Word: irenee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stubborn old L.B., who is accustomed to getting his own way, never quite accepted the fact that Irene, his second daughter, was not a son. But L.B. saw that she had lessons in piano, violin and cooking - as well as in golf, tennis and swimming. He routed her out of...
Muses Irene: "L.B. thought that a woman's place was in the home. I almost never got out except with the family." When she was 19, she got out long enough to meet a bright young studio executive named Dave Selznick at a New Year's party. Three...
For the next 15 years, Irene lived as Papa L.B. had planned. Hollywood knew her as a pleasant hostess and mother (of Jeffrey, 15, and Daniel, 11). What Hollywood did not know was that Irene had been quietly studying a variety of subjects, such as architecture, painting, medicine, psychology, sociology...
Last year, against the stern advice of L.B., Irene began looking for a play to produce. When Heartsong flopped, Hollywood smiled knowingly. But Tennessee Williams' agent, who had been popping in to rehearsals to watch Irene work, offered her the chance to produce Streetcar. Says Irene with unashamed pride...
I Remember Mama. Domestic comedy and pathos, richly presented by George Stevens; with Irene Dunne, Oscar Homolka, Barbara Bel Geddes and a good supporting cast (TIME, April 5).