC One crime drama The Capture and Estella in Mike Newell's adaptation of Great Expectations. Early life Grainger was born in Didsbury, Manchester. One of her grandfathers is Italian.[1][2] Her first experience of acting was at age five when she was scouted for a BBC TV series. She appeared in many TV shows and independent films as a child actor.[2] Grainger attended Parrs Wood High School from 1999 to 2006,[3] and in 2007 began study for a degree in English literature at the University of Leeds. However, she eventually opted for the Open University.[2] Career Grainger's first acting r...