Who did 'Frances Ethel Gumm' become?
"Goddard as Garland's pianist. Adrienne Barbeau played Garland in ""The Property Known as Garland"" (2006) and ""The Judy Monologues"" (2010) initially featured male actors reciting Garland's words before it was revamped as a one-woman show. Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and vaudevillian. During a career that spanned 45 years, she attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Respected for her versatility, she received a juvenile Academy Award, a Golden Globe"
"the few academically oriented authors who was also able to write books for popular audiences on a host of psychologically and culturally relevant themes in contemporary culture. She wrote ""Dreams of Love and Fateful Encounters: The Power of Romantic Passion"", from 2006, ""Feeling Strong: The Achievement of Authentic Power"", from 2002, ""The Sexual Century"", from 1999, and, ""By Force of Fantasy: How We Make Our Lives"", from 1996. Ethel Person Ethel Jane Spector Person Sherman Diamond (December 16, 1934 – October 16, 2012) was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Her work investigated sexual fantasy via an epidemiologic disease model. Ethel"
"success and won three Academy Awards. In 1990, Zemeckis commented, when asked if he would want to make non-comedies, ""I would like to be able to do everything. Just now, though, I'm too restless to do anything that's not really zany."" In 1992, Zemeckis directed the black comedy ""Death Becomes Her"", starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. Although his next film would have some comedic elements, it was Zemeckis's first with dramatic elements, and was also his biggest commercial success to date, ""Forrest Gump"" (1994). Starring Tom Hanks in the title role, and borrowing to some extent from"
"Woody Allen's earlier ""Zelig"", ""Forrest Gump"" tells the story of a man with a low I.Q., who unwittingly participates in some of the major events of the twentieth century, falls in love, and interacts with several major historical figures in the process. The film grossed $677 million worldwide and became the top-grossing U.S. film of 1994; it won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (for Hanks) and Best Director (for Zemeckis). In 1997, Zemeckis directed ""Contact"", a long-gestating project based on Carl Sagan's 1985 novel of the same name. The film centers on Eleanor Arroway, a scientist played"
"wisdom of having two girl singers on the roster. On November 16, 1935, Garland was in the midst of preparing for a radio performance on the ""Shell Chateau Hour"" when she learned that her father had been hospitalized with meningitis and had taken a turn for the worse. Frank Gumm died the following morning at age forty-nine, leaving her devastated at age thirteen. Her song for the ""Shell Chateau Hour"" was her first professional rendition of ""Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"", a song which became a standard in many of her concerts. Garland came to the attention of"
"and relatives, one of whom was her cousin Clive Dunn, who played Corporal Jones in ""Dad's Army"". Gretchen Franklin Gretchen Franklin (7 July 1911 – 11 July 2005) was an English actress and dancer with a career in show business spanning over 70 years. She was born in Covent Garden, west London. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC 1 soap opera ""EastEnders"" on a regular basis from 1985 until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently. These appearances became briefer and more widely spaced as time went on. Her final appearance was in 2000, when her"
"accompanied by their mother on piano. The family relocated to Lancaster, California, in June 1926, following rumors that her father had made sexual advances towards male ushers. Frank purchased and operated another theater in Lancaster, and Ethel began managing her daughters and working to get them into motion pictures. Garland attended Hollywood High School and later graduated from University High School. In 1928, the Gumm Sisters enrolled in a dance school run by Ethel Meglin, proprietress of the Meglin Kiddies dance troupe. They appeared with the troupe at its annual Christmas show. Through the Meglin Kiddies, they made their film"
"Louise Glaum Louise Glaum (September 4, 1888 – November 25, 1970) was an American actress. Known for her role as a femme fatale in silent era motion picture dramas, she was credited with giving one of the best characterizations of a vamp in her early career. Glaum began her acting career on the stage in Los Angeles, her hometown, in 1907. After a few years, she went on the road with a touring company and performed as an ingenue in the play ""Why Girls Leave Home"". She stayed on in Chicago, where she appeared in a number of productions. After"
"Gretchen Franklin Gretchen Franklin (7 July 1911 – 11 July 2005) was an English actress and dancer with a career in show business spanning over 70 years. She was born in Covent Garden, west London. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC 1 soap opera ""EastEnders"" on a regular basis from 1985 until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently. These appearances became briefer and more widely spaced as time went on. Her final appearance was in 2000, when her character was killed off. Gretchen Franklin was born into a theatrical family. Her father had a song-and-dance"
"name when Jessel announced that the trio ""looked prettier than a garland of flowers"". A TV special was filmed in Hollywood at the Pantages Theatre premiere of ""A Star Is Born"" on September 29, 1954, in which Jessel stated: A later explanation surfaced when Jessel was a guest on Garland's television show in 1963. He said that he had sent actress Judith Anderson a telegram containing the word ""garland"" and it stuck in his mind. However, Garland asked Jessel just moments later if this story was true, and he blithely replied ""No"". By late 1934, the Gumm Sisters had changed"
"oenophile and competitive ballroom dancer. In 2015, she appeared on Season 10 of ""America's Got Talent"". Over her 75-year professional life, she was a couture model, actress, film producer, international film distributor, television executive, publisher and a co-founder of the American Wine Society. In a November 2015 ABC World News interview Porchon-Lynch was called the ""Real-Life Forrest Gump"" since she participated in so many historic events over almost a century. In her autobiography ""Dancing Light"", she describes personal encounters with many notables including Mahatma Gandhi, General Charles de Gaulle, Ernest Hemingway, Marcel Marceau, Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Wilding, Marilyn"
"for General Non-Fiction finalist in 1984. In 1985, Groom moved back to Mobile, Alabama, where he began to work on the novel ""Forrest Gump"". ""Forrest Gump"" was published in 1986; however, it did not make Groom a best-selling author until it was adapted into a film with the same name in 1994, a film starring Tom Hanks in the title role of Forrest Gump. The film propelled the novel to best-seller status, and the novel sold 1.7 million copies worldwide. Groom devotes his time to writing history books about American wars. He has lived most recently in Point Clear, Alabama,"
"feelings were returned. They promised to help Ethel's aspiring country music career. Gradually, she became a starlet, known as ""Ethel Sue"". Ethel eventually learned the truth about the trio when Babette convinced her to pose for some publicity photos. Standing in front of a large metal target, Ethel suddenly became strapped to the target and Babette prepared to shoot her with a ray gun, which Ethel believed was a camera. Babette explained that the ray gun was a device that can give the recipient mental powers and she planned on using it on herself after testing it on Ethel. Before"
"Ethel Skinner Ethel Skinner is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Gretchen Franklin. Ethel also features in a 1988 ""EastEnders"" special episode, entitled ""CivvyStreet"", set on Albert Square during World War II, in which she is played by Alison Bettles. Ethel is an ""EastEnders"" original character and in the early years she can always be found wandering the neighbourhood with her adored pug Willy. She and Dot Cotton (June Brown) are lifelong friends, and although they wind each other up, they are completely dependent on each other. Ethel trusts Dot so much that she even"
"pet tortoise and hides it in a tree. In the TV series, she and Ethel briefly end their friendship when Drusilla sides with Mildred and her friends. They make up at the end of the episode though. In 1986, the first book in the series was converted to a made-for-television film on ITV starring Fairuza Balk, Tim Curry, Diana Rigg, and Charlotte Rae. Though a British film, it also aired in the USA on HBO. The film followed the plot of the first book of the series, portraying the incidents of Mildred turning herself invisible and turning Ethel into a"
"Franklin returned in July 2000, when her character re-appeared in the show and informed her close friends that she was terminally ill with cancer. She was killed off in the episode which aired on 7 September 2000, in a controversial euthanasia storyline. Ethel had learned that she was terminally ill, and asked Dot Cotton (June Brown) to assist her in taking her own life by an overdose of her morphine tablets. Franklin's departure from ""EastEnders"" marked the end of her acting career at the age of 89. Franklin was married to John Caswell Garth from 1934 until his death from"
"childhood friend Jennifer Curran, who eventually becomes his wife. Tom Hanks portrayed the character in the film and earned an Academy Award for his performance, while Michael Conner Humphreys portrayed Forrest as a child. In 2008, Forrest Gump was named the 20th greatest movie character of all time by ""Empire"" magazine. Forrest was born near the small town of Greenbow, Alabama, on June 6, 1944. His father was absent during his life, and his mother said he was ""on vacation"". His mother named Forrest after their ancestor Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Scotch-Irish American and a noted Confederate general in the"
"Felicity Jones Felicity Rose Hadley Jones (born 17 October 1983) is an English actress. She started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in ""The Treasure Seekers"" (1996). Jones went on to play Ethel Hallow for one season in the television series ""The Worst Witch"" and its sequel ""Weirdsister College"". On radio, she has played the role of Emma Grundy in the BBC's ""The Archers"". In 2008, she appeared in the Donmar Warehouse production of ""The Chalk Garden"". Since 2006, Jones has appeared in numerous films, including ""Northanger Abbey"" (2007), ""Brideshead Revisited"" (2008), ""Chéri"" (2009), ""The"
"12 years, although her appearances towards the end became more widely spaced and she only returned to the show intermittently. Off-screen Gretchen Franklin retired, however 3 years after her last brief appearance Ethel was reintroduced to the show for one final and highly controversial storyline. The storyline involved her old friend Dot helping her to commit suicide. When Ethel Skinner became ill in September 2000, she asked Dot to help her when the time finally came for her to pass away. Dot had to make a decision that went against her moral and religious beliefs. In the end Dot decided"
"family. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in motion pictures at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood. Louise Glaum Louise Glaum (September 4, 1888 – November 25, 1970) was an American actress. Known for her role as a femme fatale in silent era motion picture dramas, she was credited with giving one of the best characterizations of a vamp in her early career. Glaum began her acting career on the stage in Los Angeles, her hometown, in 1907. After a few years, she went on the road with a touring company and performed as an"
"was obviously ""the life and soul of the party"". She also had a little dog, Willie, who she dressed in a red ribbon, tied in a neat bow on its head. Smith felt that a character like this would be an excellent inclusion to the show. Ethel's original character outline as written by Smith and Holland appeared in an abridged form in their book, ""EastEnders: The Inside Story"". Gretchen Franklin was the first actress that Smith and Holland had in mind for the role. An experienced actress with a long career in show-business, Franklin was considered to be ideal casting,"
"preacher Billy Graham on his ""crusades"". Waters died on September 1, 1977, aged 80, from uterine cancer, kidney failure, and other ailments, in Chatsworth, California. Waters is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale). Ethel Waters Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts, but she began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Waters notable recordings include ""Dinah"", ""Stormy Weather"", ""Taking a Chance on Love"", ""Heat Wave"", ""Supper Time"", ""Am I Blue?"", ""Cabin in the Sky"", ""I'm"
"Ethel Merman Ethel Merman (born Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her distinctive, powerful voice and leading roles in musical theatre, she has been called ""the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage"". Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are ""I Got Rhythm"" (from ""Girl Crazy""); ""Everything's Coming Up Roses"", ""Some People"", and ""Rose's Turn"" (from ""Gypsy""—Merman starred as Rose in the original 1959 Broadway production); and the Cole Porter songs ""It's De-Lovely"" (from ""Red, Hot and Blue""), ""Friendship"" (from ""DuBarry Was"
"seasons, she portrayed George Gobel's wife, Alice, in ""The George Gobel Show"" (1954–1957) on NBC-TV, and she played Ethel on the ""Matt Helm"" TV series. Her other notable appearances in movies and television include: Donnell died of a heart attack on April 11, 1988, aged 66. Her sudden absence from ""General Hospital"", on which she had a recurring role as the Quartermaines' housekeeper at the time of her death, was explained away by the writers as her character having won the lottery and quit her job. Jeff Donnell Jeff Donnell (July 10, 1921 – April 11, 1988) was an American"
"in Washington Heights, Manhattan. She remained a New York resident until she entered a San Francisco nursing home in 1993. After attending Finch College, Francis began a varied career as an entertainer based in New York City. She became an accomplished stage actress, performing in many local theatre and off-Broadway plays, and compiling 25 Broadway plays to her credit through 1975. In 1932, she made her film debut in Universal's ""Murders in the Rue Morgue"". She appeared in films sporadically until the 1970s. Francis became a well-known New York City radio personality, hosting several programs. In 1938 she became the"
"Dunn's cousin Gretchen Franklin was a television actress, best remembered as Ethel Skinner in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". Dunn inherited a share in her estate upon her death in 2005. He spent the last three decades of his life in the Algarve, Portugal. He occupied himself as an artist painting portraits, landscapes and seascapes until his sight failed. Dunn died in Portugal on 6 November 2012 as a result of complications from an operation that had taken place earlier that week. His agent, Peter Charlesworth, said the star would be ""sorely missed"" and that his death was ""a real"
"""Chess"" (1988), and Amalia Balash in ""She Loves Me"" (1993). For all three, she received Tony Award nominations. She also received an Olivier Award nomination for her 1989 West End debut playing Maria/Futura in ""Metropolis"". Other musical roles include Betty Schaeffer in the 1993 US premiere production of ""Sunset Boulevard"" in Los Angeles, and her Obie Award winning role as Emmie in the 2001 Off-Broadway production of ""Eli's Comin"". She starred as Helen Bechdel in the original Broadway production of ""Fun Home"", for which she received her fourth Tony nomination in 2015. Kuhn (pronounced ""kyoon"") was born in New York"
"in the film version. As with ""Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron"", the chapters of the story were given names in the novel, and a table of contents was added to reflect this. The book was made into a 2001 movie, ""Ghost World"", directed by Terry Zwigoff (also known for his award-winning documentary about underground cartoonist Robert Crumb). Thora Birch played Enid, Scarlett Johansson played Rebecca, and Steve Buscemi played Seymour (a composite character, based on elements from the comic characters of Bob Skeetes and Bearded Windbreaker). Josh was played by Brad Renfro. A collection of merchandise and spin-off"
"for both. They later made their home in California, where Kenneth worked for MGM. They remained married until MacKenna's death in 1962. Philips's career would later expand into films. One of her fondest memories was the role she played as Helen Ferguson in ""A Farewell to Arms"" (1932). She had featured roles in the films ""Leave Her to Heaven"" (1945), ""Dear Ruth"" (1947) and ""A Woman's Secret"" (1949). During the later days of MacKenna's life, both Philips' mother and Kenneth's mother lived with them in their home in Brentwood. Following the deaths of her husband and her mother, Philips' moved"
"1898, Euphrosine in ""Peter the Great"" at the Lyceum, the play having been written by Irving's son, Laurence. Men everywhere were smitten with Ethel, most notably Winston Churchill, who asked her to marry him. Not wishing to be a politician's wife, she refused. Winston, years later, married Clementine Hozier, a ravishing beauty who looked very much like Ethel. Winston and Ethel remained friends until the end of her life. Their “romance” was their own little secret until his son let the cat out of the bag 63 years after it happened. After her season in London, Ethel returned to the"
"the Academy Award for Best Picture. In the postwar years, she became a famous public figure, crippled by arthritis and cared for by Goudeket, who supervised the preparation of her ""Œuvres complètes"" (1948–1950). She continued to write during those years, bringing out ""L'Etoile vesper"" (1944) and ""Le Fanal bleu"" (1949), in which she reflected on the problems of a writer whose inspiration is primarily autobiographical. On her death on August 3, 1954, she was refused a religious funeral by the Catholic Church on account of her divorces, but given a state funeral, the first French woman of letters to be"
"Ethel Levey Ethel Levey (November 22, 1880 – February 27, 1955) was an American actress, dancer, and singer in musical theatre and on the vaudeville stage. She was the first wife of George M. Cohan, and the second wife of aviator Claude Grahame-White. Grace Ethelia Foster was born in San Francisco, California. Her stepfather was named Levy; she used another spelling of his surname as her professional name. Ethel Levey made her professional debut in San Francisco, in Charles H. Hoyt's ""A Milk White Flag"" in 1897. She appeared regularly on vaudeville programs in New York and on tour. After"
"""Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe"" (1940) as Olga. After several additional bit parts and minor roles, Brooks was awarded with her first leading role in a feature film, playing Laura in the adventure thriller ""The Devil's Pipeline"" in 1940. Her performance was not well received: ""Variety"" described her as ""flat."" In 1941, Jean met and married writer and future film director Richard Brooks. (Though this is known to have been her second marriage, there is no information on her first.) Shortly thereafter, Universal dropped Brooks' contract. She spent most of 1942 working bit parts, now performing under the name Jean"