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...goat's milk." The aspiring entrepreneur arrived in Hollywood in 1961, only to endure some lean years: the leaner they got, the fatter he got. Gradually Carr's drive, persistence and imagination began paying off. He became personal manager for a string of luminaries who now include Ann-Margret, Nancy Walker, Peter Sellers, Sonny Bono, Composer Marvin Hamlisch and a dog named Gus, alias...
...good enough?" asked Allan. When he heard that Producer Norman Lear "had a fantasy about doing a series concerning a show-biz lady," he got Walker the starring role-the series is called The Nancy Walker Show and will premiere next month. At the moment, Carr is helping Ann-Margret shed the beat-up image she acquired from Carnal Knowledge and Tommy. She is making two movies and has signed for a third, in all of which she plays glamorous roles...
...might, however, Carr remained a 310-lb. flop on the social circuit. As his old friend and sometime business partner, ex-Actor Roger Smith (Ann-Margret's husband), puts it, "He was just not pleasant to look at." On Smith's advice, Carr underwent an operation that tied off 18 ft. of intestines and helped to pare his 5-ft. 7-in. frame to a relatively sylphlike...
...radio version of the Amateur Hour in 1935, serving its late (1946) legendary M.C., Major Edward Bowes. Amateur Hour went on TV in 1948, and Mack ran the show until it died because of poor ratings in 1970. Among the future stars the show presented: Beverly Sills, Maria Callas, Ann-Margret, Pat Boone, and a skinny New Jersey kid named Frank Sinatra. Mack missed a couple: he rejected Elvis Presley and Tiny Tim. "Perhaps there was too much pelvis in Elvis," he explained, "and we're not the only ones to have said no to Tiny...
...teen-ager looking for a job when Comedian George Burns signed her up for his Las Vegas night club act back in 1960. But Ann-Margret developed fast. After opening some eyes with her singing and dancing, she left Las Vegas after an eleven-day run and set out to become an actress. Last week the pair met again at Burns' Beverly Hills home to toast their most recent successes: George's Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Sunshine Boys, Ann-Margret's as Best Actress for her part in Tommy...