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Here are 10 things you should know about Billie Burke, born 139 years ago today. It’s rare that an actress with a career as lengthy as Burke's ends up so closely associated with a single role.

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Here are 10 things you should know about Jeff Donnell, born 102 years ago today. She was signed to a Hollywood contract fresh out of college and enjoyed a film and TV career of nearly 50 years.

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Here are 10 things you should know about Diana Lynn, born 97 years ago today. She enjoyed success in pictures, radio, television and on the stage.

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Here are 10 things you should know about Polly Moran, born 140 years ago today. She started performing in vaudeville in her teens and enjoyed great success as a slapstick clown and a character actress in pictures. Hollywood

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Here are 10 things you should know about Hattie McDaniel, born 130 years ago today. She had a remarkable career, but one can only wonder what might have been if she'd been allowed a wider range of roles.

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Here are 10 things you should know about Beulah Bondi, born 134 years ago today. She enjoyed a successful stage career before becoming a beloved character actress in pictures.

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Here are 10 things you should know about Esther Muir, born 120 years ago today. She enjoyed success on Broadway, in films and, later, in real estate.

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Here are 10 things you should know about Marjorie Main, born 133 years ago today. She enjoyed success in vaudeville, the theatre and pictures.

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Tonight, for the first time in ages, we caught Preston Sturges’ HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO at NYC's Film Forum. It struck us as remarkable that Georgia Caine, who played Eddie Bracken's warm, loving mom in the film, also portrayed Barbara Stanwyck's bitter, hateful mother in REMEMBER THE NIGHT.

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Here are 10 things you should know about Ann Sothern, born 114 years ago today. She was, in our view, a great movie dame, in the tradition of Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell.

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Here are 10 things you should know about Butterfly McQueen, born 112 years ago today. Hers was a memorable, if disappointing, career; she had much more to offer than Hollywood allowed her to share.

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