Passing angels - for June

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Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:31am

Some of the wonderfully talented ladies of the past who all celebrated their birthdays in June. They're gone - but their contributions to the entertainment world will make them live forever in our hearts and our memories:



Marilyn Monroe (6/1/1926 - 8/5/62)



Joan Caulfield (6/1/1922 - 6/18/91)



Colleen Dewhurst (6/3/1926 - 8/22/91)



Paulette Goddard (6/3/1911 - 4/23/90)



Josephine Baker (6/3/1906 - 4/12/75)



Rosalind Russell (6/4/1907 - 11/28/76)


Jessica Tandy (6/7/1909 - 9/11/94)



Alexis Smith (6/8/1921 - 6/9/93)



Judy Garland (6/10/1922 - 6/22/69)



Hattie McDaniel (6/10/1895 - 10/26/52)



Mary Wickes (6/13/1916 - 10/22/95)



Dorothy McGuire (6/14/1919 - 9/13/01)



Jeanette MacDonald (6/18/1901 - 1/14/65)



Mildred Natwick (6/19/1908 - 10/25/94)



Maureen Stapleton (6/21/1925 - 3/13/06)



Judy Holliday (6/21/1921 - 6/7/65)



Gilda Radner (6/28/1946 - 5/20/89)



Ruth Warrick (6/29/1915 - 1/15/05)



Susan Hayward (6/30/1919 - 3/14/75)

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:35am

Once again you've pulled together some wonderful pictures. The picture of Marilyn Monroe is great--so simple.

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Updated On: 6/1/06 at 11:35 AM

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:39am

Thanks, Mamie!

What a stunningly fresh photo of Marilyn. And I don't think I've ever seen Mary Wickes at such a young age.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:40am

What beautiful women born in June. Gilda and me share the same birthday...I guess those born on that day love to make people laugh.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:42am

I've been waiting all morning for this, my favorite thread!

I've never been a huge Marilyn Monroe fan, but that picture of her is just radiant. And boy, do I ever miss Gilda Radner.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:43am

Judy, Gilda, Colleen... *sigh*

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:44am

I share a birthday with Marilyn Monroe?!

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:51am

Happy Birthday DQ !!!

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:53am

Talent... shared with us, and now gone...

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:31pm

So many of my favorites.

But I simply must single out Judy.

Yes, I'm an older gay man. Sue me.

Thanks, Mamie, for giving us the usual loving attention to those who have mattered.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:35pm

Thank you all.

I really love that pic of Marilyn. I've had it for a long time and was just saving it for this day. That poor girl had such a terrible inferiority complex. She was so sure that people could only see her as a sex object and never as a human being. (I think Joe D. was a definite exception to that rule.) When I saw this picture I saw all the 'sex goddess' wiped away and just the beautiful lady left. I think she really does look like an angel there.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:36pm

A bit odd, I know, but I am a HUGE Mildred Natwick fan.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:37pm

Don't stereotype yourself, DG, Judy is at the top of my list too.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:42pm

Not odd at all. She was a wonderful actress and I always looked forward to seeing her in any film she made.

Sadly there weren't too many photos of her to go through for this post. In fact, quite of few of the one's you see in these posts were pulled out of old copies of "Theatre World". Very, VERY tiny photos blown up even a little will come out looking rather blurry. (Jessica Tandy is a good example).

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:46pm

One of my favorite photographs ever - of two of my favorite people ever.

The scene in COCOON where he gives her his life-force so that she might live is one of the most breathtaking depictions of love I've ever seen on film.

And she would definitely be worth the sacrifice.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:51pm

DG..I was very lucky to see both of them on B'Way.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:53pm

I got to choreograph dances and movement for their daughter Tandy last year for an original production at Victory Gardens Theatre. What a delight.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:54pm

And thanks Scout!

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 1:12pm

Jessica's best photos were with Hume. (Who knew she had legs? LOL. This from "Bedtime Story", 1959)

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 1:47pm

Thanks for remembering to include Paulette Goddard. One of my favorites, and one who is very often tossed aside.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:08pm

She was a lovely lady.

Of course my personal favorite was redhead Susan Hayward. I was a homely little red haired kid who dreamed of growing up to look like Susan Hayward.

No.... it didn't happen. LOL.

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Updated On: 6/1/06 at 02:08 PM

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:33pm

You should try to see "Forest Rangers" with Susan and Paulette tangling over Fred MacMurray (yeah, I know...it's only Fred). Susan's hair was flaming red in the rechnicolor film!

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 10:56pm

Bumpin for the beauties.

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Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:19pm

I never knew that Roz was a Gemini.

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re: Passing angels - for June

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:46am

Bump!

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