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Word: harriet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first big hit was in George Kelly's Craig's Wife. She had fought against taking the part of the frigid, too-neat Harriet Craig, because "I thought it would hurt me as a comedienne." It may have hurt her: six pictures later, she all but missed getting the rich, sharp-tongued comedy part of Sylvia Fowler in Clare Boothe's The Women. Director George Cukor doubted that Ros was comedienne enough for the role. She met the challenge with her usual determination by acting one scene from the script in six different comedy ways. Cukor gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Comic Spirit | 3/30/1953 | See Source »

...Harriet Ziskin '55: Holmes; N.S.A.; H.T.G.; "Drumbeats"; Outing Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Votes Next Week for Council Posts | 3/14/1953 | See Source »

Nominations for NSA delegate and alternate are Alice Cooper '56, Cynthia Crawford '55, president of the RAACP and sophomore class vice-president, and Harriet Ziskin '55. Treasure candidates are Bronda Haram '54 and Joann Rothenberg...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fisher, Dickson Will Run for Radcliffe Council Presidency | 3/10/1953 | See Source »

...HARRIET F. BECKUS North Hollywood, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 15, 1952 | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

Introduced by the show's original announcer Bill Hay (who came out of retirement for the occasion), they brought back a few such famous characters as Lillian ("Madame Queen") Randolph and Elinor ("Ruby") Harriet, and recalled some favorite milestones from their script life: Madame Queen's breach of promise suit against Andy (". . . We was engaged 147 times in one year . . . an' it woulda been more dan dat if we'd been goin' steady"); Andy's first meeting with Kingfish- played by Gosden (Andy: "Say, scusee me for protrudin', stranger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: 10,000th Performance | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

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