“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 […]
“When I was a kid I’d buy piles and piles of movie magazines and pore over the hairstyles of the big stars. When I read that Constance Bennett bumped every night to keep her shape you can be sure that Chapman bumped every night for the same reason.” — Marguerite Chapman Source: Virginia MacPherson (1945) […]
“I’ve seen more wives suddenly remember when I’m talking to their husbands that they lefy the gas on at home.” — Adele Jergens Source: 1948 Photo: 1944
“Vivian was born in Hollywood, was graduated from Hollywood High School, loved in Hollywood, and acted in the Bliss-Hayden Miniature theater, also in Hollywood. They discovered that she was 22 years old, five feet, four, weighed 110 pounds and could do all kinds of dancing, tap, toe, ballet, acrobatic, ballroom and comedy.” — Des Moines […]
“Down South, girls are brought up with the idea that their chief mission is to find a husband. I’m definitely in the market. But he must love onions.” — Kay Aldridge
“I want to be a great actress. That’s why I’ll pose in anything they want me to. As long as it gets my name in the papers.” — June McCall Source: Virginia MacPherson (1951)
“You see I don’t know much about acting. I’m an entertainer, or that is how I have always thought of myself in the past. So what I do in a film…is to try to react as honestly as I can to what people say to me in each situation.” — Ann-Margret Source: Stephen Franklin (1964) […]
“‘Wonder Woman’ was never developed to the point where she felt any emotions, but she was independent and did what she felt was right. But it was a character that existed before Lynda Carter. I’m glad to be doing other things. I would like to have seen ‘Wonder Woman’ develop a little more character.” — […]
“I’m having too much fun looking for a husband to worry about catching one.” — Martha Hyer Source: James Bacon (1959) Photo: 1954 “Cheesecake is now my favorite dessert.” — Martha Hyer Source: William Glover (1954) Photo: Bert Six (1954) “For two years, I played cowboy sweethearts and posed for holiday pictures. Then […]
“Just last month, I was asked to do another of those barbarian things — and my answer was ‘never again.’ I mean it. If I can’t play good American girls, I’d much rather not work.” — Rita Gam in 1961. Here she is playing Attila the Hun’s daughter in Sign of the Pagan (1954). […]