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Died. Trixie Friganza (real name: Brigid O'Callaghan), 83, famed turn-of-the-century musical comedy star (Sally in Our Alley, Hit the Deck) and silent screen comedienne (The Road to Yesterday, Free and Easy), known as vaudeville's "Champagne Girl": at the Sacred Heart Academy in Flintridge, Calif., where she had been living in retirement since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 14, 1955 | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

Hackenfeller's Ape, by Brigid Brophy. Romance among apes can be very human and very funny, as seen in a young novelist's bright satire (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Aug. 16, 1954 | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

Haclcenfeller's Ape, by Brigid Brophy. Romance among apes can be very human and very funny, as seen in a young novelist's bright satire (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: RECENT & READABLE, Jul. 12, 1954 | 7/12/1954 | See Source »

Percy, a Hackenfeller's Ape,* is the subject of British Author Brigid Brophy's first novel, but the theme of her crisp witty satire is Man-his birth in pain his absurdity in marriage, his glory in freedom. Her ape is no ordinary one; its kind is the closest thing to Homo sapiens that the animal kingdom has produced. For that reason, Percy and Edwina are the center of impassioned scientific interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Of Apes & Men | 6/28/1954 | See Source »

...character whose pomposity and reverence of classicism are explored in skillful detail. This character receives full understanding and appreciation in the hands of Thayer David. David gives a performance which is remarkable for its restraint and technical perfection. And Julie Haydon, the guest star, brings to her role of Brigid not only her appropriately chaste beauty, but a quiet and winning style...

Author: By Edmond A. Levy, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 2/10/1950 | See Source »

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