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...veteran character actor; after a stroke; in Manhattan. One of Dublin's original Abbey Players, wry-eyed, roly-poly Digges came to the U.S. in 1904, stayed to join the infant Theatre Guild, played in 25 Guild productions (including Liliom, The Doctor's Dilemma). He reached stardom in 1938 as "Gramps," who chased Death up a tree in On Borrowed Time, won his final laurels in O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh...
...driving power behind the scenes. Through him, the light-opera chorus ceased to be a mere massed accompaniment to the soloists, became vociferous participants in the speedy, highly involved counterpoint of Gilbertian song. Through him, too, many a D'Oyly Carte Company member rose from the ranks to stardom. It was rarely a smooth rise: Gilbert's temper was as full of spikes as a bag of nails, his rehearsals long and terrifying. Once, when a player warmly urged his untalented mistress on Gilbert for a star part, Gilbert turned to a friend, said: "The fellow...
Divorced. By Ann Dvorak, 34, onetime Hollywood extra whom Howard Hughes raised to stardom in Scarface: Leslie Fenton, 43, film director-producer, former cinemactor-portrayer of dope addicts, gangsters and moral weaklings; after 14 years of marriage, no children; in Hollywood...
Ever conscious of acting skill, Hollywood executives are even more sensitive to what the public wants. Female moviegoers in sizable numbers plainly wanted Guy Madison. For his second film appearance, nothing short of full stardom was thinkable...
Stunts like this have shot Jo Stafford, the fastest-rising girl singer in the U.S., into the big money. Her rise is typical of.singing stardom in 1946. Three years ago she was just the girl's voice in the Pied Pipers, a screechy quartet that used to sing with Tommy Dorsey. And she was fat. When she was eight, she weighed as much as Frank Sinatra does now. By the time she joined Dorsey's band she weighed...