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LESLIE PARRISH AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1935 MARCH 13

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  LESLIE PARRISH AMERICAN  ACTRESS BORN 1935 MARCH 13 Leslie Parrish (born Marjorie Hellen; March 13, 1935)[2] is an American actress, activist, environmentalist, writer, and producer. She worked under her birth name for six years, changing it in 1959. Early life As a child, Parrish lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. At the age of 10, she finally settled in Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania. At the age of 14, Parrish was a talented and promising piano and composition student at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music.[3] At the age of 16, Parrish earned money for her tuition by working as a maid and a waitress, and by teaching piano. At the age of 18, to earn enough money to be able to continue her education at the Conservatory, her mother persuaded her to become a model for one year.[4][3] Modeling and acting In April 1954, as a 19-year-old model with the Conover Agency in New York City, Parrish was under contract to NBC-TV as "Miss Color TV" (she wa...

Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, and Hattie McDaniel: Sex Scandals and the Co-Stars of 'Gone With The Wind'

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  Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, and Hattie McDaniel: Sex Scandals and the Co-Stars  of 'Gone With The Wind' TIM ANDERSON Tim Anderson is a freelance writer/researcher with articles published in The Saturday Evening Post, Playboy magazine, TV Guide, and others. Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to win an Academy Award Oscar playing the lovable "Mammy" in Gone With The Wind. Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to win an Academy Award Oscar playing the lovable "Mammy" in Gone With The Wind. Hattie McDaniel -- Mammy and Her "Sewing Circle" Girlfriends Hattie McDaniel had one of the most famous roles ever by a black actor or actress when she played "Mammy" in Gone With The Wind, and was the first black actress actor to win a coveted Academy Award Oscar. She was also the first black woman to sing on radio in the United States. The list of Gone With The Wind cast members simply had to include the lovable Mammy playe...

JOHN LESLIE COOGAN , AMERICAN ACTOR BORN 1914 OCTOBER 26- 1984 MARCH 1

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JOHN LESLIE COOGAN , AMERICAN ACTOR  BORN 1914 OCTOBER 26- 1984 MARCH 1 John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984), known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor and comedian who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films.[2] Charlie Chaplin's film classic The Kid (1921) made him one of the first child stars in film history. He later sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and provoked California to enact the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers, the California Child Actors Bill, widely known as the Coogan Act.[3] Coogan continued to act throughout his life, later earning renewed fame in middle age portraying bumbling Uncle Fester in the 1960s television series The Addams Family. Early life and early career Coogan as a child actor with Charlie Chaplin in The Kid (1921) Coogan was born as John Leslie Coogan in 1914 in Los Angeles, California, to John Henry Coogan Jr. an...

LESLIE ERIN GROSSMAN ,AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1971 OCTOBER 25

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LESLIE ERIN GROSSMAN ,AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN 1971  OCTOBER 25 Leslie Erin Grossman (born October 25, 1971[1][2]) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Mary Cherry on The WB television drama Popular, Lauren on The WB comedy What I Like About You, and Meadow Wilton on American Horror Story: Cult. Grossman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. As a youth, she was a cast member on Kids Incorporated. She attended Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, where she directed plays. She started acting in her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College. Career[edit source] In 1999, Grossman was cast in her first major role, playing supporting character Mary Cherry in The WB high school drama series Popular.[3] She had auditioned for the roles of Sam McPherson and Nicole Julian on Popular before having the part of Mary Cherry written for her.[citation needed] After Popular, Grossman joined the cast of The WB comedy What I Like About You i...