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...young, of course, Grace was simply a middle-aged celebrity, less interesting than most because better behaved. But to those of her own generation, it was almost impossible to think of her as a matron whose photos sometimes showed the puffiness of weight too easily gained, and whose statements in the press were likely to be suppressed clucks about her daughters' unsuitable consorts. To her contemporaries, perhaps simply because she stopped making films at 26, Grace Kelly remained vividly what she had been, a lovely blond swirl of shadow and substance, a white-gloved good girl who managed...
DIED. Celia Johnson, 73, refined British actress, best remembered for her role as the respectable suburban matron in love with Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter (1946); of a stroke; in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire. A veteran of the English stage since 1928, Johnson endeared herself to U.S. audiences through such films, besides Brief Encounter, as In Which We Serve (1942), This Happy Breed (1947) and Captain's Paradise (1953), in which she embodied the quintessential Englishwoman, mature and intelligent. Last year she was made a Dame of the British Empire...
Jennifer Divine plays the first of three main characters, Lily, the middle-aged mother of 12, Divine, who stunningly portrays the matron with an infectious warmth, savors her role, as her ever-present broad smile reflects the good-naturedness of her character. Practical needs spur Lily's participation in the illegal marches, we sympathize with her desires for a better life...
...question that many past county officials have not adhered to conventional rules of procedure. A former county sheriff was caught wildcat strip mining, while other officials have solicited illegal campaign contributions, used county property for private purposes or, as the local paper reported, "duked it out" with the jail matron. All this has led to widespread political apathy. As Gladys Maynard, chairman of a relatively new citizen's action group, observes. "A lot of people here have been deprived and deceived so much by county officials and corporations, it's hard for them to trust anyone...
...Todd in 1957; Singer Eddie Fisher in 1959; and Actor Richard Burton in 1964 and again in 1975. In the early stages of Liz and John's relationship, all was bliss: he was the silver-haired political newcomer, she was his superstar hustings-mate and bubbling party-circuit matron. But when she detoured to her Broadway triumph in The Little Foxes, it was reported that those violet eyes began to wander. At one point, she was linked to Foxes Producer Zev Bufman, 51. Bufman, married to his wife Vilma for 23 years, laughed at the reports. Unlike some...