When asked what she would like on her gravestone, Miss Charisse apparently said: "People sometimes had a problem placing her face, but they never forgot her pins."
I know! - and she's not alone. Would Steveland Judkins have been so successful had he not been re-named "Stevie Wonder"? Or Maurice Micklewhite (Michael Caine), Issur Danielovitch Demsky (Kirk Douglas), Joyce Frankenberg (Jane Seymour), Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko (Natalie Wood) and Virginia Katherine McMath (Ginger Rogers)..? Jx
Legend.
ReplyDeleteCatherine Zeta Jones definitely tried to look like her
There are distinct similarities... Jx
DeleteWell who would turn down a chance to look like that?
ReplyDeleteTHE Femme Fatale of the dance floor!!!! And what a beauty!
ReplyDeleteWhen asked what she would like on her gravestone, Miss Charisse apparently said: "People sometimes had a problem placing her face, but they never forgot her pins."
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what a dancer! I remember her from "singing in the rain". they don't make them like this any more.
ReplyDeleteThey certainly don't... Jx
DeleteTall and beautiful. Her dancing and looks made up for her modest acting skills.
ReplyDeleteNo-one hired her to act! Jx
DeleteA fine example of a Piscean if ever I saw one!!
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Fish don't have legs. Jx
DeleteTut. A mere technicality.
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:-)
DeleteTula Ellice Finklea! That was definitely a name to change!
ReplyDeleteI know! - and she's not alone. Would Steveland Judkins have been so successful had he not been re-named "Stevie Wonder"? Or Maurice Micklewhite (Michael Caine), Issur Danielovitch Demsky (Kirk Douglas), Joyce Frankenberg (Jane Seymour), Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko (Natalie Wood) and Virginia Katherine McMath (Ginger Rogers)..? Jx
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