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...pleasing but devoid of emotional impact. Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand, “Fargo”) is an out-of-work nanny fending off starvation in 1939 London. When an employment agency peevishly refuses to give her a job, Miss Pettigrew snatches up the business card of aspiring actress Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams, “Junebug”). Upon arriving at Delysia’s loft, Miss Pettigrew finds that the actress doesn’t need a nanny, after all, but rather a social secretary to help secure her place in London society. The film follows a hectic...

Author: By Athena L. Katsampes, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...Paris (French)?Alice Delysia, famed French actress; Louis Bamberger, Newark department store head; J. H. Michelin (Tire President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming & Going: Jun. 23, 1924 | 6/23/1924 | See Source »

...famed chorus was on hand; wearing costumes which even Mayor Curley could not object to. An orchestra leader named Alfred Goodman did a lot to interpret his own songs to the audience and to the suburban radio fans, and they must have had a gala night of it. Alice Delysia, of stage fame that has long been well established, was the last word in Parisian primal-donnas; while opposite her Nat Nazarro, Jr., showed a good deal of agility, and scarcely less histrionic ability. He did more than his share, and the audience showed its appreciation...

Author: By F. I. C., | Title: THE IDLER CLUB PRESENTS SPANISH PLAY | 3/26/1924 | See Source »

Another recent New York opening is "Afgar," described as "an intimate musical extravaganza," under the direction of F. Ray Comstock and Morris GesiMlle, Delysia made in it her American de but, having played in "Afgar" both in London and Paris

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dramatic Notes | 11/17/1920 | See Source »

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