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Word: millionairess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Miss Luce claimed last night that a "wild maniac" had called her up and demanded $5000 "or you won't appear on opening night." The actress, who opens Wednesday night in Shaw's. "The Millionairess," said she received the call Thursnight night and was too frightened to attend rehearsal Friday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Maniac' Threat, $1,000,000 Keep Actress Luce on Toes | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...Miss Luce is rehearsing in a bank vault this morning with the money at her side, "to see what a millionairess would feel like." The actress is due to arrive at the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, 40 Water Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Maniac' Threat, $1,000,000 Keep Actress Luce on Toes | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

Prince Igor Troubetskoy, husband of ailing Millionairess Barbara button, announced that he would be a contestant in the Indianapolis 500-mile auto race next Memorial Day. Did Barbara approve? "Of course not," said the prince, "but she respects the freedom of the individual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: New Directions | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

...third offering in a series of six fall plays will star Miss Claire Luce in George Bernard Shaw's "The Millionairess" and the "Don Juan in Hell" scene from "Man and Superman" which was omitted in the Maurice Evans production of that play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brattle Invites Stars To See Sunday Shows | 10/14/1949 | See Source »

...sort of undine with only a slender connection with the world of mortals): "The Fabian old gang can only afford a country house for our holiday because one of us [Sidney Webb] has a wife with a thousand a year. This time we have been joined by an Irish millionairess-a great catch for somebody*-whom we have incorporated into our Fabian family with great success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Easy Does It | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

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