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...FRANK GORSHIN, 72, rubbery-faced impressionist-actor who channeled his passion for film idols, nourished as a teenage cinema usher in Pittsburgh, into a 54-year career in Las Vegas clubs, on TV and in more than 80 movies; in Burbank, California. With his aping of Al Jolson, James Cagney and Marlon Brando, Gorshin was a regular on the Ed Sullivan Show, where he was a guest the night the Beatles made their U.S. TV debut. ("Look at all these kids that came to see me!" he said backstage.) But he gained his greatest fame playing the Riddler, the cackling...
...channeled his passion for film idols, nourished as a teenage film usher in Pittsburgh, Pa., into a 50-year career in Las Vegas clubs, on TV and in more than 80 movies; of lung cancer, emphysema and pneumonia; in Burbank, Calif. With his apery of Al Jolson, James Cagney and Marlon Brando, Gorshin was a regular on The Ed Sullivan Show, where he was a guest the night the Beatles made their famous U.S. TV debut. ("Look at all these kids that came to see me!" he said backstage.) But he gained his greatest fame playing the Riddler, the cackling...
...Hollywood blond of the 1940s and '50s who inspired the Sultan of Morocco to write her a fan letter in which he called her "tangible proof of the existence of God"; in Thousand Oaks, Calif. She played opposite stars from Bob Hope (The Princess and the Pirate) to James Cagney (White Heat) but won her greatest critical acclaim as Dana Andrews' cheating wife in the Oscar-winning World War II drama The Best Years of Our Lives...
...inspired the Sultan of Morocco to write her a fan letter calling her "tangible proof of the existence of God"; in Thousand Oaks, California. She started out as a chorus member in musicals and played opposite stars ranging from Bob Hope (The Princess and the Pirate) to James Cagney (White Heat). Her looks overshadowed her acting, but she won critical acclaim as Dana Andrews' cheating wife in William Wyler's Oscar-winning World War II drama, The Best Years of Our Lives...
...working with Bruce's daughter Kitty, listened to more than 200 hours of Bruce's private recordings and other long-unheard tapes. Two-thirds of the material has never before been released, ranging from Bruce's show-biz debut--on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts in 1948, doing Jimmy Cagney impressions--to nightclub gigs that Bruce recorded, radio interviews, even phone calls to lawyers...