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Carmen Miranda (1909 - 1955)

Carmen Miranda (1909 - 1955)

Carmen Miranda (1909 - 1955)

Carmen Miranda was born in Portugal and emigrated as a child, with her parents, to Rio de Janeiro. There, she discovered samba music, badly considered by the Brazilian elite. Working in a hat-maker's shop, she used to sing while serving the clients until...

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Betty Grable (1916 - 1973)

Betty Grable (1916 - 1973)

Betty Grable (1916 - 1973)

The American actress and dancer became her native country’s most popular pinup during World War II thanks to an audacious photography of her wearing a white bathing suit that comforted GIs. In 1929, she had obtained her first role in a film as a chorus...

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Barbara Stanwyck (1907 - 1990)

Barbara Stanwyck (1907 - 1990)

Barbara Stanwyck (1907 - 1990)

The American actress entered show business, in 1923 as a chorus girl in the Ziegfeld Follies before earning a leading role in a Broadway play Burlesque for which she gained professionals' attention and moved to Hollywood. Her career was thrown thanks...

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Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990)

Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990)

Ava Gardner (1922 - 1990)

The American actress signed, in 1941, a contract with MGM studios after Louis B. Mayer, head of the company, had declared 'she can't sing, she can't act, she can't talk, she's terrific!’: an unusual praise! Her career was slowly launched and it was only...

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Leonard Nimoy obituary

Leonard Nimoy obituary

Leonard Nimoy obituary

Versatile actor, director and photographer whose career was defined by his role as Star Trek’s Mr Spock US actor Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr Spock in the cult sci-fi series Star Trek, has died at the age of 83 in Los Angeles Few actors outside soap opera...

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Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968)

Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968)

Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968)

The daughter of a wealthy political family, Tallulah Bankhead moved to New York in 1917 and rapidly made her stage débuts before moving to London becoming one of England's most famous celebrities. She returned to the United States, in 1931, and established...

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Char René

Char René

Char René

René Char est un poète et résistant français né le 14 juin 1907 à L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue et décédé à Paris le 19 février 1988. René Émile Char, né en 1907, est le cadet des quatre enfants issus des secondes noces d'Émile Char et de Marie-Thérèse Rouget,...

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Rouleau Éric

Rouleau Éric

Rouleau Éric

Eric Rouleau, né Elie Raffoul le 1er juillet 1926 au Caire, et mort le 25 février 2015, est un journaliste, écrivain, et diplomate français. Eric Rouleau intègre l' "Egyptian Gazette" en 1943, décroche une interview du fondateur des Frères musulmans,...

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Décès du journaliste Eric Rouleau

Décès du journaliste Eric Rouleau

Décès du journaliste Eric Rouleau

Éric Rouleau, journaliste devenu diplomate et spécialiste reconnu du Proche-Orient, au parcours atypique, est décédé à l'âge de 89 ans, a-t-on appris ce jeudi auprès de sa famille. Il est mort ce mercredi à Uzès dans le sud de la France où il vivait depuis...

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