Word: leona
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hatted in velvet, Cinemactress Paulette Goddard, 42, beaming on an old beau she had met in the late '30s in Branford, Conn., took as her fourth husband German-born Novelist Erich Maria (All Quiet on the Western Front) Remarque, 59. In Las Vegas, onetime Queen-for-a-day Leona Gage, 18. who got bounced from the Miss U.S.A. throne last year for being a married woman, did her own bouncing: she divorced Air Force Sergeant Gene Ennis. Now a Tropicana Hotel show girl making $200 a week, the leggy brunette got only $25 a month for support...
Thanks for your July 29 article on Mary Leona Ennis [who almost became Miss U.S.A.]. Such a rise to fame seems to indicate that even if you cheat, lie and play on the sympathy of your fellow man, you can get on TV, become a nightclub personality and get a Hollywood contract. It was most appropriate that your article was printed under ''Manners & Morals," neither of which was displayed by Mrs. Ennis...
...yearning for bright lights, attention and luxury nearly universal among young girls, married and unmarried? Perhaps many girls like Mary Leona would be happier if such contests were open to all beautiful girls, married...
Kiss & Dismay. At week's end Mary Leona went back to Baltimore. Gene gave her a dignified kiss and took her to a press conference. There, in response to a newsman's question, Mary admitted that she had been married once before-at 14, to another airman-but that the marriage was annulled after one day. Said she: "I'm through telling lies. Believe you me, it wasn't worth...
...manner of speaking. From Las Vegas came a $200-a-week nightclub offer; a Hollywood club wanted Mary Leona, and so did Movie Producer "Jungle Sam'' Katzman. Television's Dave Garroway and The $64,000 Question put in their bids. But cagey Ed Sullivan, who likes to be fastest with the most, did it again. Mary Leona Gage Ennis signed up for the Sullivan program...