An homage to the Hollywood female stars with lots of celebrity photos and quotes.
“The story of being discovered as a Cinderella is nonsense. I do not know where to say it began. But I believe I wanted escape. I wanted to escape my own environment.” — Capucine Source: Bernard Gavzer (1964) “I’m a name dropper.” — Capucine, explaining why she goes by one name. Source: James […]
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“Across the years I’ve always been interested from almost an anthropological point of view about what this fame phenomena is, I’ve tried to understand it from all different ways, and there is an oddity, which is, you know, when people, one side gets to know a person who’s on television or something, and the person […]
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“My mom was a model and then became a makeup artist, so I pretty much grew up on set. I modeled for most of my childhood, but I was incredibly shy. Like, couldn’t speak in public kind of shy. So, of course I ended up an actor. That’s how it goes, right?” — Diora Baird […]
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“The horror films that I was drawn to and consider favorites of mine include The Orphanage, The Ring, Mirrors, The Descent and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Horror movies are my go-to, they’re so much fun and create an excited state-of-being.” — Cortney Palm Source Photo: Zombeavers (2014) 2
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“You can’t be funny without a funny situation. Give an ordinary player funny lines and a ludicrous situation and he or she will get laughs.” — Gracie Allen Quote: 1939 Photo: College Swing (1937) Dorothy Lamour hanging out with Gracie Allen and Betty Hutton at the Hollywood Brown Derby in 1948. 2
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“I love to love, and I hate to leave. But I love freely and I leave freely.” — Brigitte Bardot Source: Herb Michelson (1966) Photo: Peter Basch “I am really a cat transformed into a woman . . . I purr. I scratch. And sometimes I bite.” — Brigitte Bardot 2
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“Guys all say, ‘I had such a crush on you.’ Girls all say, ‘I always waited for Batgirl to come on. You were really an inspiration.’” — Yvonne Craig Source: Boston Herald (2002) “I guess I was partially chosen because of my dancing background, although I had only been able to dance in one […]
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“Even the big stars had to chase around and audition; it seemed like a rat race to me, with no security.” — Billy Thomas, who played Buckwheat. Here he is posing with a photo of Clark Gable. Stage Fright (1923) “I went on vaudeville tours that kept me working and traveling day and night. I […]
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“When I was a child, I was made to feel that black was not beautiful. I suppose I felt that by the time I was four years old. The old formula for success was how close you could come to the white singer and the white actor, for the big night clubs and the important […]
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“People have preconceptions about redheads, about who they are and what they’re like. In Hollywood, traditionally they’ve either been really sexy or really funny – either it’s Rita Hayworth or Lucille Ball.” — Julianne Moore Source: Ric Leyva (1997) 2
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