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 Bert Lahr
(Irving Lahrheim) dropped out of
school at age 15 to join a juvenile vaudeville
act, and gradually worked his way up to top
billing on Columbia Burlesque Circuit. He made
his movie debut in 1929, but only enjoyed true
success on the silver screen when he played the
Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz
(1939). |
 Hedy
Lamarr (Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler)
was for a time the "most beautiful woman in
films." But she was also a very intelligent
woman. During World War II, she helped invent a
system for controlling torpedoes with a radio
signal. |
 Angela Brigid
Lansbury may best be known for being
the star of the television series Murder, She
Wrote, but she also has the distinction of
being the only actress to win a Tony every time
she has been nominated. She has received a total
of three Oscar nominations, but never won an Emmy
for her most famous role. |
