Word: mama
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Writing in This Week, Michelle Farmer, 18, daughter of Silent Cinesiren Gloria Swanson (see CINEMA), explained that she had learned a lot about the opposite sex from her multimarried mama, but was up against some fierce competition: "I must admit that I had better luck with the older gentlemen who came to call on Mother than with the younger ones who came to pick me up. The younger men stood glued to the floor staring at Mother until it was time...
Missionary Burton, more successful with bodies than she was with souls, made few converts. But to all the natives she was Mama, a courageous white witch doctor who succeeded with hard cases and never asked anything in return...
...left home at 19 to make a name for himself on the stage. He was luckier than most. After a year's study at Manhattan's Dramatic Workshop and in summer stock, he was cast by Rodgers & Hammerstein as the son in their 1944 I Remember Mama. From then on, says Brando, "I never had to look for work...
...exploits flagged, Giuliano wrote letters to Palermo editors. Once he declared war on Italy and offered to meet ten government officials, one at a time, in mortal combat. "If I lose, I lose only my life," he said. "If I win, I take over the government." Two years ago Mama Giuliano was arrested for abetting the bandits. When she was later released in a general Holy Year amnesty, her son issued a statement to the papers thanking all concerned and suggesting an armistice between himself and the government. Several times he held press conferences in his mountain hideouts and permitted...
...41st day of her coma last week Patricia's father suddenly heard her whisper one word: "Mama." Apparently she was answering his repeated question. Then she slipped back into unconsciousness again...