But, the star was also the first actor to be posthumously nominated for not only one, but two Academy Awards. His personal life and preferences were often part of public speculation.

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But, she was also one of the most bankable stars of the 1940s and the unofficial predecessor of Marilyn Monroe at 20th Century Fox. She is said to have single-handedly saved the studio from bankruptcy and still holds records as continuous box-office star today.

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Before Brando and Dean, Clift changed what acting was all about. He was also part of the first television broadcast in the US, suffered from hiding his true sexuality and died from what people called the longest suicide of Hollywood.

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Apart from her acting and dancing career, Cyd Charisse was a woman of style and poise, an author and a fitness video trainer.

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But, more importantly, she was an accomplished and successful singer, a style icon and the first Black American sex symbol.

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One anecdote about Mae Murray says that when the famed actress first saw Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard she exclaimed „None of us floozies were that nuts!“ And as Richard Merkin of The New Yorker notes in his 1994 portray of Mae Murray: „No leading lady was so perfect a charicature of a goddess of the silver screen as Mae Murray. She was a zany stew of platinum curls, petulance, bee-stung lips, and outrageous pretension who maintained that she was born "on my father's boat whilst we were at sea," though records proved that she was born Marie Adrienne Koenig in Portsmouth, Virginia.“

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Daniels was a protege of Cecil B. DeMille and had an entertainment career that spanned almost six decades - as child actress, on the stage, in silent movies, in sound movies as well as on radio and TV. To quote the introduction of Charles L. Epting’s biography on Bebe Daniels: „Defining the career of Bebe Daniels is not easy. She was a Shakespearean actress and she was a comedienne. She was a vamp and she was a flapper. She was a radio star and a war hero. She was a television personality and she was a singer. She was a mother and she was a criminal. In the entire history of Hollywood, there is only one Bebe Daniels.“

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He often appeared in swashbuckler roles and cemented his image as the forever agile and beautiful when dying at the age of 44. Jeanine Basinger wrote about him in her book “The Star Machine” : “No one who set eyes on him imagined that he would be ever anything but a movie star. (….)” But as he grew older, Tyrone got more and more disillusioned with the Hollywood star machine.

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At one point, she was the highest-earning highest tax-paying woman in the US. She introduced the Samba and Latin American culture to the world and was more important than anything else to bring Late America to the US. Miranda inspired generations to come with her outfits and over-the-top performances.

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Besides being the inspiration behind the famous "Obie" lights of Old Hollywood, Oberon's story is a cautionary tale about trying to be something or someone else. She is also, though, a testament to determination and what you can achieve if you set your mind to it.

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